Why do pjs need to be flame resistant??

rispergirl

Can someone explain this to me?  My pajamas aren't flame resistant.  I would think that if they were somewhere where their pjs were in danger of combusting, we'd be in a heap of trouble.  And I don't feel comfortable with the idea of their clothes being soaked in chemicals.  I can maybe see this for something like polyester that melts, but what about cotton?  Can someone shed some light?

TakYelgif

I have no idea but I usually just buy the body hugging PJ's from Carters they are 100% cotton and are not flame resistent treated

efooey

I think its because in the case of a fire they can't get themselves out of bed and have to wait for a parent.  If there was a fire it could buy them a few extra minutes for parents to get there.

That said, my house is pretty safe, we don't smoke and our house is upkept well and we have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors so I'm not a huge stickler for fire resistant pj's.

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yankee42

i HATE the polyester flame resistant ones..they attract every single bit of dog hair and dust on the floor, and they pill up so quick..

i think the close fitting cotton ones are fine

Mrs.McJeep

efooey:

I think its because in the case of a fire they can't get themselves out of bed and have to wait for a parent.  If there was a fire it could buy them a few extra minutes for parents to get there.

That said, my house is pretty safe, we don't smoke and our house is upkept well and we have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors so I'm not a huge stickler for fire resistant pj's.

E 

That's us too.  DH is super super anal about the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.  

dusk42

It's a legal requirement that sleepwear made of out synthetics be fire retardant because it will melt and cause severe burns - that's why you don't have to have it on cotton (I think).  Children are so small that any burn will cover a larger percentage of their body than an adult and be more serious/fatal.  They are also more helpless, and while you may be careful and not smoke, other people are not (or they have a fireplace, or candles burning around the house, or older siblings playing with matches, etc.)

LucyPevensie

dusk42:

It's a legal requirement that sleepwear made of out synthetics be fire retardant because it will melt and cause severe burns - that's why you don't have to have it on cotton (I think).  Children are so small that any burn will cover a larger percentage of their body than an adult and be more serious/fatal.  They are also more helpless, and while you may be careful and not smoke, other people are not (or they have a fireplace, or candles burning around the house, or older siblings playing with matches, etc.)

Awful!!  Another reason to add to my list of why we stick to cotton ONLY - for both day and night!

skoorbnibor

I only use cotton, so I didnt know they even still made them! Is it polyester ones?

I know one reason is that in the case of a fire, the pjs dont melt into the skin and spread the fire (horrible, I know, but true. When I was growing up there was a child that died this way)

rispergirl

Ok, so the cotton ones don't have it.  That's good to know.  I thought that was pretty stupid.  I don't like the idea of them wearing synthetics anyway.  When I graduated 8th grade Catholic school, my parents let us burn our uniforms in a bonfire.  We watched in horror as they melted and smoldered for 3 days.  I remember thinking how awful it would have been if we had been in a fire.  Bad polyester, bad...