What do you think about kids sleeping in their clothes?

[countrymom]

being a young parent is not a good excuse, I was married and had my first dd at 23, and she had a full closet full of clothes (thank you thrift shopping) what I think is the problem is that its called laziness. Its easier to put them to bed rather than have a bed time routine.
oh, my 8 yr old wants to wear her shirts to school after she has slept in them all night and her reasoning "because they are already warm" um not going to happen, she's funny.

[littlemissmuffet]

Honestly, ladies - any of you would do the same... and you wouldn't complain about it. This is just one of those situations that no matter how strict I am with my business, etc it all goes out the window for this one kid because I couldn't live with myself knowing he wasn't here - I know he's safe and happy here! If you met him, you'd all do the same!

[melilley]

being a young parent is not a good excuse, I was married and had my first dd at 23, and she had a full closet full of clothes (thank you thrift shopping) what I think is the problem is that its called laziness. Its easier to put them to bed rather than have a bed time routine.
oh, my 8 yr old wants to wear her shirts to school after she has slept in them all night and her reasoning "because they are already warm" um not going to happen, she's funny.

Hahahaha, what a creative excuse! Had to laugh!::

[crazydaycarelady]

I agree being a young parent is not an excuse. I had kids at 20, 22 and 23 and they all had clean clothes and a solid bedtime routine.

Funny thing is dcm posted a picture of them getting ready to board a plane today and dcg had on jammies! Maybe she is just confused and thinks jammies are daytime wear and clothes are for sleeping??? LOL

[EchoMom]

Just throwing out a differing opinion here, but I do not think it's a big deal necessarily.

Sorry, but my DS 15 months is a terrible sleeper, horrible, he's never slept through the night his entire life, nurses to sleep for bedtime and naps and nurses all night long. I am really trying to break these bad sleep associations but he is a tyrant and SO strong willed it's extremely hard and exhausting.

Because we cosleep I only dress him in a t-shirt and diaper for bed. Traditional footie/long sleeve jammies would be WAY too hot under the blankets and with my husband and I creating body heat as well.

I USUALLY put him in a fresh soft t-shirt before bed, but often let him continue to wear the shirt long into the morning when he's running around as DCKs are arriving and through breakfast. I do ALWAYS change him into a fresh diaper though! I would never leave him in a nasty diaper, that's disgusting!!!

I myself also have a bad habit of just taking off my jeans and bra and sleeping in whatever t shirt I've worn for the day to sleep in.

And I also agree with what Pandamom was saying about frequency of clothes washing. I grew up in a family that did NOT wash clothes just because you wore them once. My husbands family did. When we got married this was something that was very different about us. If the clothes are still mostly clean, didn't sweat, didn't get dirty, etc. then I will absolutely hang it back up and wear it again. I would view washing something just because it was worn was as very very wasteful, IMO.

[countrymom]

I agree being a young parent is not an excuse. I had kids at 20, 22 and 23 and they all had clean clothes and a solid bedtime routine.

Funny thing is dcm posted a picture of them getting ready to board a plane today and dcg had on jammies! Maybe she is just confiused and thinks jammies are daytime wear and clothes are for sleeping??? LOL

:: now that is funny!

[littlemissmuffet]

I agree being a young parent is not an excuse. I had kids at 20, 22 and 23 and they all had clean clothes and a solid bedtime routine.

Funny thing is dcm posted a picture of them getting ready to board a plane today and dcg had on jammies! Maybe she is just confiused and thinks jammies are daytime wear and clothes are for sleeping??? LOL

I agree it's not an excuse but mom was 15 when she had dcb... to me, there is a big difference between a 15 yo and a 20 yo. She just has very little in the way of common sense... but she's older now and she's been advised, it's siimply a laziness issue at this point.

[daycare]

unless its christams morning, you need to bathe and change....

wash up, brush your teeth, comb your mop and take care of your body.

I tell my children to cherish their bodies and take good care of it. We only get one. I have taught them from the time they were itty bitty to always take care of yourself.

all of my kids floss, brush, gargle, use face wash,lotion both body and face, wear sun block, groom their hair and apply anything else they deem necessary.

it is their biggest responsibility I believe they have.....

