# How old is too old for 'footie' pajamas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153 "2014-10-22T14:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/1 "2014-10-22T14:48:44Z")
Specifically, when does a kid wearing footie PJs seem a little odd. If you’re 35 and have pink footies and love them, I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/2 "2014-10-22T14:55:15Z")
You forgot to add Never to your poll. That would’ve been my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/3 "2014-10-22T14:56:11Z")
> [@saje](#): > > You forgot to add Never to your poll. That would’ve been my vote. That would be “11+ (what age, if ever?)” ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/4 "2014-10-22T15:16:54Z")
Honestly? When they start growing so fast that you couldn’t keep them in footies. There’s more give to the regular kind. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/5 "2014-10-22T15:19:53Z")
I’m 75, and they’re still nice on winter nights. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/6 "2014-10-22T15:39:00Z")
I said “5” although it’s nothing I’d ever be particularly strict about. My reasoning is that I put the toddler in footie pajamas to help ensure that he stays warm on cold nights and to help him stay comfortable trucking around the house when it’s chilly. Once they’re old enough to reasonably take care of that themselves (stay under the covers, put on slippers, etc) then most of my reason for buying them goes away. Especially since they’re both less flexible than regular jammies – if you’re hot, not much you can do besides change out of them completely – and as **Zsofia** points out they’re less forgiving for growing kids. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/7 "2014-10-22T18:36:52Z")
Never. Why would this ever be an issue? ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/8 "2014-10-22T18:47:41Z")
Too old for what, exactly? I remember there was a fad for footie pajamas for teenage girls when I was in high school, it was the kind of thing you would wear to a slumber party. But wow, they make your feet really hot, so I think that was a short-lived thing. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/9 "2014-10-22T18:52:57Z")
As long as they want. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/10 "2014-10-22T21:10:52Z")
I don’t get it. They’re PJs. You wear them at home. Who cares? I wish I had some footie pajamas! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/11 "2014-10-22T23:27:46Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > As long as they want. Isn’t that how furries start? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/12 "2014-10-22T23:34:37Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Isn’t that how furries start? 😃 you say that like it’s a bad thing! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/13 "2014-10-23T00:52:58Z")
When they’re old enough for grade-school, knock it off. I’m just remembering that Xmas morning chapter in A Christmas Story and thinking it’s really cruel to do that to a kid. –G! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/14 "2014-10-23T00:57:00Z")
Back in college, I about wet myself laughing when I was at a friend’s house and saw his roommate’s girlfriend wearing a set. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/15 "2014-10-23T01:59:56Z")
I got my first set last year at end of season clearance, so maybe January??? Wore them a few times on the coldest nights, they were great. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/16 "2014-10-23T02:17:54Z")
I bought my partner a pair when he was in his early 40s, because he was always complaining about cold feet. I wouldn’t wear them, because I can’t stand sleeping with anything on my feet. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/17 "2014-10-23T03:14:38Z")
Boys, age 7. Girls can wear them at any age. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/18 "2014-10-23T04:40:32Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > When they’re old enough for grade-school, knock it off. > I’m just remembering that Xmas morning chapter in A Christmas Story and thinking it’s really cruel to do that to a kid. > > –G! “He looks like a pink nightmare!” ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/19 "2014-10-23T05:41:56Z")
I’m putting 5 mostly because I hated pajamas as a kid and the ones with feet were even worse. I was sleeping in my underwear as soon as I got old enough to realize I could just take the stupid pajamas off. But, really… it’s like the garish and multicolored socks my wife wears to bed. If you can live with the shame of even owning such an item, don’t let age stop you from wearing it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![48Willys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/db5fbb/32.png) [@48Willys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/48Willys)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153/20 "2014-10-23T10:42:32Z")
On a hot humid night. If there is any danger of heat stroke or heat exhaustion, these “footies” should not be worn. Other wise, meh, who cares. One of my sisters has worn them at night for her entire life. Her life, her choice. Why should anyone else care? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153.md?page=2)