Mom's Shock at Discovering What Son Wore to Kindergarten While She Was Away

It may not come as a surprise to see videos like this one go viral, which depict a man making a rookie mistake while his wife was out of town.

Jenna Davis came home from a business trip to find her 3-year-old son had somehow squeezed into his teddy bear's briefs.

A video of Davis taking the petite boxers out of the washing machine and into the tumble dryer has racked up 1.2 million views on TikTok (@imjennadavis1).

The text explained: "My 3-year-old actually wore these Build-A-Bear undies to school while I was away on a business trip and no one noticed. I have no idea how he managed to get in them. They came home in his 'accident bag.'"

According to the official stuffed toy workshop, a teddy bear or animal is usually around 15 to 18 inches in size. The average 3-year-old boy is 3-ft, 1.5 in, according to Baby Center's growth chart. This means the toddler is more than two times bigger than the bear, so it's no wonder the mom was so shocked.

A Build-A-Bear spokesperson told Newsweek: "The clothing for stuffed animals are designed and developed to meet requirements and safety standards for the toy industry and are not intended nor recommended for use on humans or pets."

The clothing designed for the teddies even has a little tail hole on the backside.

Davis pointed this out in the comments, writing: "My husband said he didn't notice."

Data from the 2021 American Time Use survey revealed that dads with children under 18 spend 1.02 hours per day caring for and helping them. This includes 0.36 hours playing with them and 0.32 hours providing physical care such as dressing and bathing them, changing diapers, and getting them ready for school average.

So this may explain why the dad didn't notice that the garment was indeed for a teddy, not his son. According to the comments, mishaps like this aren't unusual.

One person said: "My son wore his soccer tryout jersey for picture day when I was out of town. He had to write his name on the front. I'll never accidentally confuse the picture for his brothers. He was a HS freshman."

While others have commented to share their Build-A-Bear wardrobe experiences.

One user said: "We put my infant niece in a build a bear dress once because my genius brother didn't send a spare outfit. it was only for laughs while her outfit was washing."

"My son wore the build a bear shorts all the time luckily it was only at home and not out," said another user.

A fourth commenter said: "There is a childhood photo of me somewhere wearing a build a bear outfit!"

Newsweek reached out to @imjennadavis1 for comment. We could not verify the details of the case.

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Update 4/11/24, 9:20 a.m. ET: This article was updated with a new statement from Build-A-Bear.