How often do you change your DCs clothing/underwear?

[PrammyMammy]

I have a 2yo ds and a 6mo dd.
I've never really thought about this until now.
I do 2 washes a day, with the kids outfits, pj's, our outfits, work clothes, night clothes.
My dcs wear a change of clothes a day, change of vest a day ( wear it all day and all night, bath/shower in the am and new vest on). My ds usually gets 3 wears out of a coat tops because he is such a messy boy, always climbing or digging.
Anyway, my dc's stayed with their gps, last Saturday onto Sunday, from 6pm till 5pm.
In the bag there was a new vest, a full new outfit (top, trousers, jumper, socks) a set of pj's.
When they come home the next day, my dd was wearing huge boys socks, an age 18-24 vest, no teeshirt, weapped up in her carseat with a throw over, fleece, cover thing.
When i asked what happened to her clothes. mil said i didn't give her enough so she had to ask her next door neighbour for clothes. I only gave her one vest and one pair of socks, which they wore during the night. So mil put her clean vest, teeshirt and socks on with pjs.
My ds had no vest, and the teeshirt he had left wearing, and orange socks that were from the next door neighbour, because he slept in his new teeshirt, socks (along with his pj's).
On asking why, mil told me that it wasn't fair making them wear their clothes over again, and she had to wash their clothes as i hadn't given them enough, and she even had to wrap my dd up because i didn't give her a clean jacket. After she left i emptied their bag, and everything still smelled like washing powder, my ds pj top had something red on the front, but that was it. So what was the fuss about?

Do you all change vests morning and night? Do your dcs wear socks and teeshirts in bed (over sleepysuits). Stuck between thinking she is mental or i'm neglectful.

Well, my mum sends my children home in yesterdays pants and socks....

I do the same as you.

Sounds like plenty of clothes to me.

DSs here are 3 and 2. They wear the same PJs for 3-4 nights. Same vest that night as that day (changed each morning) same with socks (if colder they wear them in bed)

Clothes tend to get changed every day, but I can sometimes stretch jeans to two days wear. Will often send them to their dads for the weekend and tell him to put the same trousers on the next day if not too grubby (tops get covered in food, snot etc)

Coats here get washed about once a month, but they dont get them very dirty (apart from DS1 when he's allowed in the wet, muddy nursery garden )

All in all, think it sounds fine what you sent and the GPs sound a little like they didnt find the clean clothes or something?!

My 2 year old has clean t shirt/jumper/trousers/socks every morning.(and vest if needed) He has clean PJs every night. Sometimes he needs a complete change of clothes in the day - he is messy.

Coats last as long as they last until they are dirty.

DS1 (7) and DS2 (5) have clean underwear everyday but will wear tops/trousers 2 days if not dirty.

sorry meant to add that they wear PJs 3 ish nights in a row

DD is 8y.

She has clean underwear every morning. She choses to wear her pants overnight - not sure why, lol.

She has clean PJs/nightie every 2 or 3 nights.

She has clean clothes when they need changing. She doesn't necessarily wears them day after day, but may have 3 or 4 outfits on the go. She definitely doesn't require a clean outfit daily that's for sure.

Clean pants & socks every day

Vests & Pjs can be worn several days and sometimes have to be peeled off when I insist they must wear I new one.

Evertyhing else is generally clean each day as so little survives unscathed but I certainly would pack loads for one weekend, a bit of paint/mud/food won't hurt them!

DD is 3, clean clothes daily usually, clean pj's every 3ish nights, no vest or socks in bed. Coats washed when dirty.

DS (2) is quite messy, so he often has a change of clothes in the day, but PJs last 2/3 days and he has a clean vest after bath, before bed which lasts all day (depending on how much food manages to soak through his t-shirt). I only put socks on him if I'm putting his shoes on to go out. V. bad to wear socks 24/7.

Ds2 (2) has clean vest, socks, top and jumper (if needed) every day. Trousers can very occasionally be stretched to two days, but not often.

