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

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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?

I reckon at least 50% of DD's swim squad leave in big furry/fleecy hooded onesies and Uggs in the winter and flip flops and towelling beachrobes in the rare warm months. They all carry bloomin great kit bags so it is pretty obvious what they have been up to.

The changing rooms are tiny and too many bits of clothing (socks/tshirts/vests etc) have a habit of falling onto the floor and getting sopping wet......

Hoping that Swimzis don't feature at our galas...I'm sure the kids would love them (but not at that price!).

What is sad is having an opinion on that, let alone calling little kids lazy. Wtf
Nobody's called the children lazy. The poster will have been calling the PARENTS lazy for not bothering to get their child dressed when they go out.

Fuck me, I can't keep up with the washing as it is, stuff putting them in clean clothes for all of 2 hours before bed and no one wants to put dirty ones back on after a shower. I think it's fine. I sometimes come home from work at 5 and straight into pjs to save dirtying a set of clothes.

My dc swim on a saturday morning, so get changed into ordinary clothes after a shower, but I would definitely put them in pjs or a onesie if we went swimming after school! Generally speaking they are straight out of their uniforms the second we walk through the door on weekdays and change into pjs or onsies. I can get the uniform on to wash straightaway and they get to be comfy after spending the whole day in a tie and blazer! We are very much a lounge wear sort of family though - dh and I are straight into our comfy bottoms as soon as we're in too. Comfort is such a lovely thing, why not just embrace it?

Why weird? Just had swimming and probably shower too, so clean. Am kicking myself for not thinking of that for my kids

Fine if they shower at the pool and / or are quite young. Why bother getting changed twice in probably just a couple of hours? My DCs are 7 & 5 and get changed into PJs when they get home from after school activities (5 o' clock) as I want them out of their uniform but see little point in them getting changed into other clothes to then get ready for bed just over an hour later. It's different in the summer as they tend to go out to play, but at this time of year it's PJs and tea by the fire before reading / homework and bed.

I wish I could put my pjs on after swimming, but i think that really would be weird.

Nobody's called the children lazy. The poster will have been calling the PARENTS lazy for not bothering to get their child dressed when they go out

Then they should be more specific. But which part of "they aren't going out, they are going home" is so hard for you to grasp?

Normal here too... and sensible for us. Shower. Pj's. Home to bed.

Bloody brilliant, wish it had been a thing when mine were little. I honestly don't see the problem with it. Straight from pool to shower to pjs to car to home just before bedtime. Lazy? How is it lazy to more efficiently manage one's time? There's no particular virtue in doing something the hard way when there's an easier alternative. Appearances? Oh please, we're talking little kids in the early evening going nowhere but home.

I have literally NEVER seen this.
So, next Tuesday I am going to be the 1st at my swimming pool, and people will bow down in awe at my genius.

Just read the posh health club post and have to second it - the 'posher' people are the less of a shit they give. 'Posh' people don't care what others think of them because they tend to know who they are, and are confident in themselves and don't need the approval of others. 'Posh' people won't care if someone sneers at their child wearing a onesie after swimming. Inverted commas because posh is a silly term, but most concise way of making the point. I think Hyacinth Bucket would be horrified at children wearing their pjs after swimming.

Yay another thread to judge other parents on minute things that have no affect on anyone else.
Everyone pile on!

I never saw anyone do this, unless things have changed in the last 6 years or so.

Ds wears a onesie home after swimming. We live in a naice area so it's an M&S onesie.

Oh also, in the summer if it's hot, mine leave in their swimsuits and go straight into the garden to play when they get home :D

Mine used to change back into the clothes they wore to the swimming lesson then put their PJs on at bedtime. Personally I find it odd that anyone would where PJs outside of the house but that's just me.

I see this a lot but my dds lesson ends at 7.30. I don't put her in pjs though because i always feel that swimming pool changing rooms are pretty grubby places and the floor is always wet and a bit stinky. I wouldn't like her getting into bed in the same pjs so she gets back into her clothes but with clean pants and socks. I am not a clean freak by any means but i always feel a bit grimy after being at the local pool.

This has made me chuckle...as I've been doing it for years. In fact I can safely say that I started the trend at our pool many years ago. If I think of how many years I may just weep...the many hours I've spent at the bloody pool....gaaaahhhh!

To begin with the DC got the most peculiar looks but they'd swim and then a shower/ hair wash so straight into jimjams, onesies and I raise you this.....slippers (with a hard sole so we could traipse over the car park) It was so much easier than trying to wrestle tights back on to damp skin. Watching the comings and goings yesterday...I'm there 2 hours from 4.45pm so still early but I'd think 90% of kids leave in a onesie. And the other 10% are new and haven't cottoned on yet!

Lazy??! Noooooooo! I consider it the best parenting short cut ever

Us too OptimisticSix! Anyway I can make life easier, I'm all over it!

But which part of "they aren't going out, they are going home" is so hard for you to grasp?
They're out. As in outside of the home, going about daily life in their pyjamas/onesies.
Even more so the poster who said they don't even bother getting dressed in the morning and just go straight to swimming in their pyjamas as it's too stressful otherwise.
Just get dressed! I find the whole "can't be bothered to get dressed" notion utterly ridiculous and I'm a total slob at the best of times.
Getting dressed is a matter of standards though. If you can't even be bothered to get dressed when you go outside it can't be conducive to good mental health in the long run.

Not really. Not compared to my experience of Sunday gymnastics finishing at lunchtime (early morning start) and some children coming out in onesies and PJs. I don't really care either way, but I often wonder if they're going to change or spend the rest of the day in night clothes.

Late night gymnastic finishes (8.30 and 9pm) most children go home in night wear.

They're out. As in outside of the home, going about daily life in their pyjamas/onesies

They aren't going about their daily life, they are going home, in the car.In the dark. No-one sees them. No-one, other than you epic judgey weirdos with far too much time on your hands, cares.
Get a fucking LIFE, seriously.

Getting dressed is a matter of standards though. If you can't even be bothered to get dressed when you go outside it can't be conducive to good mental health in the long run

Seriously, you should look to your own mental health, cos this be CRAZY talk.