mom2scouts Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 DD has about 2-3 and my boys always slept in underwear after the toddler years. Five pairs of pajamas for above the baby/toddler stage doesn't seem minimalist to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 My teen boys wear gym shorts and old t-shirts to bed; in winter, a t-shirt with flannel or activewear bottoms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 My daughter wears hers once, then they go in the laundry. Am I weird? Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 My family tends to be sweaty also so rehearing isn't a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I thought this at first, but then I realized that when they only have a couple pairs they wear each one several times, and when they have lots, they wear different ones almost every night. I don't let them rewear anything, or reuse towels, or else you'd have a point. If they rewore things it would definitely be less laundry, but I just can't go there with much but jeans. I'd rather do more laundry. But that's just me and some of my germaphobe stuff from working where I did so long. I know I'm weird that way! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Well my kids aren't generally hard on clothes, so we have lots of PJs going back years. Normally my kids each have one or two pairs they like to wear whenever it's available, and several others that just happen to be there. I usually buy them each one pair of jammies for Christmas, and then other people buy them summer jammies and such. They have some that have never been worn. I wouldn't think 5 pairs were "minimalist." Perhaps other people don't let their kids wear their jammies between washes? I am lucky if my kid lets me wash hers, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyMountain Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) I guess I am in the outlier category too. Five would be minimalist for me because they do wear pajamas every night and they often get too dirty to wear again. I do not put away laundry every day so I would not like less then five pairs and five would be hard. I am pretty minimalist in most areas but my kids are hard on clothes and I do not like putting away laundry or the kids rifling through the laundry bin so I like to have more then the bare minimum of clothes. I get most clothes from thrift stores but that can be hard to find with pajamas. I rewear clothes a lot but it does not work as well for the kids because they play hard. Plus one has motor planning issues so she gets messy eating still. Edited June 3, 2017 by MistyMountain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 We wear pajamas unless we are leaving the house. We don't sleep in street clothes. I'd say they have 3-4 each of summer and winter. I love this. Us too! DS often wears underwear when we do school. It varies but I try to have at least 3 pairs. ds 1 currently sleeps in underwear because he piles under a blanket and says he is too sweaty. currently dd sleeps in a diaper only because we co sleep and she gets sweaty, but ds 2 has about 4 pairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 My girls have 3-4 seasonally. My boys haven't slept in pajamas for years. They shower in the evening, put in clean clothes, sleep in them, and they're ready to go in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Anywhere between 5-8 depending on the kid - some have hand me downs, some have worn some out, etc. We don't rewear jammies (clean, fresh jammies are nice!), and we don't sleep in daywear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 I don't let them rewear anything, or reuse towels, or else you'd have a point. If they rewore things it would definitely be less laundry, but I just can't go there with much but jeans. I'd rather do more laundry. But that's just me and some of my germaphobe stuff from working where I did so long. I know I'm weird that way! :) Same here. Only my dh reused towels and wore his clothes until they literally stank (stink). :ack2: The kids and I all changed clothes every day, sometimes a couple of times a day during tick season. I've found many a tick after doing tick-checks on my small kids when they came inside from playing - had them remove all clothes and throw them in the washer, I looked them over and ran my fingers through their hair. Then they put on clean clothes. Repeated again at bath time. Small price to pay for possibly avoiding Lyme's and other tick-borne diseases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Zero now, but when they were younger, I think it was two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateReignRemix Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 None now. Our boys quit wearing them around 7/8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underthebridge Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 (edited) I haven't read through all the responses but we might be an outlier because we have a least a dozen sets per kid. Half are short sleeve/shorts and half are long sleeve/long pants. Our kids go to school and they are never allowed to stay in their pajamas past breakfast. We like having fresh sets of pajamas. Also, we travel often, so we like to have enough so that we can have a set to travel with and a clean set when we return. ETA - I just read texasmom33's response. I don't think we have 25 but 12-15 per kid. Edited June 4, 2017 by underthebridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 1 set of black cotton thermals, worn only in the winter for lounging around the house and only occasionally. Sleeps in his underwear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Zero. My kids are nudists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 My older son has 3 pairs of pajama pants and then a few t-shirts he only likes to wear around the apartment/to bed. My younger son has approximately two craptons of pajamas because he has his and all of his brother's hand-me-downs and I need to go cull out the worn out and/or too small ones. They each have five tiny drawers. One is split into two small baskets with one basket for undies and one for socks. One drawer is shirts. One drawer is pants and shorts. One is PJs. The fifth is flexible. For my younger son, it's soccer clothes and things one might use as hiking layers. For my older son, it's his one athletic pants, hiking layers, and random sweaters. Except for my younger son's PJ drawer and their shirt drawer, all of these small drawers are loosely filled. They each have one dressy outfit hanging in the closet. That feels as minimalist as I feel they need. I am about to get my older son five pairs of dress pants, five shirts and a few matching sweaters for school in the fall (quasi-uniform school). Then, he's going to use a drawer for each day, and his other clothes will be moved bins or a small chest in the closet. While he doesn't "need" that many, it's part of "Operation Get to School in CLEAN Clothes Every Damn Day of High School". And it's the system we have planned out with him to best address his concerns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawyer&Mom Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 I look forward to the day of repeating pajamas. Right now we are in the thick of yogurt spills and accidents and honestly I'm just glad if they wake up in the same pair they went to bed in! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 None. They usually wear tshirt and athletic short or athletic pants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Probably 3 sets (word used loosly) each. DD10 sleeps hot and sweaty, so she needs a few sets. She will often just put on athletic shorts and athletic T. DD18 likes to be cozy when she is hanging out, but sleeps hot. She has sleep shorts and Nike sweats to put over them if she needs something more discrete. Ds22 just sleeps in pj bottoms and puts on a T, if he is walking around the house when most people are awake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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