Today’s question: how many times do you wear your pajamas before they go into the laundry?
Growing up, PJs were worn a handful of times before making their way to the hamper. In the morning, mom taught us to tuck them behind a pillow when we made our beds.
Fast forward to having babies of my own, and I very quickly got into the habit of feeding them their first bottle (and, as they got older, breakfast) while still in their jammies. They spit up a ton as infants, so it seemed silly to ruin the day’s outfit that early in the morning. We’d do bottle or breakfast and get changed afterwards. Needless to say, those got messy and went straight to the laundry basket. A second wearing was not even an option.
Even now, the habit has stuck. The kids get dressed before breakfast, but the night’s pajamas go right into the hampers. Even I seldom wear the same pajamas twice anymore – maybe a remnant of the pregnancy and postpartum days when I would get night sweats – I just really prefer fresh clothes out of the drawer. (Or, if we’re being totally honest, out of the other basket with the clean, folded clothes that haven’t been put away yet. Keepin’ it real, people.)
I hadn’t really given this pattern much thought, but my mom ALWAYS comments on it when she spends time with my kids. She can’t believe how many sets of pajamas my kids have (ok, it’s a lot…), or that they won’t wear the same ones twice in a row. While I recognize this as being different than the way we did things at her house, I’m not sure I see it as being quite so noteworthy.
So, dear Internet friends, sound off. How do PJs work in your house? One night and into the wash they go? Or wear ‘em until the end of the week and they can almost stand on their own?
The boys wear ‘em 3 nights in a row. Me, we’ll, sadly I switch out once a week depending if I hot flash out…
I still wear mine a few times but my son sounds like your kids, he absolutely won’t wear them more than once. It also started as a throw back to the messy breakfast days and now it’s part of his routine.
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We are pajama repeaters. The habit we got into in infancy was holy-cow-you-need-a-diaper-change-NOW! so we just kept the momentum going and changed into clothes. The kids were often in footie PJs, so you practically had to take off the whole thing to change the diaper.
I would say that my kids typically wear theirs 2 – 3 times and then they go into the laundry. I will wash 2 – 3 pairs / week, so that sounds about right. I’m in the same boat – 2 – 3 times & then in the laundry they go. I usually pick my husband’s up out of his closet & toss them in the laundry – otherwise, they might never get washed!
My deep dark question – how do you fold socks? It’s caused years of marital debate.
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I match the kids’ socks (boys have the SAME socks, but different sizes, so I mark an X or O or other shape on the toe with a Sharpie; makes it easier) and mine (cuz I have different pairs, rather than all the same; I like fun socks), but my hubby has only one kind, so they just go in a pile in his drawer. And *I* match them because hubby hates to do it. Unmatched socks go in a lingerie bag on my dresser for awhile, until it’s been awhile and I’ll toss any lone socks and start my collection again.
I’ve usually worn my nightie twice before a wash. My mum does a whole week. I couldn’t stand that lol
My guys wear theirs for two nights as long as breakfast doesn’t end up on them
Fresh jammies do feel nice but I still typically wear mine 2-3 nights before washing.
me & kids do 2-3 times before washing. Unless we wear them all day, which, ya know, happens sometimes
Two nights of pj’s before a wash (and they eat breakfast in jammies, too).
My kids wear their PJs until I remember to get them new ones (or they get dirty for some reason or other). They eat breakfast in diaper/panties because they’re still messy, and their PJs go on the fireplace to wait until after dinnertime. Maybe 2 pairs a week?
I wear my PJs usually two, maybe three times and then wash. The husband just wears a new pair of boxers to bed every night. The kids get new ones every night, first it was because of spit up and drool, then it was night diaper leaks now it is a habit for my 4 year olds (the 10 month old drools like nobody’s business so he still gets changed about 4 times a day).
The kids wear a fresh set every night. And every morning, I think, “These really aren’t dirty. I should put them back in the drawer.” But then half the time, William goes Commando. And the pjs usually end up with toothpaste, spit. or pee on them at some point. So a fresh set every night it is.
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My 4-year-old boys wear their pjs ~3 nights before washing (unless they spill breakfast or have an accident while sleeping obviously). I just wear a tank top to bed, usually one I’ve worn all day, so I tend to throw that in the hamper daily. I don’t want any clothes in my house going in the hamper unless they are absolutely dirty. I hate doing laundry!
Hmm… interesting question. My experience is the same as yours – 2-3 nights growing up, now everyone in my house does one pair per.night. I also often change into pjs/loungewear right after getting home from work, so I do get more time in them…
Interesting. I grew up in a family where we washed every day. With my kids, the baby does 1 night (sometimes even less if she spits up or does something else on it). My 2 1/2 year old did that too as a baby but now can go 1-3 nights. He usually eats breakfast in PJs too but that usually isn’t too messy (or he asks for a bib). I personally wear mine 1-2 nights depending on how they feel in the morning.
Seriously? That sounds like a LOT of laundry. We all wear ours until they’re dirty. We keep our house on the cool side in the winter, so they’re often covered by a robe (which also get washed only when dirty). I’m not doing unnecessary laundry. No thanks!
for me, it varies – if I shower at night, clean; if not, depends but never more than a couple of days anyway because I feel like I get sweaty and gross and often I change into lounge/pj wear when I get home from work so I wear them for more than just sleep.
for L, clean ones every night. She gets a bath every night and she’s a bit sweaty so I think it’s gross to put dirty pj’s on her when she’s starting out clean. MIL also comments on this, but whatever. My kid, my way.
I was just thinking about this as I chucked a once-worn pair of PJs in the laundry! The boys are wear-oncers. I think the pattern started as babies like in your home. Honestly, the boys SWEAT when they sleep. Almost every night when I go in to kiss them before bed, they are schvitzing. But with the constant mammoth loads of laundry, I’m tempted to revise this. For me, I usually wear pjs 2-3 times before washing.
Fresh set every night…unless traveling. Sometimes I will wear twice to save space in the suitcase.
Too funny! I asked this question to my local MoM community a few months ago.
My girls wear their pajamas for two nights, then we switch. They don’t eat in them, and even if they do rarely get them dirty. I wear my pajamas for a week, then throw them in the laundry.
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I think I might be the worst! We had to get up super early for an event a couple of years ago (they are 6 now), and I had my girls wear their clothes to bed so I could throw them in the car immediately the next morning. Since then, I would say they choose to wear their clothes for the next day to bed about 95% of the time. It wouldn’t work for me, but they don’t sweat like an adult and pretty much only wear cotton leggings and shirts/dresses. My mother and MIL are slightly horrified, and I agree it is a little weird, but in my defense they always go to bed with clean clothes, it is basically half the laundry, and we don’t have arguments/delays about getting dressed in the morning. Win-win-win so I am going with it until they change their habit!
I usually wear mine a couple of nights in a row. The kids are a totally different story. If they are clean the next morning (meaning they made it through the night with out an accident), I put them aside for another night. 9 times out of 10, I forget that I put them aside and they end up with new jambes every night. If they do have an accident, then I really try to remember to use the new clean ones that we put on at 3 AM.
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