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How many times do your los wear their pjs?

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BibiJesus · 10/12/2008 15:59

Having just read the pending pile thread, I wondered how many times your LOs wear their pjs before they are "dirty"?

DTs are grubby little mites and crawl around so their sleepsuits/pjs get worn just once, but dd who is 4 is much cleaner and less of a floor-roller so she wears her 2, sometimes 3 nights before they are dirty/a bit stinky.

Is this a slatternly way to live? Should they have clean pjs every night? Surely not...

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BibiJesus · 10/12/2008 16:00

If everyone comes on here now and tells me I'm a domestic slut I will have to leave MN forever in shame...

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cmotdibbler · 10/12/2008 16:01

DS (who has a night nappy) wears his twice, or once depending on what was for breakfast

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Rookietherednosedreindeer · 10/12/2008 16:02

Oh dear, lean in closely, looks around to see if anyone listening, DS wears his pyjamas until he gets weetabix on them, or his nappy leaks. Sometimes this is 2 nights, sometimes it is ( hangs head in shame) a week. Until just now I thought it was perfectly acceptable, but I am willing to learn how I am failing in yet another aspect of parenting

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givethedogachristmaspudd · 10/12/2008 16:03

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TheGarishlyTwinkleyMadHouse · 10/12/2008 16:03

DS2 who is really messy tends to wear once, DS1 who is 3.9 2 nights.

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McDreamy · 10/12/2008 16:03

Twice if they look reasonably clean in the morning!

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RhinestoneReindeerHerder · 10/12/2008 16:04

DS is 2.5 and a fairly a messy sort, but still wears pjs for about 2-3 nights (sometimes with a bit of weetabix down the front). It's more eco-friendly don't you know?

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ilovetochatupsanta · 10/12/2008 16:05

once but she has her breakfast in them in the morning so they get dirty.
she only wears all her clothes once except cardigans/jackets.

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PuppyMonkeyNuts · 10/12/2008 16:06

The weetabix factor also plays a large part with DD2. Our current record is four days.

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BibiJesus · 10/12/2008 16:07

So it's okay? Phew! You know when something seems perfectly normal to yo until someone else mentions they do it another way then you doubt yourself ... one of those moments.

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ladylush · 10/12/2008 16:08

twice.

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BibiJesus · 10/12/2008 16:08

Current record? Do I smell a competition?

Am going to hunt out dd's best stain-hiding pjs and see if I can beat 4 days

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BibiJesus · 10/12/2008 16:09

She only wears clothes once unless she does manage to keep a pair of jeans clean, but that's quite, quite rare.

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SachaF · 10/12/2008 16:14

I'm with Rookie, if I can get a week out of them
Bath before he goes in them, usually in clothes for brekky, (and 2 bibs), it's not like they get dirty. Vest is changed 24hourly tho.
I bet give the dog doesn't wash the sheets as often as others wash the pjs - you're all making too much washing! Think of the environment!

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BlueCowNowIsLowing · 10/12/2008 16:16

bibi- mine exactly the same as yours (except now 7yo also wears for more than one night)

saving the environment has to take second place to porridge stained pj's.

Oh, just realised that dc3 doesn't actually have pj's, just too short leggings from last year and grotty stained tshirts etc. Even more of a slattern??!

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givethedogachristmaspudd · 10/12/2008 16:17

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Coldtits · 10/12/2008 16:18

Until they are dirty or smell. I sniff and check them daily.

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ninjinglebells · 10/12/2008 16:22

until she's going to stay at her grans and i realise that they're ALL smelly and stained - I bet I win the slattern stakes.

dd2 (11 weeks) has worn the same outfit for 2 days and nights in a row (it's too cold to change if not necessary), is that bad?

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BellaKissedSanta · 10/12/2008 16:27

DC probably average about 3 nights each, but ds will, if left unsupervised, throw his into washing basket each morning with gay abndin, at least until I fish them out, hoping they haven't met up with the wet flannels.

Coldtits - is that, you Colditz?
If so, am loving your festive name

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BellaKissedSanta · 10/12/2008 16:29

DD recently wore (at her insistence) same outfit for 3 days running which was fine until our new neighbours came to introduce themselves, and appeared transfixed by assorted stains on dd's sleeves - let's just say jam was the nicest one

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WhereTheWildThingsWere · 10/12/2008 16:31

Until they are no longer clean, could be an hour, could be a fortnight, though I admit the latter is unlikely.

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Geepers · 10/12/2008 16:41

Once. We use everything only once in this house. Clothes, towels, tea-towels are washed after every use.

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Rookietherednosedreindeer · 10/12/2008 16:43

Seriously Geepers, you wash EVERYTHING after it has been worn once. How many loads of washing do you have each week ?

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MrsMattie · 10/12/2008 16:44

Once mostly, occasionally twice if DS doesn't spread his breakfast all over them.

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Geepers · 10/12/2008 16:44

I do one or two loads of washing a day. Everything gets thrown in together though, I don't seperate.

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