to let dd sleep in only her birthday suit?

[StealthPolarBear]

She is nearly 3 and has recently decided clothes are overrated. Most of the time we put our foot down, but she has slept naked the last 3 or 4 nights. We were in a hotel where it was very warm so let her but now we're back she still wants to. Is there an unwritten rule that children MUST wear pyjamas that I am unaware of?

hmm knickers is the thing she objects to most I think (unless it's just first)

My two always sleep naked. Even in winter! Their choice.

The threadworm thing is good if they have threadworm.

If they haven't they can catch them from the sandpit/towel etc in the nursery from any child that does have them and wears pjs.

Oh well I will carry on letting her, nd yes, looking forward to saving a fortnue on nightwear :o

the pants thing on the nhs website is part of the strict hygiene method of getting rid of threadworms if there is an infestation so doesnt mean you have to wear pants all of the time.

www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Threadworms/Pages/Treatment.aspx

It was just a thought. I'd be inclined to go with the birthday suit for the sake of an easy bedtime.

See uncomfy knickers drive me mad, so I'm willing to let dd2 not wear hers at night plus I like a bit of air about her if that makes sense.

Yes I've always liked them having bare bottoms under pyjamas - like "nappy free" time when they were in nappies

blacktea im pretty sure thay say that due to the threadworms thing, its because in a class of about 30 kids (aged 4-10 or younger if at nursery) about half of them will have threadworms and they are quite hard to stop due to reinfection. kids of that age tend not to be as bothered about hand washing (even if your child is others wont be) so the eggs end up on door handles the flushing thing,hands are held fingers go in mouths lots hence how they end up in tummies. they itch really bad at nighttime as thats when they come out to lay more eggs and scratching means cycle repeated. you can give them the tablets but they can get reinfected very quickly afterwards and they are not cheap, often people prefer to by otc rather than get a script and you have to treat everyone in the family at the same time.

when your asleep you tend to scratch over knickers rather than inside them and that means you break the cycle.

jesus wept im even worse about nits and scabies

vodka you are compleatly correct.

i just make my lo's because im weird but in all fairness i dont in the school holidays

Ah thanks for that sock. Dd is only 2.8 so i have all of that to look forward to!

we did once have a mass underware protest in my house it was dreadfull theres me rocking in the corner thinking about parisites whilst surounded by 5 under 3's point blank refusing any underware of any type.

it was resolved by self knicker selection. cost a fortune as i let them all choose there own from m&s

I can't see a problem as long as she will be warm enough and won't wake up cold. I like mine to be fairly warmly dressed for bed because they tend to wriggle out of their duvets and dd2 will wake up if she gets cold.

Ours always slept in their birthday suits (and still do a decade and a half or more on) once they realised it was what DH and I did. We didn't have a problem with it then, and still dont. The only issue was how to respond to the initial "you don't wear PJs, so why should I" argument". We 've sometimes wondered how parents who sleep nude themselves can justify insisting that their kids sleep in PJs.

erm no let her sleep in the nuddy if she wants to , or just a pair of pants but if she isnt cold then let her,

Oo I'd love to let DS do this! Less washing for me!
Unfortunately he still has to wear nappies and an SN sleep suit that does up at the back to stop him going into his nappy if he does a poo.

YANBU at all! I hate the daily pj washing!

My two sleep in knickers, but I'd be perfectly happy for them to sleep naked - I do.

Firawla what exactly are your reasons for disapproving?

I have a friend who FREAKED when ds stripped and got into bed when he was having a sleep over (his own bedding). She got him some of her ds's pants to wear o he wouldn't be naked.

When I asked her why it bothered her the best she came up with was that it 'wasn't right'. But then she won't let her dcs take random toys (cars, balls, various other bits of plastic shit) into the bath with them as the toilet is in the same room

I would prefere another child who was not my own to sleep in clothes in my house, just incase the parents didnt like it. I think it gives the correct message about personal bounderies aswell.

my dd does sleep naked and walk around the house naked, but if others are around i would insist on her wearing clothes also to reinforce appropriate bounderies. But that is just my own parenting choice its not stemed from any real paranoia.

My 4yo has slept naked for the past 18 months, once she was dry at night. I insist that part of her morning routine is to wash, teeth, dress ( at least knickers). We had big problems getting her to wear clothes or keep them on shortly after potty training. Now she seems happy to accept that she has to do certain thing before she can come downstairs for breakfast. I can't think of any reason not to let her, she's happy, sleeps well and now dresses to go out!

I always used to put my PJs on to do my teeth, wash and say goodnight, to my mum and dad then I'd just strip off before I got in bed. Can't remember the last time I slept with clothes on, probably when my mum still had to dress/undress me.

StealthPB - where did your daughter get the idea? Does anyone else in the family sleep nude?

We both do, most of the time :)

Mine usually wear PJ's, but if it's very warm they do take them off. DS1 (8) often sleeps in boxers and walk around the house in them. I wouldn't let them sleep naked if they were having friends for a sleepover, or if they went to a friends for a sleepover.

I would find it odd if one of their friends came over and stripped bare for bed tbh, and would offer them PJ's.

YANBU. Both my daughter and myself are naked sleepers at home.