Changing School Uniforms

Mine have clean polos and tights every day but usually cardigans and skirts can be worn 2 days in a row. There is absolutely nothing dirty about that, I'd quite happily wear the same pair of trousers or a jumper 2 days in a row.

I do five sets of everything on a Sunday, I check each sweater/trousers at the end of the day but usually always marked, often by breakfast before we even leave the house! I'd be doing constant washing if I only had 2 or 3 sets.

My dd is 7 and mostly has a clean full set of uniform each day, sometimes we re-use a cardigan if it's been hot and I don't think she's worn it for long. I don't have five sets and I've never ironed any of her uniform. Kids are just massive germ bags and my dd likes rolling down the grass hill etc and is in it from 7am-6pm minimum. I don't care if she has paint stains that don't come off, she'll still wear it until it's too small.

KrisAkabusi · Yesterday 23:46
Each if my kids has two sets of uniforms, just in case a spare us needed. No way do they get washed every day unless filthy. Are you seriously saying your kids have five uniforms each?

What do you mean in case a spare is needed? Do you expect your DC to wear one set of clothes all week? That is grim.

I’m understanding now why teachers are complaining that their classrooms constantly smell of sweaty kids. Those of you who send your kids into school in the same clothes two days in a row, do you go into work in the same outfit two days in a row?! 😳

Clean uniform daily here too, I can sometimes get a second day out of trousers but more often than not they need cleaned. I do all the uniform in one wash at the end of the week ready and fresh for the week ahead.

Two pairs of trousers, 3 shirts, two jumpers, 1 blazer per week did fine for us. Blazer got washed alternate weekends (but would drip dry overnight if needed). Only shirts got ironed (and not the polo shirts).

My child has 6 sets of everything - one for each day of the week and one for spare. Most things come in multiples of 2 so it was either four or six outfits. I’m very frugal generally but we don’t have a dryer (no room for it) and I’ll be damned if I’m spending time mid week scrambling to dry and iron uniform. It gives me peace of mind to know it’s all ready for the week ahead. And my child really does come home with visibly filthy clothes everyday! They don’t give them painting aprons so it’s often paint and other art materials, and I don’t want to make my child afraid of making a mess and stifling them trying to keep neat.

And we don’t have 5 sets of uniform, we have 3, so that just requires one mid-week wash/iron. It’s really not a big deal to ensure my kids are in clean clothes daily.

OP I’m with you. It’s fucking minging to not send your DC into school in clean clothes every day. I wear fresh clothes to work daily so obviously my children do too.

DD has fresh everything every day. The cardigan maybe two days but she gets food on everything and grass stains etc

Five sets of uniforms really isn't normal. It's a massive additional cost that most people wouldn't consider.

Sorry but I watched a documentary years ago where they used one of those special lights (uv maybe) to show up the germ transfer from kids to kids - it was glowing at the end of the day - they likened it to a 3 week old used washing up sponge .. so fresh uniforms every day for mine. 2-3 sets and get washed through the week with usual washing of kit and general laundry.

My ds has 2 blazers which get rotated each week
3 pairs of trousers, which he changes every 2-3 days depending on how dirty/sweaty
2 jumpers, that again he wears for a few days depending on freshness
Loads of shirts, these are fresh each day

I don't iron a thing lol

I did this in infant school - a cardigan may have lasted 2 days but everything else was always filthy by the end of the day.

Now in juniors I assess each item - skirts often go a couple of days but shirts and underwear need replacing daily. We don't have a blazer but I imagine that's not meant to be cleaned too often

Each if my kids has two sets of uniforms, just in case a spare us needed. No way do they get washed every day unless filthy. Are you seriously saying your kids have five uniforms each?

Wouldn't that simply depend on if the uniform is dirty?

You mean they have a new pair of trousers/skirt and new jumper every day? What a waste.... new shirt every day yes, but the rest should last a few days.