To think putting on pyjamas after swimming class at 5pm is a bit weird?

[PlayNoBill]

My DD has a swim lesson 4:15 to 4:45 and other children change into their pjs after their class. Is this the new thing? Never seen it before. Is this a little early to be in pjs?

It's not weird or lazy. It makes sense. Some of you need to lighten up and stop concerning yourselfs with other peoples clothing choices

Good idea if driving home. Mine often put onesie on soon as they get home at 4 anyway.

We do this. Swim 6-6.30pm. By the time they shower and change it's 6.45pm. Then walk home it's gone 7pm.

Then we can sort dinner and homework and relax and bed. They are showered and clean so makes sense

Especially this time of year when it will be cold and dark outside and they'll still be damp. It's making me want to be in a onesie :)

Sounds sensible to me, especially if they're in bed at 7 ish.

We all do this at my son's swim class that finishes at 5pm. All the kids have a shower first, then into pyjamas to go home. Most don't get home till 5.30-6pm (rural area) and the kids are all infant school age so tend to have early bedtimes so this helps us get them to bed on time. YABU and ridiculous.

I did this yesterday. My dd is exhausted after her lesson and my 5mo is fussy in the evening. I dont have the time or energy to change a tired pre schooler twice in 3 hours.

I agree it's a bit odd to be outside in PJs at 5pm (or at any time, really!)

But I'm also jealous of little people who get to change into comfy PJs at 5pm...

Not weird at all. Whenever my kids have had swimming lessons, after school, they have showered and got into their onesies to travel home. By the time they are home, dried hair, done homework and had supper its time for bed.

Sounds sensible to me too. Especially in the winter when there's no chance of playing outside afterwards

It's practical.

DS swims at 5.30. I'm bemused by the arriving in a onesie at that time zone as that's still an extra change- uniform, onesie, cossie, onesie. Uniform, cossie, onesie is fine.

DS just changes back into uniform, but it's just shorts, polo shirt, cardie anyway so easy enough to put back on.

It's not a bit weird. Mine go to swim lessons in their uniforms, am I supposed to bring all clean clothes to change into, just to go home and put pyjamas on an hour later?

It's genius, is what it is.

I kinda think its stranger to care. Yes pjs in tesco is wrong. These are children who after a shower will go to bed once home. If it was an older child its wrong but for a younger child what a good idea! Clever mums. Less faffing when home,

I'm in Australia, in a place where I have literally never seen an adult outside their house in pyjamas (you'd be considered a bit unhinged if you did go out in pjs as an adult in this area), and quite often see this if the lesson finishes after 5. They shower first of course!! These are quite young children, though (under 7), so all have bedtimes that are fairly early. It's for efficiency; one less thing to do between swimming and bedtime when you have a child exhausted from preschool and swimming.

It's the done thing round by me. I do it too. swim nights are stressy enough without having to faff the other end with getting ready for bed. I wouldn't do it if I had to walk or get bus home though.

I don't understand why anyone would care about the time that other people's kids put on their pyjamas. It's a personal preference that has zero impact on anyone else. What does it matter?

i wonder if this was me.... our lesson was today 4.15-4.45. however i was putting my kids into onsies rather than pyjamas. soooo much quicker than real clothes. nice and warm to walk home in, then dinner and then pjs on for bed.

i would happily just put them in their pjs at the pool but they need dinner and a bath before bed.

Mine do it every week.

You know what else? Sometimes I do a few lengths while they're in their lessons. Once I got into my pj's afterwards too for the drive home. I checked with the DC if it was embarrassing and it was not. We all strolled out of there in our pj's and it was epic.

I do put clothes on for the supermarket and school runs though ;)

YANBU

Pyjamas are for wearing at home only. You would never get into a nice clean bed wearing your outdoor clothes would you? If you wear pyjamas outside they pick up dirt, dust etc which you then sleep with, yuck!

Sounds v sensible and cosy. I get into my fleecy pj/lay around gear as soon as I can in the evening. When DH working away we call it cosy time. Guess it's the British version of hygge!! Get dressed in chilly clothes for a car journey home to get changed again. Why would you?!

Cosy time has halved our heating bills too

YABU. If the children are young and go to bed early, it makes sense for busy frazzled parents - they are presumably going straight home to eat then go to bed soon after. Imo it is completely different to grown ups strolling around Tesco in PJS!

we do this, i thought it was odd too at first, but try getting a freshly washed child into leggings and a t shirt, 2 of them in a tiny cubicle its a nightmare and after being at the pool for over an hour all you want to do is get out of there! Pjs are so much easier and nice and warm for the kids to go home in, plus only 1 lot of washing to do, school uniform and swim stuff!

When adults are wearing pjs to drop their DC off at school little children changing into pjs after swimming barely registers a glance.

I'd never let my child do that tbh

My daughter finishes swimming at 5, and normally showers and slips a towelling hoodie and knickers on. So much easier than faffing around trying to get clothes on hot sticky little bodies in a heaving changing room. Lots of the others do go straight to PJs though.