Lazy and tacky - that's me!

I am that mom who . . . let their children wear pajamas in public.

The horror!

Well, apparently, this is a pretty serious offense to some people. The Babycenter bargain board has a post asking people if "Do you take your DC* out in their PJs?". And surprisingly this is a HUGE deal. To the point where people actually are saying that it is "tacky" and a reflection of "lazy parenting".

I so lose at the Mommy Olympics.

Or . . . maybe not.

Is it really tacky and lazy to keep your baby in their pajamas when it's freezing out and you have to go grocery shopping right now!!!11! because the only thing you have on hand are fifteen cans of green beans that had been the best deal ever!11!! until the moment I found out my husband doesn't really like canned green beans. At all**.

Anyway, I digress. It was negative nine hundred degrees out minus the wind chill. So was it really that offensive when my oldest wore her pale pink pajamas under her sage green coat? Because honestly, it coordinated nicely. Now I on the other hand was wearing junky old gym shoes and a long-sleeved tee that I had bought in high school. In 1992. But apparently because I was dressed this doesn't matter.

And the girl twin? She wore pajamas to dinner the other night. I was at my parents and my mom had bathed them. For whatever reason, my mom put on a set of pajamas on the girl twin rather than the perfectly fine outfit I (no wait, girl-twin had chosen it) had dressed her in earlier that day. The pajamas are really cute and do resemble a short set. So much so that girl-twin will not wear them to bed. Did I mention she picks out her own clothes daily? At 23 months?

So remember, when you see me in public with a parade of children dressed in swimsuits, raincoats, and snow boats because they insisted on these and I choose my battles, well, just remember that they're not in pajamas so really, it's okay. The bargain hunters at Babycenter said so.


*DC means damn dear children. Or something. I prefer to use rotten little terrors my kids.

**Oh, I'm sure I had more food in the house. I'm just trying to keep people from chastising me for going out in the cold when I had food in the house. Of course, now the letters will pour in because I let the food run out.