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How many t shirts and jumpers for a dc at nursery

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5lilducks · 19/04/2021 17:24

Dd 3 will be starting nursery this September. Obviously she'll only be there for a year and then will move on to reception. She'll be doing 5 mornings at nursery. How many t-shirts and jumpers would you get? I know this sounds like a riddle but it's notSmile I genuinely can't think of how many I should be getting, so I am relying on mn to help me out here.

Tia xx

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emmathedilemma · 19/04/2021 17:26

Is it uniform tshirts and jumpers or can they wear anything? There was a thread about school uniform quantities last week. www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4221240-Starting-school-in-September-how-much-uniform-do-kids-need?msgid=106556259#106556259

GintyMcGinty · 19/04/2021 17:26

Clean outfit for each day and a full spare change of clothes in her bag for accidents.

MattyGroves · 19/04/2021 17:27

How messy a child is she and how often do you do laundry?

My kids cannot rewear anything (they are mucky) and we wash their clothes every few days so we have one set per day they are in (3 days)

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5lilducks · 19/04/2021 17:30

Sorry, should have been a little clearer in my op, uniform tshirts and jumpers. Not sure if they allow normal (casual) clothes, so for now I am going to assume they don't . All the children I see coming out of the nursery are wearing uniform.

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pastabest · 19/04/2021 17:33

We have managed with two jumpers and two T-shirts but the jumper needs washing every night to dry the next day ready for the day after. A third jumper in winter would definitely have helped but wasn't essential.

I can stretch a T-shirt a couple of days in winter if they have kept their jumper on. In summer I need a fresh t shirt each day but same as the jumpers wash each night, dry next day ready for day 3 in the cycle.

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5lilducks · 19/04/2021 17:35

She 's a grubby little thing , and I wash her clothes every few days. So 5 jumpers and 5 tshirts it is then I guess!

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ColinSupporter · 19/04/2021 17:35

Depends how often you do laundry, how messy your child is, whether they do a lot of messy activities at the nursery, if you have a tumble drier....

For mine I’d expect to need to wash everything after one wear, plus send in at least one complete change of outfit as a spare. So I’d buy maybe 3-6 sets, depending on price and how optional the uniform is - here nursery class can wear uniform (cheap from a supermarket, it’s not logoed), but most don’t.

BendingSpoons · 19/04/2021 17:36

In nursery we had 3 t-shirts and some back up non-logo ones. Then 2 jumpers but she is not much of a jumper wearer so it often just gets worn on the journey to school.

In Reception I bought 5 t-shirts to make life easier. Still 2 jumpers though.

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5lilducks · 19/04/2021 17:37

@pastabest I might try that for a start and see how it goes.

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5lilducks · 19/04/2021 17:39

@BendingSpoons makes sense. Getting 5 tshirts makes sense , I was just thinking 5 jumpers seems a lot to get just for one academic year !
I think I'll get 5 tshirts and maybe 2- 3 jumpers and see how it goes.

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Nyancat · 19/04/2021 17:41

3 jumpers 3 tshirts, wash Monday and Tuesdays on a Tuesday night ready for Thursday and Friday then wash all at the weekend. A spare change of random old clothes left into nursery for accidents which inevitably will lie there for months until the need it by which stage the sleeves will be up to the elbows and leggings look like shorts when she puts them on

Redcrayons · 19/04/2021 17:44

You need a clean set every day, so depends how quickly you can turn around the washing.
I’d be tempted for 3 sets, wash Monday and Tuesday’s on Wednesday, so you’ve 2 clean ones for Thursday and Friday.

Or to make life easier, if they’re not too pricey, one for every day.

MaryBoBary · 19/04/2021 17:48

Yes OP, my son is 5 now but at 3 he definitely had a clean top on every day due to getting messy.

MaryBoBary · 19/04/2021 17:48

Sorry, didn't answer question. I'd get at least 3 of each, do a wash on a Wednesday and then you've got enough for the week.

BluntlySpoken · 19/04/2021 18:03

Although I wash everyday. I iron once a week. So I have 1 complete set for each day. Atm she only goes 3 days. So she has 3 t shirts 3 jumpers.. Haven't decided her Sept hours yet but if goes to 5 sessions she'll have 5 sets

SocraticJunkieWannabe · 19/04/2021 18:15

I'd get 5 t shirts, so you can manage if you don't get round to washing any midweek, and probably 2-3 jumpers based on presumption that she may not wear jumper every day, or all day.

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5lilducks · 19/04/2021 20:49

Thank you very much for replying. I think I will get 5 tshirts and about 3 jumpers to start with. Monday and Tuesdays jumper I will wash Tuesday night and it should be ready for Thursday and Friday. If it becomes a hassle I will just get 2 more jumpers.Sorted. Thanks once again xFlowers

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