Reason #166 – I let my son run outside in the altogether
Reason #166 – I let my son run outside in the altogether
Jul 15It is a well known fact that my boy is a nudist. He hates jumpers, he hates clothes, he hates diapers.
It is a struggle to get him decent enough for daycare every morning.
It is a struggle to get him decent enough for bed every night, so much that the Dane has taken to calling him “Doctor Nude” and professing himself his arch-nemesis: “I don’t expect you to talk, Dr. Nude, I expect you to get dressed!!”
His nudist tendencies are an endless source of hilarity, and the cause for much wrestling and wrangling. Every day. All the time.
But it is also a well known fact that in Scandinavia people go around naked all the time, everyone has saunas in their houses and their loos don’t have doors*. And everyone is tall, blond and gorgeous**. Fact.
And so last week, when we were staying at my father in law’s place, my newly bathed boy saw an open front door and decided to make a run for it. And since we were in the Land of the Blonde, Gorgeous and Nude, I finally said “What the heck!” and kept sipping my white wine while he made his escape, naked as a Monday.
Fortunately the Dane was at hand (and dressed!) and was able to catch C’s little bare ass after he sprinted through the front yard in the buff, dashed stark naked down the block and was about to reach the main street in his birthday suit.
Damn he’s fast!
Dear Neighbours of my Father-in-Law: you are very welcome for the show. Same time, same place next year, and bring popcorn!
* Did I get every stereotype right, Pollan?
** Except for my beloved Dane, who is just tall and gorgeous. But hey, nobody’s perfect!
it seems to me that all little ones are nudists. they have not yet learned to be ashamed of anything that comes naturally, like being naked, or passing gas. I have a mini nudist, who has learned how to undo velcro and snaps.
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ofthesea Reply:
October 25th, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Mine undoes those too, but zippers still get the best of him, mwahaha!
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Naked as Monday? Is it more naked than Tuesday? I think Saturday should be naked day. Audrey and Maurene will agree.
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ofthesea Reply:
July 19th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Hee hee, it comes from this song – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlyfYBRFwQk
And Mondays need something to improve their miserable rep.. maybe nakedness is it!
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Dr. Nude! HAHAHAHAHA! I love it!
Not so excited about the prospect of doorless loos in Sweden. I don’t want anyone to see my poo face!
I hate wearing pants to bed too. I was home recovering from surgery and my mom kept talking about the “moon” in my bed. Hey folks, just wait till I get up and bring the cups to the dishwasher, okay?
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ofthesea Reply:
July 15th, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Oh, A-M, that’s just one of many unfounded myths about Scandahoovia. They do have doors, and they lock very well.
As for the moon, baahahahaa!
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Anne-Marie Reply:
July 15th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Boy am I relieved. I thought you were talking from experience!!!
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Considering the Scandinavian climate it is no wonder we love to strip down the two to three days a year it’s warm enough to go without mittens…
clothes in bed is a very odd invention… I put it down to the british inability to build houses in a way that’ll block the tiniest gust of wind from sweeping all though the house.
With a warm man and a “dyne” in bed you shouldn’t need it ;-).
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ofthesea Reply:
July 15th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Hee hee, I love you nakey Scandahoovians!
But still I cannot sleep naked – I get all distracted and “wakey”… probably because of the warm Viking next to me!
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pernille Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:58 am
But after you get distracted you’ll sleep all the better.
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ofthesea Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Baahahaha! I like the way you think!
I hate wearing clothes to bed; I don’t blame the little one for not wanting to.
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ofthesea Reply:
July 15th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Turns out I not only live with nudists, I write for them as well! XD
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Serene Reply:
July 15th, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Hee! But- but- but- what’s the point of clothes in bed?
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ofthesea Reply:
July 15th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
In C’s case, to keep the diaper on! The Dane is in your team, but I simply cannot sleep in the altogether… I need my jammies!
Naked outside is a problem? I missed that chapter in the parenting handbook. I pretty much subscribe to the “wear what you want at home unless we have company” philosophy. Generally they stick to at least undies/diapers in the yard but I would support their choice to be naked.
A man’s home is his castle after all.
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ofthesea Reply:
July 15th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Well, I’ll probably be more lenient towards nudity once C is a) potty trained and b) disinclined to play with his own poop. I do love watching him naked after all.
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lol My children are nudists as well. My husband started them on this path. He was a stay at home dad for our oldest and before work I would dress my sweet little girl in an adorable outfit only to come home at the end of the day to her stripped down to a diaper. As she got older and learned to get naked herself I would go in her room to get her up for the morning only to be confronted with a fully nude toddler. This was not a problem until the poopy picasso stage. ::shudder:: That one is burned into my mind forever.
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ofthesea Reply:
July 15th, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Poopy Picasso! *shudder* Don’t even say it out loud!
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