Mindees that don't come with enough layers?!

Have you said anything to the Mum?

I dress my 11 month in vests and jumpers. Thats the perfect combination to ensure he is warm enough in my house.
Perhaps the Mum just assumes your house is a simular temperature.

Next time she drops him off just say 'Oh, have you got his coat in the car too? We're off out today to play in the snow!' and if she doesnt have it, just say never mind and ask her to bring it next time and 'Oh while we're speaking of clothes, do you mind leaving a couple of spare T shirts here too as sometimes its a bit warm indoors to wear jumpers but not cool enough for just a vest. Thanks!'

Much nicer than a formal letter 'reminding' parents to dress their children appropriately!

id send a lette to all mindee parents regarding the recent weather could all children please have extra warm tops due to getting wet when playing in the snow or u could
say i can buy t shirts but i wikll have to bill u . when i went to our local sure start i bought a few second hand tops from the baby bootique just in case
poor little kid good luck

have you just asked the mum to dress him in more layers?

or what about a coat for if its raining?

could you say the hall you go to for toddler group always seems to be extra cold and you need him to have an extra top

also you could have a new policy that ALL children have a spare set of clothes at yours, which muct include vest / t shirt / jumper / trousers / socks etc, so you could then use those

School asked me to make sure ds1 has a coat every day, as they can't always let them out to play if they haven't one. I was really as I usually got him to wear one but often he resists jumpers and I didn't want to push it as he was actually willing to wear a jumper that day!!

Maybe the mum is just forgetful and felt you might be criticising her parenting - some people get like that when they are embarrassed.

Do you have any spares you could let him wear?

Hi, soon2be, my DS 1-3 all go to the same childminder for the last 5 1/2 years. I like her (obviously) and trust her judgement, so personally I would welcome being told that there was something missing for my kids.
Could you maybe just make a comment about the current inclement weather and state that you need another layer for him to go out?
Like I said, I would not be offended at all.

Just read Flightattendant's post: she has a good point there, this had not occured to me. Do you know the family's circumstances? How about another jumper/fleece/hoodie, anything to keep him warm..

I presume he does actually have a coat but you mean he should have a long sleeved top or something as an extra under-layer?

Not a CM but I would think it would be alright to just ask the parents to pack a long sleeved top in with his change of clothes as an extra layer in case he needs it?

I have this worry in summer where it is very hot and I am not sure how cool or hot the nursery is and therefore how I should dress him. I would always hope they would tell me if they felt his clothes were inappropriate in some way as the most important thing is that he is comfortable.

I don't know tbh - i'm not a CM btw, but this sounds so sad, poor little boy.

Perhaps they are defensive as they can't afford a coat for him?

If it were me I would just let him use one of my sons' coats and not mention it again, unless i thought he was being neglected at home in which case I'd have to inform someone.