What time do your kids get dressed?

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pondering to myself how many kids are asked to get dressed almost as soon as they wake up? Or do they spend a bit of time in pyjamas?

even if your not planning on really going anywhere do they get dressed straight away in the morning?

am I awful parent for letting my 3 year old stay in his pyjamas while I do the school run, then getting him dressed when we get home from dropping off older DD 🤣

If they are not going anywhere sometimes hours. My 15 year old often isn’t dressed by lunch time.

If we don’t have to go anywhere (rare) or DD has woken up early, she might lie in bed and read, otherwise it’s clothes on straightaway. We don’t go downstairs in pyjamas.

I was a single parent to 3 under 4. On nursery/school days/work days my rule was no going downstairs till your dressed and that way I knew I could get us all out the house on time. I was more relaxed on none school days.

When I was a kid we had to be up and dressed by 8am even at the weekends. The only exception was if you were so ill you couldn't get out of bed. I hated it! I now spend lots of time in pyjamas 😂

So I think you're fine!

For school as soon as they get up.
Weekends, they will spend a few hours in pyjamas unless going somewhere.

Weekdays when they get up. I wouldn’t take them out in their PJs ever unless they were seriously unwell and needed medical attention.
weekends I don’t care long as they are dressed before we leave the house.

Depends what’s happening. DS (nearly 2) often goes on the school run with DD2 in his pjs. DDs 1 and 2 will come down for breakfast and then get dressed just before leaving. I prefer that because it reduces the risk of spilling something down it.

If we’re not going anywhere, I’m happy for mine to be in their pjs all day at the weekend. Really doesn’t matter to us.

On a school day, I insist they get dressed straight away because otherwise they just faff around and getting to school is stressful.

On a non school day, I couldn't care less. Just before we go out or anyone comes round

After breakfast. No sense in getting them dressed (4yo and nearly 1yo) only to get half their breakfast down them and have to change again.
I wouldn’t go any longer than that really and I certainly wouldn’t leave the house with them in jammies if I could help it!

On a school day - one gets dressed asap and the other one eats breakfast first and then gets dressed. The staggered breakfast works for us as they were bickering so much while eating and fighting over the bathroom etc, and the routine works because the daydreamer gets dressed asap so I can keep him on track better!

Weekend - as long as they’re dressed before we leave the house then I’m not bothered

My 7 year old has to be told to get dressed, he'll happily stay in his pyjamas all day if he could. I would not let him go out of the house in them (however I'm not home when he gets ready for school and he has been known to go to school with at least his pyjama top still on, sometimes the bottoms still on under his trousers sigh)
My 15 year old gets dressed straight away for school but changes back into her pyjamas as soon as she gets home and stays in them all weekend if she doesn't have to go anywhere.

I did that a couple of times when DS2 was a toddler in a pushchair, for the 2min walk to DS1s school. Nowadays I make everyone get dressed after breakfast (as I'd rather they got milk/crumbs on their pjamas than their school uniform).

DS2 is off school with a temperature at the moment, but I am going to tell him to get changes info fresh pj's in a minute as I always feel better in clean clothes!

on a school day mine come downstairs at 7.30 have breakfast and start getting dressed at 8.15. Weekends or school holidays maybe about 10.30 if we’re going out

I wouldn’t take them out in PJs unless they were unwell and we were rushing to A&E. My 8YO dresses as soon as she’s up on schooldays. My 4YO after breakfast as he’s still prone to slopping weetabix down his front, also he needs help buttoning his school shirt so can’t do it alone in his room. On weekends I’m more relaxed and they can slob about in PJs until we actually need to go somewhere or someone is coming round.

We never leave the house not dressed for the day. Rare exceptions being sometimes when I need to go collect eldest from sports training at 9pm and Dh is away. I’ll get littlest one showered and ready for bed and put him in the car to go get her.

Mine get dressed when it’s time to go anywhere. So always dressed for the school run, but not straight away when they get up.

My teens default to onesies at this time of year if they are not required outside.
They are generally showered and up though by 7am weekdays, 9-10am weekends.

When DD2 was 2yo, and DD1 was in Reception, I often just stuck her in the pram for the school run with some fruit (after a nappy change!) To do the school run. Then breakfast when we got back. However school started at 7.30am (not UK!). When she started preschool at 3yo, she had to be dressed as well.

They are teens now. At weekends I get grunts as they wander in search of breakfast at 10am.

Have breakfast and wash face/brush teeth still in jarmies then on nursery days DD is dressed at 8:15, hair done and in the car for 8:45. DS who is 5 months stays in whatever vest and onesie he slept in until I get home then I get him changed. Weekends and non nursery days are more chilled but we usually are all washed, teeth brushed and dressed by 10:30 I’d say, even if it’s “comfies” such as joggers and jumper.

On a school day one gets up and has breakfast and then gets dressed at 640, the other gets up, gets dressed at 620 and then has breakfast.
On a weekend if we're not going anywhere they could well be in pj's until they get ready for bed! Else until we need to go out.

I had to be up and dressed by 8am at the weekends/holidays and I hated it!

DS (aged 4) comes down in his pyjamas and plays or watching a bit of tv while I make breakfast - which he inevitably drops down himself - then goes straight up from the breakfast table to clean his teeth and gets dressed. That’s the same whether it’s a school day or weekend, although school days tend to be a quicker easier breakfast whereas we might faff around more on the weekend, making pancakes or whatever.

the 1 year old has breakfast at nursery so we get her dressed as soon as she’s up, but on weekends she follows the same pattern as her brother.

I like everyone up and dressed so we can just go out when we’re ready, but they both pretty much only wear very comfy clothes.

Mine are primary school age and have breakfast in PJs ( mostly because they are messy and I don't want food on their uniform). At the weekends they need to be dressed to leave the house, or by lunchtime, whichever is earlier.

There were definitely times when they were toddlers that I whacked a puddle suit on over their pjs in the interests of getting out of the house though!

My boys are older - during the week the 14 year old gets up at 6:30 and straight into the shower and gets dressed into his uniform immediately afterwards (unless he goes out for an early training session then he showers at the pool and gets dressed into uniform there). The 12 year old has his breakfast, sits in bed with us while we have coffee and then he hops in the shower when his brothers finished, and gets dressed slowly afterwards (usually still only has one sock and no tie on by the time we’re trying to leave to drive to school!

at the weekends they usually have sports comps or matches on at least one day so are up and dressed early, if not thiugh they will loiter about in pjs til maybe 9 or 10am.

Theres nothing wrong with little tiddlers like yours doing the school run in pjs and a onesie, especially in this weather!

It was up and dressed first thing in my house. I didn’t mind helping them get dressed, but I found it easier to be spontaneous if everyone was dressed. I’d never feel like going anywhere or doing anything if I had to get them dressed first.

As teens that eased off and they have pyjama days when they want now.

But of course you’re not an awful parent - do what works for you in your house.

After breakfast always. The kids like to chill a little in the morning, have breakfast and play a little bit.