Monday, July 17, 2006

Who's a slacker now?

Overheard on the way into the infant room at the kids' daycare:

"I am so sorry. I can't believe his dad didn't dress him today. I'll make sure he's wearing something other than pajamas tomorrow!"

The parent who said this really did seem horrified that her son, who is about six months old, had been brought to daycare in his pajamas. Wait, there's something wrong with that? I sent Baby Boone to daycare in pajamas a lot, earlier this summer. We had a cool, rainy spell, and it was really the most convenient way to make sure he stayed warm. Plus, wearing footie pajamas is a happy alternative to wearing those little baby socks that get kicked/wiggled off so easily.

Now, if someone had dropped a pajama-clad Boy Wonder off at daycare, I might have been a little irritated. He's three: they go outside, they play in the grass, they need to be wearing clothes and shoes. But in the infant room? They sit in bouncy chairs, roll around on blankets playing with little educational plastic toys, and are held a lot. For that, they need to be dressed in an actual outfit?

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