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?

My older DD is obsessed with washing her hair so she baths herself every night or waits till morning. If it's night bath she will change pants to go to bed then when she wakes up. If morning bath she just changes pants morning
dd2 has to be forced in the bath alternate nights and yes would out clean pants on after a bath and again in the morning. I though just common sense.
They won't sleep without pants on

It would definitely be considered unusual and it would just feel wrong to me I'm afraid.

Fine to sleep in pants and t shirt if he is warm enough and happy to.

But why not change them in the morning? Put on clean pants and a different t shirt.

I would say clean pants at the very least.

No, dd doesn't wear clean PJs every night - normally 2 pairs a week. However, she chooses to wear pants at night and always changes them in a morning, and sometimes before bed too.

'Shocked' 'horrified' 'disgusted' I'm chuckling at these. It's not horrifying, shocking or disgusting, it's just what OP does. Is it doing your DS any harm OP? No. Ignore the nonsense here and do whatever you want. I must be the worst mum ever because my 13 year old DS wears boxers to bed that he's worn all day. He is clean, showers in the morning and never smells. I, however, will surely go to hell.

I insist on changes of pant every three hours, four at a push. First pant, that is. Outer pant, the one that goes next to the clothes, can be worn all day, but no longer than 10 hours. All subsequently boil-washed.

Good for you buying him stuff OP

I'm sure you don't wear the stuff you've slept in so you?

Not everyone feels comfortable with no pants at night. My DC don't like the idea. They have said that some PJ seams are a bit uncomfortable in the crotch so pants make that more comfy

DS 5 sleeps naked for past 6months , he wears pj when getting out bath (doesn't bath every night!) takes them off for bed and puts them back on in morning.

When he was wearing pjs for bed he insisted on clean ones every night now he sleeps naked he will put them back in draw few times.

We have had the wiggly worms twice so far that's why he washes hands as soon as comes home and have no naked bottom rule cos that kid likes to jump on all my fucking sofas, cushions and roll around floor on blankets

We don't have clean pjs every night or clean clothes everyday if they aren't dirty! If it's a hot day then we would but I don't want to make more washing than I need too. I don't feel this makes me a bad parent not giving them basic care .

They shower daily and always have clean under wear.

No wonder our environment is shot to pieces with all this unnecessary washing, how on earth would you daily clothes changers have coped even 2 generations ago, people wouldn't have had enough money to have clothes to change into!

But getting back to the point I do think wearing a shirt you've had in bed is a bit scruffy as it must be a bit crumpled but I can kind of see the thinking behind it. I love pjs myself and think getting in from work and changing into them is a great feeling

I use pjs for 2-3 nights and reuse clothes if they're not dirty too.

Clean underwear and socks each day.

Some of the reactions here seems a tad over dramatic I must say. I've been known to tumble into bed in my comfy day clothes when too tired to change.

My 2 youngest change pj's every couple of days. My eldest is a bed wetter so new ones daily. I will wear mine for 3 or days.

I think it's a bit grim and isn't setting your son up well with regards to his daily living skills, he needs to know that's it's the norm to get washed and put clean clothes on each day, not roll out of bed and wear the same stuff he has been sleeping in.
However I think I'd admire you more if you stuck to your guns, you've gone on line to buy your son his first pair of pj's because a bunch of strangers have told you to? That's admitting that you knew it was lazy and grim.

RothermeresFolly - please, for the sake of my sanity, tell me you're kidding.

"Today 16:35 formerbabe

I let DD sleep in the t shirt she's already spent the day in if she cant be bothered to change

I think that is a terrible habit to get into. Actually find it quite shocking."

Then you need to get out more.

sera

Disgusting!

987flowers What has two generations ago got to do with anything? Two generations ago was the 1950's, with new mod cons and a good standard of living, hardly the dark ages.

I doubt very much the environment is shot purely because some of us wear fresh clothes every morning and nobody has said they put the washing machine on every day.

Mine is on twice sometimes three times a week, hardly excessive.

"However I think I'd admire you more if you stuck to your guns, you've gone on line to buy your son his first pair of pj's because a bunch of strangers have told you to? That's admitting that you knew it was lazy and grim."

No, it's actually learning from being on here. Isn't that what people scream for, if the OP doesn't take on board what people are saying?

Or can OPs not win, no matter that they do? Jeez!

Well that's me in the disgusting camp then as my children have a bath at night, get changed into clean pjs and knickers and then carry on with the knickers the next day. It has never occurred to me that this was a bad thing in any way. They are small children and their knickers don't get dirtied over night (trust me, they don't). When they are a little bigger and start to mature then maybe this will be an issue, but at the moment they are as fresh as a daisy when they get up. We also try to stretch clothes to two days if they are not stained or dirtied in any way (except socks and knickers of course). I hate to think of the washing if I was to wash everything after one wear.

If I'd been doing something for years with my children and couldn't see anything wrong with it and it suited my family I wouldn't change my mind on the back of some anonymous comments......not unless I knew I'd been wrong all along.

auld it's a long walk home from work, 30 mins. So once I've changed put of my work clothes to put casual clothes on I may as well change my pants too. I'm not doing a special pants only change . So, basically, I get through two outfits a day, plus pj's .

She was asking a genuine question, and got a barrage of "yes, you are doing it wrong, your children will suffer for it, didn't you know?"

Personally I think it's fine. Here's the thing I always want to ask the clean-PJs-every-day crew: "if you don't wear clean pyjamas every night, NOTHING HAPPENS. Life carries on exactly as normal, only you have less washing."

It's not that hard to have a spare par of pants and t shirt for bed use. Wouldn't want to wear things in bed and then the whole next day myself......

I honestly don't think it's anything remotely bad

I generally get changed when I get in, put on a clean top and wear it to bed and I've never thought of it as 'seriously disgusting'.

With that being said, I think it's nice for children to have memories of cleanliness and comfort and clean pyjamas to go to bed in are very much a part of that :)

My DB, early teens, used to keep his pyjamas on under his school uniform.