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?

Ds (9) always sleeps in the nud. Pjs or boxers are requested for sleepovers and residentials with the school. He went to nursery and has never had thread worms

Bet dd gets them though

Looks like many of us, not to mention our DCs, prefer to sleep "au naturelle". Is this the fashion trend of the 2010s?

I can't sleep naked, feels wrong to me. Once upon a time I slept naked all the time. I have always allowed dd to sleep however she chooses given that I've always had strong preferences myself either way. Sometimes she wears pyjamas, sometimes sleepsuits, sometimes pj bottoms and sometimes nothing. The only thing I do quietly encourage is no knickers in bed. I prefer a bit of fresh air circulating given that she's in uniform at school all day, often in tights or horrid scratchy gym shorts. Like somebody else said, like nappy free time for a baby.

I can understand starting the thread completely. I can tell you without asking her, with certainty, my mother would not approve of naked sleeping children. And she'd struggle to explain why too. Bed for children in her mind involves being scrubbed, hair plaited, teeth brushed, approriate, seasonal nightwear on and correctly buttoned (dressing gown and slippers on whilst still up but in pjs, removed before stepping into bed), always has a top sheet and a blanket on the bed too etc etc. It's just how she does things. I do look at dd spreadeagle in bed, duvet on the floor, dressed in just a hat, snoring away and know that Other People might not approve. It's nice that Other People seem to be the minority though.

I'd of course do the whole hoohah with knickers etc if we had threadworms but we've never encountered them. Nobody in dd's class has as far as I'm aware and they're all v open about lice (and scabies more recently ).

epees i couldn't really give an exact reason, im just uncomfy with kids being naked i feel like it makes them vulnerable, and when ur sleeping your already vulnerable so sleeping naked = double vulnerable???
i would sleep naked if it was just me and my dh & room locked but if its unlocked so kids can come in the morning, then i wont cos i dont want them to be exposed to nakedness
children coming for sleep overs wanting to sleep naked would be a total no too!!!
it may not be logical. i have issues, i know.

The only real reason I could think of why I wouldn't be too keen would be, although I would gain by not having to wash pjs, I would lose by having to wash and change bed sheets more often (which has got to be more time consuming), as they'd get bottom/genital germs on them, if they didn't have undies covering their nether regions. So maybe I'd go with just underpants.

We go through phases where DD wants to wear nothing and be covered by nothing. And opposite phases of wanting not only the main duvet but the baby duvet (from the cot bed days - we use it days we are trying to tempt her to stay under something if not the full duvet) and the (full bed-size) blanket with the holes in it (the kind babies use) on top of her, with a hot water bottle and wearing full lenghth pjs.

Her normal attire though winter and summer, is either a short nightie or shorts pjs. And the odd night with nothing.

DD sleeps naked, I really don't like it but can't honestly say why, so I'm learning to live with it. I think if we can just enforce 'dressing gown on when up and about and absolutely no naked undercarriage on the sofa', I'll cope.

If only being naked at night was my only concern getting clothes on either of mine anytime of day is quite a fight! Yanbu though.

I'd only insist if she woke up cold in the middle of the night, same as I would insist on not wearing excessive clothing if she was waking up in the middle night because she was too hot. Anything to preserve my sleep, basically.

yanbu.

In fact I might encourage DS to drop the pjs, would cut down on laundry.

we sleep naked, i'm fine if the kids want to too, whcih they sometimes do. My only issue is my mum's voice saying "but what if there was a fire??"

YADNBU!!! Your DD can sleep in a ballet tutu if she wants.

My dd3 hates clothes at night, she is also very warm during the day.

Its just the way some folk are made.

Its nothing to worry about, its not the same as not brushing teeth!

Children naturally cover up when they become more self aware.

Quinions it certainly isn't a 2010 trend as far as I am concerned, I've slept naked since the 80s and my parents slept naked throughout my childhood - it never bothered me or Dsis. Then again I'm Dutch and we tend to have a very different attitude towards nudity than the British. I guess my Dutch attitude has percolated to the DDs - though I do insist that they put something on when they get up in the morning and leave their rooms because we are cheapskates who minimise having the heating on.
I wouldn't actually have a problem with nude sleepover guests either, as long as they put something on when they leave the bedroom. When I stay over at someone, I sleep with nothing on but always have a full-length kaftan by the bed for trips to the loo etc. so that I don't scare anyone. There are always practical solutions.

I do put pyjamas on baby goo. She is 21 months. I do the bath, jamas, teeth thing. She takes the jamas off during the story, I put them on again

I think I worry she will be cold in the night as she is not good at keeping covers on. I am certainly not thinking about worms or bum goblins or anything.

StealthPolarBear - Now the nights are getting cooler, is she asking for her PJs yet?

Just to say that I am a DD and me and my sister (also a DD) have always slept in the most natural and comfortable way. Our parents always sleep nude so it is a family thing. The way it works at home is that generally everyone will put a wrap or something on before going downstairs. Around bedrooms and bathrooms, shower room and generally upstairs we are mostly nude.

We found that friends who stay on sleepovers once past initial surprise soon always joined it the same with no problem, enjoying it and taking the habit back home in lots of cases.

So there is no rule on PJs, just be natural and relaxed about it.

My DS (7) sleeps naked. He gets really hot. I can't, and have to have my pjs on or I just don't fall asleep.

Doesn't bother me about chidlren being naked. BUT having been in hotels where the fire alarm went off in the middle of the night and we had to grab children and get out quickly, I'd want them clothed for that reason.
Getting out with the fire alarm going off down several flights of stairs with excited/scared children is enough without having to think about clothes.

We now have our fire bag by the door: Warm jumpers for everyone and keys/purse, when we stay at a hotel.

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