to not have pjs for DS?

[pimsandlemonade]

I recently saw a reference to an old thread about a mum who put the kids to ben in next day clothes and it was thought of as weird to say the least.
So I've been thinking if I'm weird too
DS 3.5 doesn't own any pyjamas, in the evening he has his bath then puts on clean underwear and t shirt and goes to bed. Then in the morning there is no need to change, just add some shorts or trousers and he's ready to go.
I never thought of it as odd, is it? Am i depriving him of something?

I don't think kids should go to bed in day clothes.

For one they're not as comfy and two there's something about getting up and putting on clean clothes, it signals the start of the day.

But seriously, you can get threadworm from wearing your pants to bed???

We sometimes do this if we've an early start. It sounds fine to me, pre-puberty.

You can't catch it that way goat but if you have it the worms come out at night and lay their eggs in your pants (and around your bum) so in the morning you have to wash and also wash the pants and put clean ones on. And probably the sheets. And the towels. Sigh. (Experience)

I'm 45. We always had clean nightwear, never wore the same school shirt twice and had at least 2 sets of uniforms a week. We never wore things for several days. I was 7 when we moved into a house with a shower, we all showered everyday.

How exactly do you get threadworms from wearing pants in bed?
Science tells us we pick up threadworm eggs throughout the day from anything and everything....door handles,chairs, towels, clothing etc and then, the eggs are transferred into our digestive system from our hands. I'm interested to know how you catch them from wearing pants in bed??

*clean nightwear every night that should say.

Clean set of pyjamas every night, clean set of underwear everynight and underwear is also changed in the morning.

I'm gobsmacked by the number of you that put clean pyjamas on your children every night. What are they doing to get so dirty in their sleep? Mine have to wear their pyjamas/nightie for at least three nights unless they're visibly stained or smelly. This cleanliness obsession is not doing the environment any favours.

I have to put clean pjs on mine every night - he gets breakfast cereal all over them in the morning

Mine have 3 baths a week and clean pjs after the baths. 6 and 8 so not smelly yet. They do often sleep in pants in the summer, but clean pants for bed, and in the morning. If that's what your DS likes to sleep in, you could just stock up on cheap boxers and tshirts from primark for bed, rather than proper pjs. I bought tshirts for £1.40 for the DCs to use as summer pj tops this week.

Good grief at the pearl clutching on this thread

I don't see too much wrong - from an environmental perspective we probably all wash our clothes far too much...no one is going to keel over of a 3 yo wears a tshirt for 24 hours

DS always had PJ'S when younger but refuses to wear them now so he sleeps in the boxers / pants he had on that day, and maybe a tshirt if it's cold (his choice)

I can't think I've ever met an adult male who wears pj's tbh

I usually change out of work clothes into a long vest / leggings combo, I then wear the vest to bed - weekends might wear all day

We shower daily so we are hardly dirtying our clothes

It's a bit strange because it's unusual, but it's not that bad, is it? Small children don't sweat much and if he has a bath before bed he's not going to be that dirty in the morning - he's just lying in bed. The clothes would smell a bit slept-in, I suppose.

I too am astonished by all the daily pyjama changers plus clean pants under the pyjamas plus washing morning and night. We don't need to be sterile, you know. It's not actually good for the environment or us to be constantly washing our bodies or our clothes. I get the feeling that lots of posters on here are horrified by their own physicality - all this anxiety about skin flakes and a bit of sweat. Nothing terrible will happen if you wear the same pants for 24 or - gasp!- even 48 hours unless you have particular physical issues eg incontinence. Nothing terrible would happen if you wore the same pyjamas for a week. I'm sure I did as a child.

Sometimes I let DD spend the day around the house wearing her pyjamas and I do the same.

It's not pearl clutching to express suprise at some posters who wear the clothes they've been wearing all day to bed, or to the OP who doesn't dress her kid the next day.

It's not about who wears pj's or not, it's the not bothering to change out of or into clothes for bed.

You're getting him into habits that you will regret in a few years when he's a reeking early teen.

How many of you would be offering the same wisdom if you had to use an old twin tub?

I've just bought a new washing machine and some of the (normal) programmes are over 3 hours . That might make me rethink how much I wash

Is nobody else horrified at the sleeping in pants bit then? I find that really disgusting! I was taught growing up that private parts (male and female but especially female) need fresh air at night and I'd feel really rank sleeping in pants, or being with a man who did! And as for wearing them the next day - yuck!!!

I don't mind if you sleep naked (as long as you change your sheets regularly and use mattress protectors) or in PJs / boxers, but not pants surely? Who even does this? Yuck, yuck, yuck. I've lived in a number of countries and have never even heard of this anywhere except in the UK! Bleurgh!

But then this is the only country I know* where children's growing feet are forced to be in outdoor shoes all day in school, from age 3 too :( Worst thing possible for growing feet, that should be either barefoot or in soft plimsolls or similar for as much of the day as possible.

*Disclaimer: my personal experience is limited to various Northern and mainland European countries.

Eww, no. I'm not usually one to judge parenting decisions but that's a bit minging, sorry!
How is there no need to change when he's been sleeping in bed in the same pants and t-shirt he's been wearing all night?! Won't that be a bit
sweaty/not clean anymore?!
Doesn't take two minutes to throw on clean pants and clothes in a morning so not sure how it's saving time.

I honestly don't understand how washing 14 pairs of pants a week could be considered excessive? No need to wear pants with pjs though, good to wear something looser around your bits.

Grim! No problem with shirt and pants for bed, but change them in the morning! It's not really terribly taxing to dress your child surely?! And yes to threadworms as a pp said!

I walk to work so don't want the same pants on when I take the dc's to clubs.
I don't understand this.
What happens to your pants while you are working to walk that makes them unwearable for taking your DCs to clubs?
I'm not being PA or rude, I just don't get it.

We have a 2 night PJ rota. We all wear them for 2 nights max. Unless obviously there is some body fluid issue
I still seem to wash more PJ's than anything else!
My DC put theirs on when they get home from school sometimes (their choice)
I wouldn't let them sleep in their clothes then wear them just seems pointless.
I myself might sleep in a Tshirt I have worn all day on a Saturday night (maybe after a wine or 2!) but then I would put it into the wash in the morning and usually change the sheets that day anyway.
I think it's just hygienic to have day clothes and night clothes personally

Oh a child with no bed on MN tonight and now a child with no pyjamas .

chipped

For thread worms to lay eggs in someone's underware that person would have to already have thread worms

That's why I said "hope he doesn't get"