Mornings: I hate them.
I've never liked them (more of a night owl, personally), but now that I have two kids who are as bleary-eyed and dysfunctional when they wake up as their mom, the hours between 6 and 8 a.m. are nothing short of sheer torture. That's why I totally sympathize with the mom featured in this episode of CafeMom Studios' Coffee Shop Confessions: "I Put My Kids to Bed in Their School Clothes!"
Apparently this particular mom was having trouble getting her three kids out the door on time in the morning ... until she started putting them to bed in their school clothes! Brilliant!
Or not. The Coffee Shop moms were divided on the topic: With two "smelly" boys at home, Alex McCord was kind of horrified by the idea, while Julia Knight thought simply setting the alarm clock to an earlier time was a more practical solution.
But Timberly Whitfield was pro-wearing school clothes to bed (she must be a non-morning type like me!). And Andrew Shue understood, pointing out that some kids are "zombies" in the morning (he must have kids like mine!).
Are mornings crazy at your house?
Would you ever put your kids to bed in their school clothes?
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We so did this! We insisted on baths before bed (which took care of the smell issue), and it made mornings much easier.
I haven't done it for school, my son is usally pretty good about waking up at 7 to get ready. But if we're ever travelling and we have a 7 or 8 in the morning flight , or he ever has to wake up before 6 am, we most definitely do put him in his clothes for the day so we can just pick him up out of bed and carry him and let him sleep for a little longer. That way he's much less cranky in the morning and there is a peace for everyone.
My kid sleeps in pajamas and wakes up in the morning and gets dressed. It takes a pretty lazy parent to put their kid to sleep in school clothes. And how do the kids look after they've slept in the clothes? Aren't they all wrinkeld from turning or shifting in their sleep? So not only are they in clothes they slept in, they are also in wrinkly clothes? If it's that hard to get up, get dressed and out the door, then put the kids to bed earlier, or get the kids up earlier. I'm not a morning person and when my son is at his fathers I can sleep till noon easily however I wake up at 7am every day when my son is home(everyday except 4 days a month). The only time my son slept in clothes was when we were leaving for a 10hr car ride to visit family and we were leaving the house at 4am. And even then I put him in sweatpants and a sweatshirt and changed him when he woke up in the car at around 8am.(stopped at a rest area, got out of the car, let him streach and changed him into proper clothes).
ew... no. My kids do not sleep in their school clothes. that's was pajamas are for.
sorry but that is super lazy
Obviously, special clothes that you had to worry about wrinkles in were not slept in, but normal stuff like t-shirts and jeans or sweat shirts and pants outfits that did not wrinkle or if they did it didn't matter could be. I am not saying everyone should do this, just saying it made most mornings at my house easier on everyone, kids included. As soon as the kids were old enough to dress themselves, they were in charge of making sure they were ready for school in the morning, even though I waited with them at the bus stop with them until they graduated high school.
Seems like just one more thing that 'parents nowadays' don't want to do with their kids. It's not *that* big a deal to get them dressed in the mornings, I know, I have a child who will sometimes flat refuse to get out of bed. But I'm mom. It's my JOB to get him up, dressed, and out the door on time.
So, I have to ask, these kids who are sleeping in their clothes... when, exactly, are they taught that it's inappropriate to go to school in whatever you slept in? Or do they continue through HS and college, and then they're shocked when they're reprimanded by a boss for looking slovenly and lazy?
Wouldn't it be easier to just start off teaching them to get up and get ready? And if they're THAT tired in the morning, an earlier bedtime might be in order.