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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

My friend thinks I am!

40 replies

Fuzzled · 13/10/2011 09:29

I honestly don't think this is weird, but my friend was a bit Shock at this, and I can't see why?!

DS gets up between 6am - 7am (if you discount the night wakings!), he plays for a bit, has breakfast, waves goodbye to Dad and then he and I play/tidy/tickle etc.

He then gives his nap indications anytime between 9am and 10am, which is usually dictated by how well he's slept and when he woke.

Other than required nappy changes, I don't get him out of his PJ's, so that when he has his nap he goes back in his Grobag and I feel he is comfier than if he was up and dressed. At the end of the nap, he gets up, washed and dressed and we have the rest of the day to do things. He only has one nap per day, but usually sleeps for about 2 hours, which means I can do my job as I'm a WAHM.

Obviously, if we have something to do in the morning, I dress him when he wakes and we do whatever is required.

My friend popped round with some stuff on her way to work after dropping her DS off at nursery, came in, saw DS in his PJ's and asked why he wasn't dressed and was he ill? I of course said no and explained as above.
She was a bit Shock Hmm and said that she always dressed her DS first thing so that he would "know" that that's what people do in the morning.

Now, I could see her point if DS was older, but he's only just 1 so I don't think he'll come to harm (probably!) and as he grows, his routine will change and adapt; but she was so adamant that I was wrong that I'm now feeling a bit wobbly about my choices IYSWIM.

Tell me, oh wise Mumsnetters, am I "eccentric"? Should DS be dressed first thing? Or, as I suspect, is this fine and I should stop stressing?!

OP posts:
Alibabaandthe80nappies · 13/10/2011 10:07

I suspect she is more than a little jealous of your relaxed morning routine!

YANBU btw, it sounds lovely :)

skybluepearl · 13/10/2011 10:10

I do the same as you most days

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 13/10/2011 10:13

My two school age children stay in their PJ's on the weekend until lunchtime if they can get away with it!Wink

Squitten · 13/10/2011 10:14

DS1 (3) is currently sat on the sofa in his PJs and DS2 is asleep in his vest so I think I'm going to go with... YANBU!

pinkdelight · 13/10/2011 10:15

Sorry if I'm in a bad mood, but christ, that went on a bit for a v small issue, which is basically:

"My son is one and I don't take him out of his pyjamas till after his morning nap. My friend thinks this is weird. Is it?"

And no. It isn't. It's fine. Yawn.

MrsStephenFry · 13/10/2011 10:16

Whats wrong with being a weird pj wearing adult?

RubyLovesMayMay · 13/10/2011 10:16

"I suspect she is more than a little jealous of your relaxed morning routine!"

Envy As am I

Good for you OP, its mornings like that where the memories are made Smile

Pagwatch · 13/10/2011 10:21

Oh I am not sure she is jealous.

I suspect she just assumed that what she does is the best way - perhaps that routine was considered important in her childhood.
Not everyone who expresses an opinion is bitter, vicious or envious.

Op as I said unthread I agree with you. But if she is nice in every other way I would just take it as a difference in opinion.

GalaxyWeaver · 13/10/2011 10:25

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SooticaTheWitchesCat · 13/10/2011 10:31

He is only a baby so there is no problem, once he gets older he wont be doing it. It's fine Smile

LeaveYourDignityAtTheDoor · 13/10/2011 11:12

DS2 (10mth) rarely has clothes on. Most of the time, he wears a babygrow. I only dress him if we're going out as I don't see the point of dressing him for him to play about the house and be sick/spill food down them.

Moominsarescary · 13/10/2011 11:17

Ds3 7 months is still in his pjs when taking ds2 to school some days

HenriettaFarthingay · 13/10/2011 11:22

Sounds like lovely mornings round your house OP. I used to love mornings like that when mine were little. Am a teensy bit envious. However, I have my little granddaughter coming tomorrow night, so get to do it on Saturday.

Keep doing what you're doing - that's how good memories are made.

TimeWasting · 13/10/2011 11:23

Sounds like a fab routine. I always got DS out of his jamas after breakfast, but only because he'd be covered in food.

TimeWasting · 13/10/2011 11:23

I wouldn't get dressed til I needed to though. Grin

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