To think dressing kids the night before in the next day clothes is lazy?

[Sweetpeach3]

Just read it in the paper and I think "how fucking lazy can you be"
It states it's because it suits her life right now. She has 2 young kids- so do I but I have them fed. Up and washed and changed by 8/8.30 of a morning I don't see the problem?
I couldn't imagen going out in clothes I'd slept in an not having a shower to wake myself up an feel clean! Specially my DD hair if it's not washed if a morning she looks like she's been hit by a hurricane and nothing. I mean NOTHING sorts that shit out other then a proper shampoo and condition!!
Takes 10 mins to wash dress and sort 2 kids out if you put effort into it I just get up half an hour earlier to get myself ready then by the time I'm done I hear them slowly rise....
. Have your clothes ready the night before obviosuly but that's it. Imagen going out in creased sweaty clothes you'd slept in?? What on earth or am I missing something ?

We live in a time when some women think nothing of being in pajamas while taking their kids to school, so I'm not surprised at the OP's question.

*OP what work or harm are they causing for you/anyone else by doing this?

None? Then it's not lazy.*

Is this a new definition for the word lazy that you came up with? Just because somebody’s actions don’t cause harm to another person, it means it’s not lazy? 😀

Going to school in sweat soaked crumpled clothing is dirty and shows parental idleness.

If it were true.....but it’s not. That’s simply an assumption on your part.

I was wondering that @Billben 😂

Getting dressed takes no time. I think it's a bit strange. Of course clothes would be creased after wearing them in bed all night, unless the kids don't move when they sleep, which would be pretty unusual as most kids wriggle about in their sleep.

Mind you, I can't imagine barging and washing hair in the morning. What a palaver! The OP must have more compliment kids than most!!

The time it takes to get kids ready depend on how young they are. Really little kids - it’s “arms up!” Older kids “get dressed! Why aren’t you dressed? Get on with it please... Have you seriously just been standing in your room in your pants for the last 10 minutes?”

I noticed from the pictures in the newspaper report in question that the girl is very glam with immaculate hair and makeup. I bet she's taking more than 10 minutes to get HERSELF ready

The really odd thing about the woman in the article is she only has 2 toddlers, who are not in the slightest hard to dress, but she also says they’re still in nappies so she has to take off their bottom half to change the nappy anyway 😭 what a dim wit

Donkeys years ago on MN There was a mum who dressed her DC in their school uniform before going to bed during term time all the time

Don't remember how many children or what ages though

I've done it before when my kids have 6am practice on a weekend. Dress them in their under clothes the night before. But not for school clothes no.

As long as the adults in the househokd do it to. Why target the children they probably take less time to get dressed than the parents. Just weird.

There are some strange people who put their dc to bed in their uniforms to save time on a school morning. It's lazy, grim and disgusting.

Read a lot more responses and find it amazing the number of folk who feel a shower a day is essential to life, if not morning and evening. I am meaning ordinary days, not when involved in heavy industry, intense sport. How we humans have survived without all this washing is a miracle. People used to have a bath once a week change school clothing once a week, didn't smell or look uncared for. It's us, who are fixated on all the cleaning both household and personal. Not sure if children wore day clothes to bed, if they did it was probably due to poverty, no heating and I am not referring to the middle ages either. Still wouldn't put children to bed in next day clothes.

Poor kids, their teachers will surely know the kids are musty. Worked in a school once and a kids came to school smelling strongly of wee. Think parents didnt wash him properly after a night time accident.

@Lovemenorca I think you're mixing me up with someone else

To each their own. It wouldn't work for you, that's fine. Seems to work for them, also fine. From my point of view, I very very rarely shower in the a.m. before going out for the day. I shower, dry hair before bed. I don't (that I know of) sweat in bed. I would think showering, washing/drying/ styling my and my 2 girls hair in the morning would be overwhelming to me. I've always done this. Maybe because I've always done it, I absolutely HATE showering when I'm not fully awske. I feel like I'm being assaulted by the water pelting me lol. I freshen up, wash my face, brish my teeth, deodrize, perfume, makeup etc in the morning and feel like thst is sufficient. I really don't think I'm unhygienic or offend anyone.

Well it’s not going to be fine if your children tell their teacher and they view it as an indicator of neglect is it?

@AWaspOnAWindowReturns..... no, just no.

Each to their own has is great in some circumstances but there is a limit on it.

It's like people wandering around Tescos in onesies clearly hungover.. not ok.

But who wants their child sat next to someone who may have a skin disease from wearing their week old dead skin cells on their clothes.

If she’s changing the sheets daily, fair enough. If she’s putting them in a bed that’s got week old sheets on it, all she’s doing is making them filthy. It’s a recipe for scabies.

And scabies is catching, yep. You have to boil your sheets. If she’s using school uniforms as pjs I doubt she washes her sheets that often!

I used to go to bed in clean underwear and wear it next morning when I cleaned in a school - I had to get up at 3.30 in the morning so I don't think anyone could blame me for that. I wore a tabard over the top and there was no-one about to see how I was dressed.

However when I got home I had a wash and put the above-mentioned items straight into the laundry basket.

I wouldn't expect children to do this.

Well it’s not going to be fine if your children tell their teacher and they view it as an indicator of neglect is it?

I'd definitely record it if a kid in my class mentioned this to me. However, it probably wouldn't be taken further unless there were other concerns.

It seems extraordinarily lazy and the poor kids will be less comfy sleeping. If there's a good reason (e.g. autism) then fine, otherwise no. Are these kids getting a breakfast? Hair and teeth brushed? They still need to go to toilet and face wash regardless.

It takes me 20-30 min to get me showered and dressed. It takes 10 min to get DS nappy changed, tooth brushed, face washed and dressed. The time in the morning is spent mostly with him dawdling over breakfast. Either of us taking off and putting clothes on is about 2 min of the overall process, there just isn't enough time saved to be worth it.

I had a mate who's husband showered before bed, put on new pants, slept in them and didn't change them in the morning.
Always kind of grossed me out.

I usually sleep in T-shirt & leggings. Sometimes I'll go out for a run in the morning in the same clothes.

Obviously I need to take the T-shirt off to put a bra on, but I prefer not to 'waste' another T-shirt when I'm about to get sweaty anyway.

BUT I then shower & change into clean clothes for the day.

Or sometimes I'll just potter about all morning in whatever I've worn in bed, if I'm not going to work or out.

My kids do likewise.

I think my benchmark is if anyone other than family is going to be downwind of you, you need clean clothes on...

School uniform just sounds uncomfortable as well as minging.