[crazydaycarelady]

These clothes were most definately dirty with a variety of different food stains of the front, so she went to bed in dirty clothes. You are right it is NOT a big deal. I am just surprised especially since it is a a first baby. I NEVER would have done that with my first, my 3rd, yeah, it might have happened a time or two. LOL

I guess what saddens me even more is that it seems she must not have a bedtime routine. I always gave my kids a snack, they had a warm bath, then some cuddle time with a sweet smelling child. It seems like if she is putting her to bed in dirty clothes they must not be doing the usual bedtime things.

[Scout]

Just throwing out a differing opinion here, but I do not think it's a big deal necessarily.

Sorry, but my DS 15 months is a terrible sleeper, horrible, he's never slept through the night his entire life, nurses to sleep for bedtime and naps and nurses all night long. I am really trying to break these bad sleep associations but he is a tyrant and SO strong willed it's extremely hard and exhausting.

Because we cosleep I only dress him in a t-shirt and diaper for bed. Traditional footie/long sleeve jammies would be WAY too hot under the blankets and with my husband and I creating body heat as well.

I USUALLY put him in a fresh soft t-shirt before bed, but often let him continue to wear the shirt long into the morning when he's running around as DCKs are arriving and through breakfast. I do ALWAYS change him into a fresh diaper though! I would never leave him in a nasty diaper, that's disgusting!!!

I myself also have a bad habit of just taking off my jeans and bra and sleeping in whatever t shirt I've worn for the day to sleep in.

And I also agree with what Pandamom was saying about frequency of clothes washing. I grew up in a family that did NOT wash clothes just because you wore them once. My husbands family did. When we got married this was something that was very different about us. If the clothes are still mostly clean, didn't sweat, didn't get dirty, etc. then I will absolutely hang it back up and wear it again. I would view washing something just because it was worn was as very very wasteful, IMO.

How long do you plan to cosleep? If you were willing to give that up you could run a turbo fan to block out his crying to get him to sleep through!::

[Scout]

unless its christams morning, you need to bathe and change....

wash up, brush your teeth, comb your mop and take care of your body.

I tell my children to cherish their bodies and take good care of it. We only get one. I have taught them from the time they were itty bitty to always take care of yourself.

all of my kids floss, brush, gargle, use face wash,lotion both body and face, wear sun block, groom their hair and apply anything else they deem necessary.

it is their biggest responsibility I believe they have.....

This so not the case in my house! My kids often stay in pjs well into the afternoon or all day for the little guy. Mind you, this is only if we are home. They do brush their teeth though & we have a bedtime routine that we follow most nights. And I always will put clean pjs on them for bed. I think that pjs are comfy so why change them if there is no need to? It also eliminates some of my laundry!

[SilverSabre25]

How long do you plan to cosleep? If you were willing to give that up you could run a turbo fan to block out his crying to get him to sleep through!::

If her DS is anything like my DD, it is NOT that easy ::::

[EchoMom]

How long do you plan to cosleep? If you were willing to give that up you could run a turbo fan to block out his crying to get him to sleep through!::

Honestly, I love having the family sleep together. It is absolutely the very best thing and I love love love it. I would be so sad and miss him if he was off sleeping in a room alone.

However, IF it were for his best interest and give him a better night's sleep then I would of course be willing to give it up.

He has never slept in a crib. He sleeps on our king bed which has no frame on it. Every time he wakes during a nap or the night he gets out of bed screaming and comes looking for me, even climbing the stairs to come up and find me.

And we do have a high velocity fan. Doesn't help.

Sorry to be OT OP.

[DaisyMamma]

I Consider myself normal. My kids are clean. Sometimes my 6 yo doesn't want to put on pjs and wants to sleep in her clothes. I actually don't like it, to be honest, but if it makes her happy then whatever. There's more important things to worry about.
She always wore pjs at 18mo though, unless she fell asleep in the car or something. I doubt that even rarely happened. I bet mom is busy and without dad home who knows, it must be easier.

[PolkaTots]

That's just pure laziness...or it could be that she might have an underlying problem...depression maybe?

I guess I could justify if they were wearing a sleeper/footy and we put to bed in it, but not coming back the next day in the same one

I would casually bring it up to the mom, and if she has a clean chage of clothes there, I would most certainly change her.