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 !!

No they don’t crawl on any surface where outdoor shoes have been ? It’s just unhygienic! I would let them crawl on the pavement so I wouldn’t let them crawl around a public library either

I think wearing indoor shoes or slippers at nurseries was more common years ago. Free flow access to the outdoors means it’s now not practical.

At the baby groups we went to it’s shoes off and the floor is wooden and cleaned before and the leader has antibacterial wipes for the toys as has 4 groups each morning with 30 mins between each so they all get cleaned ?

I imagine you've never worked in a nursery taking off and putting on 20+ kids shoes multiple times a day?

Absolutely nothing would get done. It would take at least 30 minutes.

I worked in a nursery and we took them off for nap time, and even just doing it once a day was awful.

Large group childcare isn't for you then, you need a childminder or a nanny.

How old is your child? I think you’ll find that baby rooms with crawlers will always be shoes off. It’s when they move up to the toddler room that shoes on becomes the norm. That’ll only be once they’re walking though so then their hands won’t be all over the carpet in the same way. Nurseries are hot beds of germy infection though. Even in a shoes off baby room that first winter your DC will be sick all the time and in their time there they will bring home all manner of awful illnesses from hand, foot and mouth to conjunctivitis to strep throat. Shoes on the carpet is the least of your concerns tbh.

It's better for the kids to take their chances with normal environmental germs than to be ingesting the crap that's on "antibacterial wipes".

Mine has free flow between inside and the garden so don’t see how that would work. 2 year olds can’t take their own shoes on and off so staff would be constantly helping with shoes. I notice how dirty the floor is as my DD mostly bum shuffles so her leggings are always filthy but that’s just part of nursery. I wash them and send her back in with the stained stuff if it doesn’t come out.

No shoes inside was only recently introduced in the baby room but not while my daughter was still in it.

Yes i think you are right !

Exactly who is going to come in and take off and put on 20+ pairs of shoes 3,4,5 times a day.

With respect OP unclench it's going to be a rough ride.

First child? 😂

Is this your 1st child?

What bad thing do you think will happen because of them being in a place where outdoor shoes are worn?

I think l I'm right in saying that for early years education there's generally a policy of 'free flow', so kids can access the outdoors whenever they want to. At some point your child will be wearing 'outdoor shoes' inside, so you'll need to get used to it

No third- big age gap the older 2 are in primary school and didn’t go to nursery so this is new to me !

They'll also touch the ground and play equipment etc when they're outside so it's not like they're never going to come into contact with 'the outside'.

This can't be a real worry. Do you never take them to the park and let them roll down hills?

What happens when they start playing football or rugby?

The nursery we used was shoes off for the baby room. Once kids were walking they went up to toddler room which did not have the same policy (they did keep wellies and slippers there for wet days).

Free flow to outdoors is seen as pretty important in lots of nurseries.

I’m pretty sure they’ll clean the floors daily - they’re not going to get “filthy”.

Plus, mainly, it really isn’t mud germs you should be worried about. Snotty babies and sneezing is a far bigger risk.

I think some childminders will do shoes off policy if that’s what they have at their house. Maybe look into them.

DSs nursery is shoes off inside, it's a forest school one. They wear wellies outside and have animals. Everyone takes their shoes off before going inside. They don't advertise the rule, I just noticed when I was there for his settling in day.

Yes I’ll have a look at childminders too

How old is your child? I found that the baby room tends to be no outdoor shoes but not the older rooms.

Don't believe the hype over anti bacterial wipes

Wait til they go to school. Reception kids are filthy. They are terrible at washing their hands. They pick their noses and scratch everywhere all the time.
They wipe the snot on their sleeves and sneeze without care. It’s a mass of germs and dirt left right and centre. In fact I don’t know why parents don’t just bleach their kids when they come home. Lighten up and find something more important to focus your controlling tendencies on.

Good heavens how do you have the luxury of dismissing a nursery place because of this? We have so few places available.

I am not shocked, but am shocked that you are! Relax!

Wait till you find your child trying to eat a worm. ....