To not be showered and dressed by 7:30am

[B3ck89]

My 8 year old gets picked up by his mini bus around 8am for school every day, they park right out front and hes old enough to walk over to the bus and from the bus to the door.
Since it's been getting cold Most mornings I'm still in my dressing gown because I dont have time to get washed and dressed by half 7 - only because my toddler breastfeeds right up until I get up to make sure my son is dressed, do breakfast, lunch etc by then its almost time for the bus to come.
And my partner wakes him up while hes getting ready for work, to start getting ready for school while I'm sorting my toddler
It dont help my toddler is so moody in the morning, and wont accept daddy.
It does bother me what the driver may be thinking when I'm not dressed I stand kind of behind the curtain so she dont see and I wave him off.
Should i start making the effort?
In summer it wasn't so bad because i would just chuck on a shorts and t shirt.
And I'm not one that has ever stepped foot out the door like this - unless I forgot to put my bins out and have done a mad dash back inside
I work evenings so I'm never in a huge rush, and if I'm going out I go get showered and dressed soon as they go to school.
And sometimes it's nice where we get to lounge all day

Really! Stopped worrying about non-issues. I wouldn't be dressed on these circumstances without the excuse of a small baby. You don't need an excuse to be dressed or not dressed and I doubt the driver gives a shit! And even if they do you can't spend your life worrying about what other people think about things that really aren't important. Stop hiding behind the curtain and wear your dressing gown with pride!!

I used to work on school transport collecting children from home, I can confirm I didn't care at all whether the parents were dressed or in pyjamas when we collected the child.

I’m still not showered and dressed and I have no toddlers

Also dressing gown is fine. My friend opened the door to her postman with her boob hanging out in a sleep deprived haze. She didn’t even notice until about 20 mins after he’d gone so he must have had an excellent poker face (or be used to seeing new mums).

@Userzzzzz

I think I might be your RL friend

I've answered the door in my cow-patterend pj bottoms and green hoodie, and that's even late morning at the weekend when kids come knocking on the door for playdates with DC. They don't even seem to notice these days!

The only thing the driver will be concerned about is whether your son is ready to go!

Nothing else OP

YANBU OP. I have a teenager and I'm still not showered and dressed, although both of us have some sort of achy/sinus/bad cold virus today. Hmm, maybe I should go back to bed after I wash up the dishes from lunch?🤨

I had every intention to move my arse... then the guy showed up to do the tyres, it was 11am quickly took dressing gown off and shoved a hoody on so I could go out to the car to get the thing for un doing the bolts.
Couldn't even have my tyres done because partner ordered the wrong size, funny thing is that's his job at work ordering car parts so would have thought he could get the correct tyres for our car
I am dressed now though, hair presentable but have my dressing gown back on because I'm freezing.

Don't be silly, you're an adult in your own home, you can get dressed whenever you want to do so but equally if you choose not to get dressed that's alright too. I wouldn't personally go out-out in my pyjamas but around my own house I absolutely do.

Haha, I had this exact same dilemma. DD gets picked up at 8am and I used to wear my pjs and dressing gown and peek out the door watching as she got on the bus until one morning when there was a huge dog in our garden that I didn't notice.

DD froze halfway down the drive and started panicking so I had to walk out and put her on the bus in my dressing gown. I was so embarrassed, my hair hadn't even been brushed and was so messy so now I throw on a pair of leggings and a top and brush my hair just in case it ever happens again .

I received a parcel from Amazon dressed only on a towel the other day! Bathroom is downstairs so chucked it round me so didn't miss the delivery

I wave DH off every morning at 7:45 wearing my nightie and dressing gown.
Everything is covered that should be, don't care what passers by think.