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 !!

I’m shocked that others are shocked by this! The nurseries I have visited are all in Hackney, London. A mix of private and council run nurseries. Babies crawl and put everything in their mouths. Outdoor shoes all sorts.. would you put a dummy / bottle back in your kids mouth if it fell on the pavement?? If you would, you’re disgusting. I’m not even joking.

The nursery my DD went to had an indoor shoes policy, each child had a cubby hole and put their indoor shoes before going in, and their wellies at the back door for outside play

My son went to a lovely nursery with a no shoes policy in East Midlands. Didn't seem to interfere too much with their day. It was a really well run nursery.

I would seriously get yourself a life or look after your own kids if you’re worried about their footwear.

It’s not that hard. All the nurseries in my area have a no outdoor shoe policy.

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All I can think about is how expensive toddler shoes are & how easily a small single shoe could go missing.

At the nursery my dd went to, there was obviously no shoes in the baby room, and then in the toddler room and pre school room, every child brought slippers to change into. It wasn’t the type of nursery the kids were running in and out of, into the garden all the time, because of the set up. So the kids went out to play in groups throughout the day, and all put wellies on (they kept them there) if wet, or put the shoes they came in on (my dd could put her own shoes on as older toddler as they are Velcro fastened)

My little boy insisted on trying yo crawl round the floor of a very busy Spoons while we having a big family meal. Whilst I'm quite easy going on the germ issue I decided this passed my boundaries of acceptable and we left. I think there are worse places than nursery floors that get regularly cleaned.

Lol ok, keep them in a bubble the rest of the time, do you?

What do you think is going to happen? Small children get grubby and often put stuff into their mouths. Unless there's some underlying health problem it's absolutely fine. Children have been growing up with germs for thousands of years in all sorts of different living conditions.

No but a lot of people keep them in their buggy. Not exactly an anomaly.

Children crawl in lots of places where you can't eradicate germs such as other people's houses, toddler groups and outdoors. Are they never going to be able to explore a garden, park or beach?

It depends on the ages. In a baby room yes (my sister kept slippers at the nursery she worked at) but it will be near impossible in the older children as they can be in and out a few times a day. I know in my house my daughter and the dog and cats would be in and out loads during the good weather when I'm in the kitchen.

Anyway, toddlers and young children will pick stuff up off the floor and either put it in their mouth or touch their face with their dirty hands. I used to work in a primary school and you could tell the children that didn't get exposed to many germs as toddlers as most of the time they were the children with a cold or stomach bug.

How lucky you all are to be able to afford two pairs of well fitted shoes for your children every three or four months.
. I fought such a policy at my son’s first school because the children were being sent out to play on their pumps as the teachers couldn’t be bothered to help them change into their outdoor shoes. in effect their expensive outdoor shoes were only being used to walk to and from school.
Ridiculous!.

Ours has indoor shoes/slippers in winter and wet weather, but not all year around

Ours is a Montessori and when DS was in the baby room they were stricter I think - never outdoor shoes inside. But now he’s in the bigger room they have an open door to the garden area all summer so it’s harder to navigate. But the garden is astroturf so I don’t think this is a problem. They also have wellies for wet weather and forest school. But in the winter or rain it’s slippers on inside.

Our nursery was no shoes in the baby room only. Personally I’d have preferred shoes off inside as I’d prefer my kids growing feet not to be encased in shoes all the time. Not so bothered about the dirt aspect. I bought lightweight barefoot shoes so hopefully their feet could grow naturally.

I have no idea what my child's shoe policy was at nursery I really can't see why it would make a difference to me

Don't come to my place OP! Four indoor dogs and two cats. Children are mostly grown up now. ( I had a couple less pets when they were small) but they are all good. No floor germ diseases that I'm aware of. The dogs often sleep on our beds so I thiink that would be too much for you as well. Guarantee your DC will get heaps of coughs and colds. It's the kid next to them sneezing all over them that's the problem. And sucking on one toy then dropping it and the next little one picks it up . It's not the floor.

You can bring slippers for your child. In a baby room most staff change their shoes in the morning. Staff don't usually have dirty shoes just shoes walked on as normal.

Well they are usually in the buggy or being carried in a carrier if we are out ? I don’t just keep the dc in we go out but I don’t let a baby just crawl everywhere we go !

Apart from everything else, it’s extremely bad for developing feet to be in restrictive outdoor shoes all day. Most people with kids nurseries leave them there for long hours. Best thing would actually be grippy socks for indoors.

Actually thinking back to when my child was in nursery for a short period, they always took her shoes off at drop off so I don’t think it’s as uncommon as people make out on here. This was the toddler room. Staff had indoor shoes as well and any visitors had to put a protective plastic cover on the shoes. I didn’t give it much thought at the time as assumed that would be the norm everywhere.

For everyone saying it's not feasible, it's impractical etc, I live in Austria and it is the norm in every kindergarten and school here. So it is feasible. However, I would say that the big difference is that all the kindergartens and schools here are very well funded with plenty of teachers to help the younger ones and space too for the children to do the change over.