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Do you let your dc stay in their PJs in the school hols?

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twosoups1972 · 24/12/2018 11:05

Only a few days into the holidays and already I am annoyed with them not getting dressed. I'm not insisting on early mornings and getting dressed straight away but surely it's not unreasonable to be washed and dressed by lunch time??

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AnnaMariaDreams · 24/12/2018 13:25

Yes. Not every day but we have the odd chill out day- Boxing Day will be one for us.

MiddlingMum · 24/12/2018 13:27

No, never. We're just not a daytime pyjama-wearing family. Up, showered and dressed. It just feels sloppy and grubby to me. In fact, I rarely even go downstairs in mine. I don't think I've had a day when I've not been outside since about 1967 when I had measles.

Happy to accept that everyone is different though.

TheEagle · 24/12/2018 13:28

No, unless they’re ill. But they’re little - 5, 3.5 and 3.5 - so if we don’t get up and get dressed and out into the fresh air we run the risk of one of them killing another one.

I like to get into my pyjamas early though, when the DC go to bed I’m regularly in my pyjamas too.

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fleshmarketclose · 24/12/2018 13:35

Yes if that's what they want. Yesterday I got up and dressed, got wet through taking the dog, showered and put on pyjamas and wore them all day. I don't think it matters tbh.

FrostyMoanyWind · 24/12/2018 13:36

I waver between "it's proper to get dressed" and "their pjs are the easiest clothes to wash". Usually washing considerations win.

I get dressed as soon as I'm up though and am still baffled by the desire to wear pjs all day long. However, I do dress in "indoor" clothes I would never wear out.

AuntMarch · 24/12/2018 13:39

I wore my pyjamas all day yesterday and watched films. If I didn't have two weeks off though I would have seen it as a waste. As it is I saw it as a much needed rest day.

NonaGrey · 24/12/2018 13:41

No, I don’t mind having a lie in or a lazy morning but everyone has to be washed and dressed by lunch.

I don’t really understand the whole getting washed and then putting clean Pjs on thing that some people do. Why not just get dressed? Surely your day clothes aren’t uncomfortable?

At this time of year we get lots of people dropping in on the way past. I don’t think it’s appropriate to entertain in PJs. Grin

Zevitevitchofcwsmas · 24/12/2018 13:41

Both been walking and lounging with sofa throws around them and nothing else. I only got dressed because a delivery was due 😁.

Both having a bath now to get ready for tomorow. More lounging then we will all dress up for Xmas Dinner.
Nothing wrong with lounging and relaxing!

fartfacemcfartfaceface · 24/12/2018 13:41

Yes I do if we are having a day at home.

Girlsworld92 · 24/12/2018 13:43

We are all in our pjs today. I've showered & changed into fresh ones. Girls will have a bath later. Chill out day so want to be comfy. I love it.

FourFuxxakes · 24/12/2018 13:44

Mine wear whatever they want when not at school. I'd hate for someone to dictate what I wear when relaxing at home so I don't do it to my children. All 4 of us are in our PJs and have no plans to go anywhere so there's no point in creating more washing just for the sake of it.

NellWilsonsWhiteHair · 24/12/2018 13:47

I tend to send mine to get dressed by about 10o'c, by which time he's usually been up 3-4 hours. He's six and if we don't get out before lunchtime he starts bouncing off the walls.

I don't like staying in pyjamas all day myself, but I'd happily let him if it wasn't for needing to get him outside.

HoppingPavlova · 24/12/2018 13:47

Absolutely. Mine used to and still do. So do I Grin. If we have nothing on and are not going anywhere they won’t get changed and I thank my lucky stars as there is a never ending pile of washing as it is.

Everyone potters outside in the yard at some point, hangs out washing, brings in washing, sits outside and reads, has cup of tea etc so a bit of fresh air here and there just in PJ’sGrin.

Zevitevitchofcwsmas · 24/12/2018 13:53

Agree four down time is really important and letting dc do their own thing.
I had two friends growing up whose parents wouldn't let them alone, wouldn't let them come down stairs unless dressed etc... SUPER Strict... They can't bare to go home now and spend as little time as possible with their dp.

Obviously there is a balance. We have had majorly frantic few days out... If its been a week of slopping round yes I would try and promote getting out.

But I am firm believer in letting people just be.

californiascreaming · 24/12/2018 13:55

We have pj days sometimes.
We like it - feels very relaxed.
Also something kind of naughty about doing it...
Especially come nighttime when you get out of pyjamas to get into another pair of pyjamas!!!
A bit like sometimes we have pudding before our main meal!

MeetOnTheSIedge · 24/12/2018 13:56

I'd never do it myself, never use them as loungewear after work or similar either but one of my DCs loves a PJ day now and again, no harm if she doesn't need to go out.

Frazzled2207 · 24/12/2018 14:07

I'm relaxed up until 12ish but no lunch unless you're dressed. We very rarely don't leave the house though.

PeroniZuchini · 24/12/2018 14:17

No way! But we’re quite an active family so it just wouldn’t be our ‘ethos’. I let the dds sleep in but I insist that they get up, get dressed, and get outside at least once a day during the holidays. I also encourage them to do something productive, even if it means a few hours off phone and reading a book / homework / helping with housework.

Relaxation doesn’t have to involve being slobbish. In fact I don’t really know anyone to lounge around in pjs all day, unless I’ll. But I think I might be in the minority here!

NotCitrus · 24/12/2018 14:37

Mine will happily get dressed to go out now, but otherwise there's no reason to. I tend to force myself and them out the house before it gets dark, so a whole day in pyjamas is rare. When MrNC works at home he doesn't get dressed (unless doing DIY in his breaks), but I do because I don't feel like working otherwise.

italiancortado · 24/12/2018 14:44

Personally I don't think it's healthy to stay in for days on end without any fresh air or exercise.

Never occur to you that not everyone can simply get out and about so easily?

italiancortado · 24/12/2018 14:46

We are mostly having a stay at home day today, nobody is dressed. DH had a shower this morning then got into clean pjs. DD is showering now as she is going out at 5pm, small child will get a bath before bed, I am showering tonight because I'm busy cleaning and would need to shower after anyway.

abbsisspartacus · 24/12/2018 14:46

Of course not! Mine are naked!

sirfredfredgeorge · 24/12/2018 15:24

You can be annoyed with them not going out for a walk with you perhaps, but controlling their dress in their own house is way off, absolutely that's something kids can control from the very youngest without harm.

Theoryofmould · 24/12/2018 15:39

My ds,13, has been wandering about in his pants for days. I'd bloody love him to stick his onesie on but it's too warm in our house apparently Hmm

JustanotherCHRISTMASuser01 · 25/12/2018 11:27

No children here but there a comfort thing to me and dh though we do have a rule of changing into another pair than what we've slept in if were having a pj day