To keep stained/heavily worn clothes for next child?

I used to take the same logic. I didn't mind my kids wearing their own stains but I wouldn't keep anything stained to pass down.
As others have said little kids clothing can be brought fairly cheaply it seems mean not to buy some new stuff for a second child

Lots of donated clothing gets recycled rather than reused so I still donate worn and stained clothing.
Normally I separate stuff into rags and reuse and tell them what's for the rag / recycling bin.

Having your own stains is quite different from someone else's stains! So wasteful for the planet and your children's future to be so uptight

I throw anything that was heavily stained but if had like a mark from tomato sauce I'd use it for nursery. I learnt the first time around not to send dc in good clothes to nursery!

I’ve never had clothes get so badly stained or damaged at nursery as it says above. For arts and painting we had to bring art ponchos and the teachers used those to protect clothing. To answer the question- even for donation they don’t accept stained etc clothing, why would I treat my kid any less?

I have two boys. DS 1 wore hand me downs from my brothers sons and DS 2 wore them afterwards.
Some new bits for both but not that much. I purposefully sent them to nursery or playing in the playground / crawling around the garden in old stuff so that I didn’t worry about them doing messy play. If they came back with very heavy stains I binned them. I found it made me far less stressed uptight than if they had gone in looking smart . The nursery policy was NOT to send them in clothes that parents minded getting spoilt .

I would keep them OP. They are washed and clean and very useful !

It was very rare that my kids ever stained anything so badly it had to be thrown away. A scoop of Vanish every now and again seemed to keep most clothes in a presentable state. I think the dye is a great idea. It works really well with faded old towels. I once turned an old white set a vibrant pink and they looked great.

The answer to this question might depend on how much storage space you have. It can be useful to have plenty of clothes to play in when they are small and getting really dirty.

Food stains seem to look a lot worse after storage for a year ear or so. I'd chuck anything manky.

Haven’t read whole thread

My view this is fine for as long as the child doesn’t notice or care. This might happen at age 2 for one child or 5/6 for another .

They're kids clothes, you'd be a fool to buy new ones unnecessarily. Kids make mess and grown-up of them quickly

@Bunnycat101 OMG those bloody whiteboard markers! DS has destroyed 3 sweatshirts in the first 2 weeks of year 1 and I'm not buying new ones every week so I guess I'm okay with stains 🤣

Bring back the pencils from EYFS. I know it's to save money on paper etc but I'd rather supply the paper myself than them use those awful things

Same here.
And I know they play a lot in nursery but none of mine have ruined their clothes excessively there, for messy outdoor play and walks, parents are expected to buy wellies and puddlesuit, for most indoor messy activities, they wear these bibs for them so the children all look clean at the end of the day. I can’t see why I’ll wear holey and stained clothes for mine.

I am now using the clothes from my first daughter for my second. I only kept the very good/good clothes, anything stained I wouldn't keep and would have thrown out as soon as it was stained if I hadn't been able to get it out. If it was well worn, holes etc again would be thrown out as this happens.

One small stain fine keep. Lots/ huge stain round the neck, no bin.

No all our clothes are second hand to begin with so I bin anything too grotty and only save the decent stuff. It's super easy to get cheap or free bundles of kids clothes and I don't think subsequent children should never have anything new (to them).

Nothing is really that stained though and I have a busy toddler at preschool. What paint are they using at your nursery?!

No I wouldn't but then I never sent mine to nursery in stained clothes. If it didn't wash out it went in rag bag.
I'm far to fussy. I don't even let dcs wear a school polo with a tiny pen mark on. If it don't wash out it goes to rag.

And before anyone says how it's wasteful, we own a garage. We go through many kgs of rags. So it gets used at work. It saves buying rags which can be expensive which are essentially cut up clothing anyway.

No it's a bit grotty. It's easy enough to get cheap new or second hand clothes for nursery etc which don't look trampy.

I wouldn't keep clothes that are stained or with holes in for a second. I'm quick to wash anything with a stain on though so there's not much I throw out for that reason. However one grandparent is careful with mess whilst the other isn't as careful so I do keep certain clothes including those with small stains on for days with them until outgrown.

I don't send DS to nursery in stained clothes though I just want him to look his best (nothing expensive, restrictive or that would bother me if ruined) as I do think it's important. I'm a big fan of messy play so it's not that I don't want him to get messy. I expect him to come out a little messy at the end of the day but there's ways to cover clothes so it's not normally to the point of the clothes being destroyed.

Stained absolutely not. You can buy tshirts for 3 quid in next so bet they're even cheaper in primark....

I never did. Old stained stuff goes in the bin.

Much worse in my experience. It’s the bloody whiteboard markers that seem to stain things a lot and there are just so many more children to each adult. At nursery mine used to come out with faces and hands washed,hair often re-done and adults spending time with the children when eating/probably using bibs. They come out of school looking a bit more feral especially I’d they’ve had pe and for changed themselves.

I didn't keep stained clothes. I think it's a bit grim to be honest.

I also find it a little odd how stained their clothes are getting. I've had three children through preschool in 7 years and the most they've got in a paint mark the size of a ten pence piece. They do activities all day long but they use aprons, roll up sleeves and supervise the children. Why are yours returning in heavily stained clothes?

Anyway, no, I'd feel uncomfortable putting a child in heavily stained clothing.

@Tryingtoread I've had that too pull things out of storage to think they aren't in as good a condition as I thought. But sometimes it's nice to pick some new stuff for your kids.

I’ve kept things with a few marks that aren’t that noticeable.

However, most things come out in the wash or with a little bit of vanish and a scrub. I am impressed that I’ve not had anything from nursery totally ruined yet.