Pjs, every other night-ish, depending on nappy leakage/breakfast spillage. If he needs a vest at night he wears that day's one.

ds wears full set of clean clothes every day (underwear/trousers/tshirt/jumper) plus clean pyjamas every night.

Occasionally I suspect DH puts clothes that look clean for him to wear the next day. I can overlook this on the basis that I know I am quite obsessive about ds having clean clothes.

I also only use towels once and all the other things that people frown on.

However I know I have issues and the reasons why.

Unsurprisingly I have quite a lot of washing that I am sure will only get worse once the baby arrives.

If ds stays at MILs overnight I tend to send at least 2 changes of clothes (and she also has some spare there) and then might throw in a couple of extra socks/pants. However sometimes dh packs and I assume as he manages to fit all ds stuff into one bag that he does not pack nearly as much as I do. Ds probably lucky to get clean pair of pants

ds who is 7 changes clothes/pjs everyday, however he has been known to go to bed in a tshirt he has worn during the day if its school hols etc and we havnt been anywhere
dds who are 1 and 2 clothes and pjs changed every day, however if we stay in all day i will change there pjs from previous night and put clean ones on them...
coats whenever they are dirty...

My 2 year old gets clean clothes every other day, unless she has actually spilled something down them, in which case every day.
She has clean PJ's about every three days, (or sooner if she has got her breakfast all down them)
She doesn't wear socks in bed, and only a vest in bed when it's cold; when she does she has a night time vest which gets changed for a clean one at the same time as the PJ's, rather than wearing the one she had on in the day.
I have never washed her coat.

However if I was sending her overnight to grandparents, I'd probably send extra clothes just in case, probably one complete clean outfit for every day she was spending with them, plus one extra complete change just in case of accidents.

i dont understand why she put a t shirt and socks over a sleeping suit?! surely she would look and see the clothes available and think "oh that tshirt and socks is for 2moro"
what you've done sounds fine, only some people may put a new vest for night, i mainly do that if he wears a vest to sleep or sometimes the one from the day, but as we bath @ night then i wouldnt put dc out of the bath into a used vest iyswim but when you bath in morning it makes more sense.
putting them back in their used clothes seems more sensible than getting all random wrong size stuff from nextdoor!! but next time just send extra amount just incase

Looney.

DS1 (nearly 4yo) has clean pants and socks every day. Vests go for two days, t-shirts for two days if not too much spilled down them. Trousers 3-4 days depending on spills etc.

DS2 (1yo) has a clean sleepsuit every night because every morning he COVERS it in Weetabix, despite SillyBilly bib. Vests go for two days barring poo explosions. T-shirts clean every day as he dribbles and snots a lot. And trousers 3-4 days barring poo explosions. Socks clean every day because I can never find them the next day!

Clean clothes when the ones she's been wearing are dirty which can be one day or three.

As for school uniform she'll wear the same skirt/dress/trousers/cardigan all week if she's not mucked them, clean t-shirt every couple of days.

Clean knickers, socks and vest everyday.

Her coat gets washed...erm ....dunno, I'll come back to you when I've washed it.

MIL sounds like a fusspot, she has a different way of doing things to you. Next time send the DCs with tonnes of extra clothes, a suitcase full, and then they'll have enough.

new socks and underwear daily... although if it's cold and the socks they wore all day are filthy they get clean socks for bed.

pants and tops get worn until they're dirty... proper dirty, not one tiny little dot of dirt!

coats usually last months, although ds1 went through a stage of wrecking his every time he went outside the door

for the baby: exactly the same although he sometimes need s a change of top during the day if he gets very messy with his food... although if it's evening and it's warm enough he runs around with no top on as i can't be bothered adding to the washing!

pjs go from one shower to the next (2/3 nights) unless peed in... the baby usually has clean every night though as he has breakfast in his and makes a mess.

