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!

DD is 4. She wears clean pants and vest every night (no vest in summer), she has a bath or shower every night, we change her PJs every second night (unless they need to be changed sooner).

When going on holiday I would normally take 2 or 3 pairs each and go to a launderette a couple of times if there's no washing machine. Taking 7 pairs each is excessive and I only have 4 kids.

In answer to your original op. YABU. Dc change their pj's every 3rd night, more often in I think they smell. They'd happily keep wearing them. They shower every night before bed. I change mine every 2nd or 3 Rd night, or more often if I've been having hot flushes in the night! I honestly think life is too short to be iorning. I couldn't fit it in between everything at the moment anyway!

Yep! Clean pair every night since they were babies, now oldest is almost a teen

Bath, hair wash and fresh pyjamas every night here for my two! Sorry Mumsnet!

Is it just my two year old who gets porridge/yogurt/fruit/poached egg etc all down the front of their pyjamas at breakfast every morning? I purposefully don't get him washed and dressed until after he's eaten and dropped food all over his sweaty pyjamas from the night before

@KingdomScrolls

Is it just my two year old who gets porridge/yogurt/fruit/poached egg etc all down the front of their pyjamas at breakfast every morning? I purposefully don't get him washed and dressed until after he's eaten and dropped food all over his sweaty pyjamas from the night before

Would you not use an apron or bib?! Surely that's common sense pjs or other clothes.

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I think Op's being a bit 'economical with the truth' regarding her holiday luggage

I absolutely am not! The only thing I omitted was footwear, towels and swimwear

@KingdomScrolls

Is it just my two year old who gets porridge/yogurt/fruit/poached egg etc all down the front of their pyjamas at breakfast every morning? I purposefully don't get him washed and dressed until after he's eaten and dropped food all over his sweaty pyjamas from the night before

My toddler eats breakfast in just a nappy for this very reason. Then it’s just her tummy I need to scrub weetabix off.

ohhhhh - you meant matching as in tops and bottoms matching!
I thought you meant that your PJs had to match your partners.

Usually wear PJs/nightshirt when wandering round getting ready for bed, PJ trousers not worn in bed, get too hot, so tops/nightshirts taken off before I try to get to sleep, so yes, do get used a few times.

When I remember here OP. But mine are 9 and 11 now. When babies and toddlers (ie still in nappies) yes clean every night.

Could not be arsed with that now and certainly not good for the environment!

No one wears anything in bed here - much more user friendly!

Some people just really love making tedious work for themselves.

Baths and hair washed every night.. Small children, and their skin and hair, really don't benefit from this at all.. But mine are definitely among the great unwashed but don't smell, clothes don't smell and they're not dirty. Pj change 2/3 times a week as necessary. My pj's do me a few nights. But if it was unhygienic.... What would happen to me? Not a joke. I mean if don't smell, is there a problem with not being perfectly clean all the time?

OP I can't imagine why you didn't think there'd be a reaction to the environmental side of it.. It's unnecessarily wasteful, deliberately and consistently so, so yes, people will judge it.

Clean every night but not always matching as they are now 12 and 15 so they put on what they feel comfortable in

@GojiberryStar he gets food underneath/around them, bibs worked when he was a baby and I was helping, but now he does it all himself it's a different story... I've tried the big painting coverall things but he takes them off. I do tend to strip him when the weather is warmer but it takes a while for our kitchen to warm up in the mornings.

@ChristinaYang10 oh Weetabix sets like cement! In the summer he often eats in just a nappy/pants in the garden and then I can hose the area down (and occasionally the child)

I bought 4 plain black cotton pj bottoms and quality cotton black t-shirts, everything matches and is changed every night.

When younger (unless spilt milk/pop etc down them) they would last a couple/few nights, now they’re sweaty teens, fresh every night! And they’ve always had to match, kids and husband laugh at me about this! Husband wears his a few times, I get hot and sweaty in bed so fresh each night unless I’ve stripped off before actually falling asleep then I’ll wear them again!

This thread can't be real?
DD (5) gets told off for picking new pyjamas after a day (unless some sort of accident/spill is involved).

Fuck no. Life is too short to be worrying about matching pajamas (or even clean ones every night), far more interesting things to be doing.

When I was going to St Ives...

@LemonMeringueThreePointOneFour

My 18 &16 daughters don’t wear anything, even in winter. My 14 son wears T shirt and shorts. He’s old enough to know when he needs clean stuff on.

I thought clean PJs every night was standard like having clean knickers and socks. My DC always had both and to divide opinion further I ironed them.