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Who knew!

mancila60mancila60 member
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This weekend we had my dad's Family Christmas. We do it the same weekend every year. It's a chance for the whole extended family to go together. We all come in from 5 different states and it's amazing. We do Dirty Santa for the adults/big kids and then the little kids get gifts.

DS got a book and pjs. They bought a bigger size in the pjs which is great, they are 24 months. They are also like wool, we live in Louisiana it unless we are camping there is no need for pjs that warm and by the time he can fit them it will be way too warm. However I noticed on the tags it said they were Flame Resistant. No lie these things are fire proof! I thought it was a joke but no it's legit.

I never knew they made things like this! I get now why they are so heavy and warm. So weird!
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  • sleepy33sleepy33 member
    Yeah, there are federal regulations that all children's sleepwear over a certain size be flame retardant, I'm pretty sure.
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  • mancila60mancila60 member
    That is the strangest thing.
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  • sleepy33sleepy33 member
    It really makes no sense.
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  • mancila60mancila60 member
    sleepy33 said:

    It really makes no sense.

    They would be great for camping. But other than that I see no use for them to be made that way. At first I thought it could have been a joke because the pjs were Planes themed.
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  • WeljadraakWeljadraak member
    Wool jammies sound fabuliths right now.
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  • sooner1981sooner1981 member
    They have this law because in the old days (e.g. When we were kids), polyester and other synthetic pjs were not flame retardant. It turns out that synthetic fibers are extremely flammable. And evening time/nighttime is when kids are most likely to brush up against a fireplace, "explore" a burning candle, or be caught in a house fire because they are separated from their parents and reaction time is lower. The new synthetic fibers didn't just catch on fire--they melted into kids' skin, causing much worse burns where several layers of skin literally had to be cut away to remove the melted on pjs. This caused much higher severe injury and death rates for several years.

    Then, some doctors wrote some journal articles that got some press about what a bad situation this was, and congress passed a law requiring all pjs that are not very snug fitting (which would prevent some of the open flame accidents) to be treated with flame resistant materials. Since they have done this, there are less reports of hot pjs melting on skin. This is a very good thing.

    There is some concern about the safety of clothing treated with flame resistant materials (think--every fleece pj set ever), but they are "generally regarded as safe," and the pediatrician families we know put their kids in fleece pjs for bedtime without a second thought... But if this concerns you, there are organic snug fitting pjs that are not treated.
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  • sleepy33sleepy33 member
    I am curious about the reasoning, though, of only treating pj's sized 9 months and up.
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  • sooner1981sooner1981 member
    When kids get mobile--lots more chances of bumping into hot/burning things in kitchen and living room that may result in skin injuries.
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