to not put DS into fresh pajamas every night?

[OstentatiousBreastfeeder]

I'm trying to cut down on the amount of washing we do. WIBU to put him in worn pajamas? He has a bath every night and gets changed out of them first thing to go to school, then they just get tossed in the hamper to be washed.

Seems to me he could get more wear out of them but DH thinks I'm being a skanky skank. Am I?

It's gob smacking rude to say 'who gives a fuck what you think'.

no mrsd I won't ;P

chippingin - we are facing an ecological crisis of a magnitude unknown - you want to play nice fine - I really don't give a fuck ;P

Yes you being obnoxious and sweary on a MN thread is really going to make a massive impact on that ecological crisis isn't it?

A great argument......if you're fourteen.

with the greatest respect - I was not the one who people off for having telling staring people off for giving their opinion ;)but hey swearing in aibu - how very dare I

Eh?

I agree waterrat. It is a crazy thread but it doesn't shock me-I constantly feel MN is a parallel universe!
It is no wonder children get so many allergies and it is terrifically wasteful for the planet. I am thankful that hotels have stopped washing things after every use and do at least give you the chance to reuse towels.
Madness to pack all those clothes for a holiday or waste precious time doing the washing! Your children won't care if they wear the same pyjamas for a week-they would far rather have your time and attention than you spending all that time on washing!

Well I don't eat meat and neither do my children so none of the issues associated with mass meat production can be laid at MY door.

We eat fish but only sustainably fished.

I don't drink alcohol or smoke either so won't be costing the NHS anything with related health issues not to mention the savings in recycling costs from all those glass bottles.

I rarely buy clothes. I don't much enjoy clothes shopping, preferring to wear things out and only shop when I need to.

So it seems to me that somewhere along the way my impact on the ecological system probably balances out to similar to most of those posting with outrage on here in spite of my penchant for clean clothes.

My kids have NO allergies either.

I prefer to do everything in an ecologically friendly way-not say that because I do some it allows me to ignore others!!

You must live a blameless life then. Good for you .

Thank you

Sadly not everyone manages to meet those impossibly high standards. I would be extremely surprised if the majority of posters on this thread could say they manage to live as blamelessly as you, not if they were being truthful.

It should be an aim. My point was that it seems pretty silly to say I do x,y and z and therefore I can be very selfish and ecologically unfriendly because I want to be! Your DC will not notice, or care, whether he has clean pyjamas!

It's interesting that the artificial smells are preferable to natural skin smell.
I've just put on fresh pjs and they don't have a particularly different smell from day or more old pjs. I don't use smelly detergent nor conditioner.
Apart from certain areas, or if there was a lot of sweat, skin doesn't smell much and if anything it can be nice.
I prefer my pjs with some of my skin friendly bacteria and natural oils than left over chemicals from the detergent.

I'd love it if you'd quote where I actually said I do this and this so can be as selfish I want to be.

My point was the outrage on this thread seemed hypocritical given that those emoting all over the place about pjs washed daily probably do many of the things that I don't.

You clearly misunderstood.

Mellow - my post was merely to point out to those before mine saying about the excess washing etc and increased allergies. Not to say that it's not contributing, but in my household, it certainly hasn't. But that is the one area I'm really sharp on, my home has dust, it has dog hair and the odd muddy foot print. One thing I think is bloody ridiculous is those new antibacterial detergents now... For clothes. As if you're going to be a terrible parent by letting your toddler use her blanket from nursery as it'll be full of germs. To me that's a hell of a lot more harmful than people washing pyjamas daily.

I'm also with you CheckpointCharlie

We have a tiny terraced house, no tumble drier, and a north facing garden permanently in the shade, so nothing dries outside in the winter.... so all our washing is on a clothes airer thru' the winter ..... washing PJs daily would be a joke for us, even once a week is a challenge.

Like you, my DC's get clean PJ's when they "need" them (sometimes once a week, sometimes once a fortnight...) and the sheets probably get washed once a month in winter... drying them is nigh on impossible in such a small space.

We do wash/shower daily, in the mornings - so we do at least go out the house smelling clean and fresh.

Some of you would not do very well during a thread worm outbreak and that is not a laundry related dig

I managed to get 3 children to adulthood without a single threadworm outbreak!
I think it is a peculiar MN thing. I have taken groups of children away lots of times and they go with one set of pyjamas.

OP asked the question because she wanted to cut down on washing.
I am all for less work OP, wash them once a week or if needed before that.

My son got threadworms once, from school, presumably. Then his and my bed clothes and pants were washed daily and at more than 60oC until he was cleared. No need for more than that.

Phew pawan thought it was just me then!!