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Judgey Pants or Not:: Taking a 7 mo out to lunch in their pyjamas

97 replies

QueenSconetta · 21/08/2010 21:51

...on the basis they have a cough and have been up since 2am with it.

I just wouldn't. Surely if they're too ill to have clothes put on them they're too ill to go out?

Or has my mother just drilled the 'if you're too ill to go to school, you're too ill to go out to play' mentality into too hard?

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Summerbird73 · 21/08/2010 22:21

DS @ 14months is sleeping in a tshirt and soft shorts tonight coz they are cooler than his pjs

so effectively my DS is cross dressing too! Grin

shimmerysilverglitter · 21/08/2010 22:22
Grin

Both mine lived in sleep suits until they were mobile. Both winter babies so they were nice and cosy in them. They did "get dressed" each morning, into a nice, clean sleepsuit and then changed for bed into....another nice clean sleepsuit.

sloanypony · 21/08/2010 22:22

I went to the chemist once in pj bottoms which arguably were a slightly sporty bootleg style and just about could have been yoga pants, a gap tshirt and hush cardigown which is a dressing gown really but made of wool so could almost be a long cardigan. And Ugg boots.

I had tonsilitis, and was pregnant, and it was a small suburban chemist where you can park right outside.

But still. Slob or what.

Summerbird73 · 21/08/2010 22:24

pre DS i went out to pick DH up in my PJ's in the car - but that was just to make the point that he was BVU by ringing me up blootered at midnight. Grin

dontdisstheteens · 21/08/2010 22:24

I have an 11 year old who so far this hols has managed three straight days in pjs... Including two trips by foot to the corner shop. They love him there!

deemented · 21/08/2010 22:26

I know booyhoo, i was concerned she may have judgeypants and i'd get home to find an AIBU - AIBU In thinking this woman should have dressed her child?

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MiladyDeSummer · 21/08/2010 22:27

Babies under the age of one should wear comfortable clothes. Sleep-suits. Socks if need be but no sodding shoes.

My Mum surpassed herself once. I left DD (aged five months) there for an hour in warm weather wearing a lovely cool cotton vest and when I came to fetch her she was in a frilly black and white polyester lace horror of a dress all rucked up because she was a baby with a matching mob cap (complete with sweating head but who cares about that?) and dummy / headband with ribbons and beads and FRILLY KNICKERS I kid you not!

Those market stalls have a lot to answer for.

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QueenSconetta · 21/08/2010 22:27
Hmm

DD always has an outfit during the day and a vest/vest and pyjama top/sleepsuit at night (depending on how hot it is) and the only time she has a sleepsuit on out of the house if she has puked/pooed/weed/spilt an excessive amount of food etc on the two spare outfits I have for her.

No wonder my changing bag is so heavy!

Like I said each to their own but I didn't realise I would be so much in the minority. On my own in fact, lol.

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2kids2dogsandahorse · 21/08/2010 22:32

Milady I think your Mum and my DM/MIL must shop in the same babyclothes place :( Mine did exactly the same as Shimmery's, clean babygros/vests morning and evening but I never bothered dressing them up

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QueenSconetta · 21/08/2010 22:32

I have to admit I went to the shop in my pyjamas and a hoodie when I was pregnant. They were plain black though but probably smelled of bed - nice!

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muggglewump · 21/08/2010 22:33

Mind you, on here, clothes on a baby are somehow taken to be stiff demin and shoes, with a hoody.

I dressed DD in clothes, usually a soft romper and cardy or similar.

I liked to put clothes on her, and it helped me to distinguish between night and day, that doesn't mean I pit inappropriate clothes on her.

I find it funny. I've lurked on Netmums where you must dress your kids in clothes, and I've been on here for a few years where you mustn't.

It's bizarre.

Does no one buy soft trousers and tops, or dungarees, or rompers and cardies?

Summerbird73 · 21/08/2010 22:33

milady that is why i praised the lord i had DS - i would have loved a DD but even my 30yr sister was threatening pink frilly knicker-ness a la 'Tracey Sue'

deemented · 21/08/2010 22:37

mugglewump - yes, but not yet, when he's mobile and crawling and picking up dirt from the floor on his kneecaps then i'll buy him dungies that you can't see the dirt on

shimmerysilverglitter · 21/08/2010 22:37

My very first clothing gift from my MIL for dd was something similar to this

Not exactly the same, more fluffy looking if that is possible and the scarf itself was actually the body of the poodle with a head on one end and the tail on the other. Gawd it was awful.

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QueenSconetta · 21/08/2010 22:40

Mugglewump, I'm with you.

As I prev posted, I always put DD in outfits during the day, but its usually leggings/trousers with a top and cardi. I very rarely put her in dresses because I think she is generally more comfortable in trousers, especially now she is mobile.

I didn't put 'pram shoes' on her though until today, as she's on her feet a lot now and I feel she needs something to protect them a bit when we're not at home.

I've made room on my minority sofa for you Smile Wink

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Summerbird73 · 21/08/2010 22:40

O sweet lord - even the child model looks embarrassed! Grin

MiladyDeSummer · 21/08/2010 22:40

2kids it isn't being a slattern at all! I know I'd be more comfortable in something without a waist for example if I could get away with it.

I wouldn't choose to wear jeans or a dress or tiny trainers if I was going to sleep most of the day. I wouldn't enforce it on a tiny new baby with delicate skin.

There are some nice outfits for babies which are based on the sleep-suit principle. DS had one or two but I could never understand my sister putting her DD in short little skirts when she couldn't even sit up. WTF?

ThatDamnDog · 21/08/2010 22:41

shimmery, having read all of that post I can't possibly bring myself to click on your link!

Summerbird73 · 21/08/2010 22:42

oh do it ThatDamnDog - i felt nauesous reading it but you have to look!

booyhoo · 21/08/2010 22:43

i got a lovely footless romper suit from george that i put on ds alot and everyone asks "why is he in jammies?" you can't win.

shimmerysilverglitter · 21/08/2010 22:43

ROFL at ThatDamnDog Oh please, please, you have to.

Your post about light slacks and brogues made me giggle but a few more posts came up before mine with my Grin emoticon.

2kids2dogsandahorse · 21/08/2010 22:43

I clicked, don't do it lol! Milady that is exactly how I feel babygros = comfort = peaceful baby = happy me

Summerbird73 · 21/08/2010 22:44

DS wears PJs for long car journeys too - or the combo he is wearing tonight!

ThatDamnDog · 21/08/2010 22:46

[pale and shaking]

That's abuse.

muggglewump · 21/08/2010 22:46

Thanks, QueenSconetta, but budge up a bit Grin.

It doesn't really matter what babies wear, so long as they are comfy, and I made sure my DD was.
After all, a romper is just a sleepsuit without feet, and soft trousers and a top, are just like PJ's, and dungarees are a combination!.

Honestly, why the scoffing on here about putting comfy clothes on a baby?

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