Clean PJ's? Lighthearted

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Do your DC wear clean (matching optional) PJs every night?

I'm a little bit ott about it but for me they have to match and must be fresh every night but after another thread about laundry and a discussion with DP apparently I'm weird??

YABU ... You can wear PJs for a few nights (shudder)

YANBU ... clean, fresh, matching PJs every night!

@stayathomer

I don't wear the same pair of knickers for more than a day so don't get why I'd wear the same pair of PJ bottoms I always thought of it like underwear hug that area but pjs are loose

Definitely looser!

But when you sit down they still touch you and I just cannot being myself to wear them more than once for this hygiene reason!

I don't wear posh PJs though. I have 4 pairs of bottoms and a few cheap strappy tops and that's my pyjamas.

I do 2 loads (light and dark) every few days so it's not like I also use a lot of water etc either.

In my house we rewear pyjamas if they are still clean(ish) for a second wear. Same with items like cardigans, hoodies, dressing gowns. It's perfectly hygienic IMO, although obviously it's really nice to put on clean PJs especially when getting into clean bedding. They don't always match in my house, pyjamas, either. My DC actually like mismatching them on purpose. So they can wear more than one favourite character at once! It's their time they are allowed whatever logos and characters they want. We have started doing it with bedding too, so they will have a superhero pillow case and the rest is space, or whatever. I know that will make some of you cringe! But it's clean fresh bedding and gives them a sense of fun and independence.

My 2yr old always wears matching pyjamas, but we only change them every other night.

I have enough washing and ironing to do without adding to it by doing clean pyjamas every night! At least with nighties would only be one item, but pyjamas are two items for every person. You must have an absolutely enormous washing line.

@Gemma2019

Sounds a little bit slovenly to me - I send my kids to bed in clean matching pyjamas each night, then I wake them all at midnight to change them into fresh pyjamas - doesn't everyone do the same?

That made laugh out loud! Cheers...

No! Every 2-3 nights. When they were in nappies every night though.

Mine are 24, 21 and 19.
They had a weekly bath, wore the same school uniform Mon -Fri unless obviously stained. They've never smelt. They looked after their own hygiene from adolescence onwards.
I am wondering whether this urge for everything to be clean is more of a modern day internal insistence that validates the value of " clean means good parenting"?
I can really understand this but the environmental impact would be huge if everyone did this, surely?

When DD was still in nappies, absolutely - the vague smell of wee was always there! Since she’s been dry it’s a couple of nights. She baths or showers before bed and isn’t a sweaty sleeper (her room is cold!)

I did once nanny for a little one who was rarely bathed and wore pjs many nights in a row and that was pretty gross.

I am the same & I don’t know why, as I don’t have clean pj’s every night!
It’s probably that I feel it is nice for them!

During lockdown 3, when DS was still going to pre school, which has a uniform, they asked for children to go in their own clothes so that they knew they were clean that day
I send my DS in fresh uniform everyday without thinking about it, however I remember my uniform, especially outer jumper lasted all week!!

1,2,4,5,7 12 and 15

Wow!

I think fresh PJs every day is totally unnecessary, especially in non-summer weather.

depends whether they are proficient wipers tbh

@daisypond

No, they don’t put on clean ones every night! I’ve never heard of anyone doing that. I’m gobsmacked by the comments so far.

Me too and I raised two children but they certainly ddn't have clean pj's everynight! Some of the replies maybe explain the other thread about doing 2 loads of washing every day, I did think when reading it that some families seemed to be creating problems for themselves.

Dc1(11) clean every night (she's hit puberty & also now spends as much of the day as possible in them )
Dc2(9) clean every other night.
Dc3(8) clean every 3rd night.
Dc4(5) clean every 3rd night.
Dc5(3) clean every night (he could get grubby in a sealed, spotless room)
I wear mine for around 3 nights as well, I wear them for 2 hours max after my shower. I don't wear them in bed (I get too hot) & I wash & dress when I wake up in the morning. Dh is the same.

Do people actually change their PJs that much? How on earth do you ever go away anywhere? Are there multiple suitcases just full of pyjamas

Oh this is a wind up!!!

I’m just amazed you manage to get the older kids to comply. I have to prize DS(11)’s favourite pyjamas off him to was them when I think about it and I have to get them dry in time for him to wear them again that night 🙄. Even worse, the bottoms are neon orange pyjama shorts and the top is a normal long sleeved top in neon yellow and black. The top is a bit annoying as it was an expensive Quiksilver top and too nice to be relegated to pyjamas but at least he’s got the wear out of it I suppose.

@Gemma2019

Sounds a little bit slovenly to me - I send my kids to bed in clean matching pyjamas each night, then I wake them all at midnight to change them into fresh pyjamas - doesn't everyone do the same?

Are you my SIL? I recall visiting their holiday home, caravan, and when their son was a toddler he had:- clean clothes to eat breakfast more clean clothes to go to the beach in the car beach outfit, as well as swimming stuff three towels clean clothes to drive home clean clothes to play outside clean clothes to eat his tea bath, two towels, pj's

She complained about washing!!

I was wondering about holidays - 7 pairs or pyjamas each for a week? Extra luggage every time?

I do wonder how people managed years ago. My great grandmother had 11 children, lived in a small cottage with no running water. I doubt she washed their pyjamas every night, in fact I doubt they had pyjamas.

So you guys who only wear them once, does this apply to jeans etc.?

For those of us you who obsess over like matching PJs, just buy a few of the same set. So all tops and bottoms are the same and always match.

In the end I bought some plain vest tops which I wear two or three nights running and I just change my bottoms. I prefer a new pair of trousers every night. I wouldn't expect my kids (pre puberty) to do the same. We only change theirs about twice a week unless they spill etc.

Ffs, the amount of laundry from clean every night. A pair is fine for 3 days or so. Really and truly, it is.

Mine is 2 and PJs get changed as required. It can vary from 1 to 3 days but it's mostly every day or other day (milk from breakfast, blood from scratching overnight, general dirt from playing on the floor in the morning/evening, nappy leaks, snot....).

I am wondering whether this urge for everything to be clean is more of a modern day internal insistence that validates the value of " clean means good parenting"?

I don’t think it’s a specific parenting think but I do think there has been a generational shift. It goes back to the pre-shower days when it took a lot of water/heating to fill the bath so there was no way people had a bath every day.

My parents still don’t shower every day except for in the summer when it’s hot or if my Dad’s been doing a lot of work in the garden. And they don’t smell.

I am just pleased that dd showers periodically and changes her underwear! She's an adult and has depression.

My kids rewore theirs as kids though, I can't stand sleep wear myself do that saves on washing