I thought it would be easier to find a nursery with a no outdoor shoes policy !!

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Every one so far that I’ve looked at they all wear outdoor shoes inside meaning the carpets and rugs are not clean ? I thought they would be outdoor shoes off at the door for children and staff and just clean indoor shoes inside ?

is it really that unusual ? It’s a deal breaker for me but I need to find one !!

Im pretty sure they wipe down the floors at regular intervals

That's the best laugh I've had today. You realise your kid is going to be eating the other kids bogies and probably licking the disgustingly germy toys?

This is how they build an immune system, its good for them.

That’s what my friends sister in law told her when they were visiting a local park in the UK. Her child ended up stepping on a syringe and needed testing for infectious diseases over a substantial period of time.

if your local park is pretty clean then great. But you need to understand that isn’t the case nationally.

why is it so hard to understand for people that what they consider normal or appropriate is particular to where they are, their norms and values in their
culture?

There is no way a nursery floor is going to be covered in dog poo!

Parents surely leave the buggies outside and take the children in - the kids' feet will hardly have touched the ground as they have been in the buggy or car.

Im Not exaggerating we don’t live in the nicest area !

Come to Brent for a staycation and see what you think then !

The baby room at our nursery was no shoes. If parents went in at pick up, they had to take shoes off. That room didn't have free flow to the the garden and when they went out, they all put on wellies which stayed in the nursery by the door. I have to admit I have no memory of what happened in summer!

Our nursery was slippers only in the baby room. It makes sense to me though it wasn’t on my list of requirements so I don’t know if it’s common in the nurseries around here. I wouldn’t expect it in the preschool room though.

Our nursery is strictly no shoes, in all rooms from baby up to pre-school. They go outside twice a day and they teach the kids to put their own wellies on from a young age. Like you, I assumed this was standard!
On the off chance you are in South Manchester then DM me and I will tell you where we are!

Years ago now, but my first son's nursery was slippers indoors in baby and toddlers.

Youngest went to a free flow outdoor indoor nursery so that wasn't the case.

Didn't bother me either way.

This is hilarious.
presumably this is your first born?
Wait until the day you go to pick your baby/toddler up and they’re sat eating soil 😂

Try a childminder.
im a childminder and it’s just my house, so it’s the same rules as everyone else in my house. Which is shoes off at the door. However, I do let babies crawl on the floor outside often 😂 🤷🏽‍♀️ so I wouldn’t be for you 😂

No, third ! Different area now though and I think that’s the issue plus I was a sahm with my older two till they went to school so didn’t need to use childcare at a young age but it’s different this time

I work in a nursery and it’s a no shoes at all policy in the baby room (up to 15 months) socks and slippers only for babies and staff. But the other rooms it’s just shoes as normal

In Scandinavian all nurseries no shoes. They teach children to dress themselves.
Our rural Southwest nursery was no shoes.

In our nursery, the baby room was no shoes inside presumably because a lot aren't walking and are rolling/crawling round on the floor.

All the rest of the rooms after are free flow inside and outside so just wouldn't be possible to have indoor and outdoor shoes. Nor has it ever crossed my mind!

From a housekeeping point of view … shoes off at home makes so much sense - in country or town. Most country neighbors also do shoes off as it’s often muddy.

Our nursery is a inside shoe only nursery I think (maybe not on the ground floor) but when I had a tour and meet and greet I had to take my shoes off. The staff all wear slippers. Although they go outside in their slippers at pick up time to talk to parents.

It is not really something I considered important though and if they wore shoes I wouldn’t be bothered.

Do you take your shoes off in shops or your workplace or the doctors surgery or the theatre or any of the hundreds of other indoor buildings you visit or is it just home and nursery carpets that a harbingers of ‘pavement germs’?

Home and nursery are the only places where my baby would be crawling the other examples you give are irrelevant

OP you’re not crazy. Our nursery (run by Better Leisure Centres) as a no shoes policy in all the baby and toddler rooms. Slippers or shoe covers only.

in pre school eg 3-5 years the kids and adults all wear shoes as everyone is running. I think in baby room it’s key to have a cleanish floor!!

Our state school nursery/preschool insisted on crocs so the children could slip them on to go out to play. I thought that was a good option.

Maybe look at childminders? Most of us have the LOs take off their shoes to keep our floors and carpets clean.
A larger setting like a.nursery, pre school or school will usually keep shoes on because it's just not practical to take off that many pairs of shoes all the time. The floors will be cleaned every day and most nurseries have non walkers separate from the older children so it shouldn't be a problem.

yuck!! How can they allow outdoor shoes???!!! All the nurseries I’ve checked out have a no outdoor shoe policy.