My DD (5) wears clean clothes (full outfit) every day, with the proviso that her cardigan does several days unless it is visibly dirty.

She has a clean nightie every 3 days or so.

Depends how messy they are and how much you can tolerate dirty clothes. When mine were 6mo I probably changed them after every meal but they were my pfb DTs. I had realised what a fools errand that was by the time they were 2. Unless they were leaving the house I wouldn't bother with changing them no matter what was on them. Still applies now they are 6.

It seems a bit mad to put their bed time clothes on as well as their daytime clothes. Obviously she didn't realise that was what it was. Next time put them into separate plastic bags and tell her there's a bag for bedtime and a bag for normal clothes.

Odd

My 16 month old (and bear in mind I am in a warmer place so no need for socks etc with PJs) goes through:

1-2 pairs of trousers per day - because she likes playing in water, also has cloth nappies and sometimes leaks a bit, also still crawls sometimes if in a hurry (v new walker) and gets dirt everywhere
1-2 tops per day - 1 if staying in, often 2 if going out because first one gets food stains & grot on it. I let her self feed, and it's messy.
In the unlikely scenario that she has worn one top and one trousers all day without either getting grotty, I give her a new outfit the next day. They're worn next to the skin, after all.
1 pair of socks - she prefers walking without shoes because so new at it, so they get dirt encrusted, but I just think that's par for the course at this age. Definitely new socks for new day.
PJs - 3 days if not soiled beforehand (e.g., pre-dawn poo)
Coats/Jackets/Cardies - until visibly dirty. Which can be anywhere from 1.3 seconds to 2 weeks, you know what it's like.

So in short, your MIL is bonkers. But I'd have sent an extra outfit anyway because mine is a chucker-upper and on a bad night can go through several changes.

Mine have clean undies every day (not vests).

The rest gets washed when the clothes are dirty. Tops do a maximum of two wears though. Now the dc are 9 and 6 they can get away with wearing jeans 4 or 5 times.

Coats - washed once or twice per season, I'd guess. Inless they get muddy.

I change vests and pants daily, vest worn overnight if cold. Clothes daily or when spilt occassionally trousers will stretch two days.

Tbf if i send dd away i will pack spare pjamas and a spare outfit (so clothes they are in, next day clothes and 2 times pjamas) just in case as the wont normally be spare (but then my daughter does have clumsy days when she comes home in a different outfit and with half the nurserys spare clothes box as she has had three spills in a day!)

Also ime older people put more clothes on kids and worry that they will get cold (accuistomed to no/less central heating)
I would only put kids to bed in socks if very cold

Those of you who make PJs last 3-4 nights do your DC not eat breakfast in their PJs? DS is 4 in June. He has to have clean PJs every day cos he gets his breakfast on them, if we are going out he usually has to be changed after lunch and then clean pjs after dinner.

DS1 is nearly 4, he eats in his PJs but never seems to get breakfast on them. I think some kids are messier than others, the nursery often comment on him being a tidy eater, so he's probably unusual.

DS2 has to have new sleep suit every night as he absolutely covers it in weetabix every morning, but then he is only one! This morning he emptied his water cup all over it as well.....

Perfectly reasonable. My DS has a new vest on each morning, wears it through the day and for night time (I change it only if he's chucked loads of water over himself just before bedtime or it's badly stained) with his PJs. So clearly the clothes are for the next day.

PJs only last a day as they get breakfast all down them the next morning. But for one night stays that doesn't matter.

The only thing I'd say is that you didn't put any spares in - for my DS I would have put another set of clothes in as spares only, as he still spills food a lot, occasionally has leaky nappy etc. So if you'd done that, it would inadvertently have solved the problem by their being another set of clothes - however, your MIL is still odd to think they need a new full set of clothes, plus PJs, to sleep in.

If they sleep over again, I would go through the clothes you've brought with her and explain exactly what they're to be dressed in for bed.