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 ?

I can’t believe that we as a society have become so - well petty. Showering daily simply isn’t necessary and it’s really bad for the environment. There are much bigger issues than sleeping in a school uniform. It’s alarming that something so trivial means so much to so many. I have never noticed anyone smell unless they go for ages without washing. Honestly.

The Duggar’s from 19 kids and counting do this. It’s rank. They also sleep under bare duvets or blankets that don’t get washed. Can you imagine how uncomfortable it is to sleep in jeans etc?

That's insane! whoever this person is dresses their kids night before and they sleep in those clothes ready for next day?? Why can't she just get up a little bit earlier does she sleep in her clothes? I bet not . Can't imagine ever sending my kids to school or just out in slept in clothes

I have never done this … even when we've had to get up at the crack of dawn to catch a flight! How lazy can you get? Bet she doesn't sleep in her clothes for the next day ….

It's odd, but I'm a bit meh about it tbh
Last thing at night, or first thing in the morning- it's not important in the big scheme of things

Agreed. Some people get so wound up by totally harmless things other people do.

It takes me twenty mins to get both kids bathed, dried and dressed but I do this before bed. I can get them dressed and fed in an hour with a couple of tantrums chucked in too. Their clothes are ironed and hung up the night before.It is gross not to put them in fresh clothes in the morning especially if they are not showering, how an earth will they feel fresh in the morning? To each their own though!

Children should be comfortable at night.
The clothes would be crumpled.
It’s unnecessary.

I used to try and do this to save time, but my mum wouldn't let me

Anyone who isn't bathing their dc at least 2 times a day and changing their clothes every hour is guilty of neglect.

If my girls are competing, which may mean a 6 or 6.30 start, then they may wear leggings and t-shirt to bed and travel in them, but then change to compete. Just makes life easier for them. They often nap in the car anyway.

But for school, not a chance

Jesus. I have never considered this. Ever. It's gross on all levels. I manage to get 3 kids ready for 8.30 every morning!! It's just what you do, get up and get them ready, how can that be classed as time saving and not as abuse on some level?

Ugh !! Sleeping in clothes and going out the next day in them is absolutely disgusting 🤮 makes me feel sick.
I shower and wash my hair every day and put clean clothes on.
I cannot imagine not doing this after being in bed asleep all night.
When bringing my children up , I made sure they were bathed every morning before school with clean shirts and underwear. They now carry this on and do the same.
How can anyone go out without washing????

We did this once when we had to be out the door at 4am to go on holiday. Felt grotty for the rest of the day.

I used to try and do this before school when I was younger. I wouldn’t do it now personally, but I can’t get worked up over it. And I think not bathing children in the morning is normal too. We don’t need to bath every single day.

I used to share a flat with a girl who did this. She didn't have to be out particularly early - I was out before she was.

It was odd. I couldn't sleep in in tights and then go out in them for the day.

For under 4s I think this is absolutely fine! Soft vest/tshirt/leggings/joggers are really no different to pyjamas.
If it saves time for working parents who need to drop them off for 7.30/8 at childcare then I don't see a problem - so long as nappies are changed.

Obviously school age children it is pretty weird though...

For little ones, it's all about creating routine so that they can predict what will happen, the world makes sense and they feel safe. Part of that is differentiating between daytime (awake and active) and nighttime (bed and sleep). Changing into nightwear is part of the ritual that helps to create the routine. Likewise, a warm bath before bed helps to activate the sleep centres in the brain, along with melatonin inducing supper (milk, bananas, oats, honey etc).

"If it saves time for working parents who need to drop them off for 7.30/8 at childcare then I don't see a problem"

I'm a working parent who regularly drops DS off at nursery at 7.30am and I manage to find time to change him out of his pyjamas and into clothes to go out. You just get up earlier!

It is lazy and probably uncomfortable for the kids.

It's a hard no from me. What message regarding hygiene and self care are they giving their kids.

I am very very lazy, but couldn't do this. DD has to be bathed and put into clean pyjamas at bedtime. I'm not particular about much, but it gives me immense satisfaction to know she's tucked up for the night clean and cosy in comfortable pyjamas. I shudder at the thought of deliberately sleeping in day clothes, particularly uniforms. So uncomfortable!

I don't personally do that, but I think it's nothing wrong if kids are young and in comfortable clothes. Why is that so wrong?
MN is a very weird place.

Sounds odd to me

Couldn't really care less about what others do tbh. But the nonsense that always appears on these threads is unbelievable. I wash my dds hair twice a week, the same as I wash my own. Its curly and this is the best method for it. We plait it before bed to keep it tame/ish. My dd also doesnt have a bath every night ( the horror) it dries her skin out and tbh the idea of wasting all that water and energy for a child that is not dirty seems silly to me. She gets clean uniform and underwear everyday. No one has ever told me she smells so i think she is ok.

@ActualHornist

I love that idea ...