Forgot that it was a non uniform day today

[Cruiser123]

So today at my son's school it was a non-uniform day and everyone is allowed to come into school in their sports clothes.

I completely forgot and my son was the only one who turned up in his uniform.

He's in reception.

My husband is on the way to the school at the moment to drop off some sports clothes.

I feel really bad. :(

Can anyone assure me that I'm not the only one and that this happens to other parents, too?

You did well getting the sports clothes up to him, regard that as a little hero parenting moment!

As a teacher, there’s usually 1-2 children per class who come in uniform on these days. It’s always lovely when parents/carers manage to get a set of clothes in and I’m always impressed.

I also think it’s quite healthy to show that everyone makes mistakes and it’s how you cope with that which shows character. You went above and beyond to make things better and your son will have another reminder that you’re prepared to go the extra mile for him. (Absolutely no disrespect to the parents/carers who work and have to drop and run and have no chance of getting back!)

Yep. I have forgotten too and once was in secondary 😬 (early years obviously before he was old enough to remind me!)

When DD was in reception I forgot to send her dressed up for world book day. She was furious with me because her friends were all in princess dresses.

To make matters worse I worked in a library at the time and had spent the previous 2 days decorating the children’s section ready for world book day…

I’ve forgotten things like that so many times. Thankfully, I used to chat to more on the ball school mums and they would usually mention it in conversation and I’d realise.
What helped me eventually was training myself and dc to use the calendar up on the wall. They’re much more attentive to events like that than I am.

Yes I’ve done this before. Luckily I could go home and get stuff. I’ve also sent my son to school when it’s still closed for holidays and left him asleep in bed thinking it was still the holidays (one phone call from the school enquiring where he was and I’d never seen my son jump out of bed and get ready for school so quick).

Please don’t feel bad @Cruiser123! I worked in an infant school for well over 10 years and there was always a handful of children in their school uniform!
The only ones that we really felt sorry for, were the children who repeatedly didn’t wear mufti and the parents didn’t bother to drop a change of clothes off. Obviously some parents couldn’t if they were going to work or whatever and that’s fine but lots (same parents each time) that just couldn’t be bothered.

@Michele09 me too! And I message a friend to triple check…and I’m the teacher 🙈.

Don't be too hard on yourself. I've done it at least once a year since reception (we are in year 2 now). Last one I didn't even realise until a good half hour after I picked him up and we were in the park after school. DS didn't seem to care bar remind me I forgot.

I try to put a reminder in my calendar as soon as the email comes through.

Yes I’ve done this and phoned my husband proud as punch because was first time of doing school run with a newborn and toddler and we were early….turns out no one else showed up 😂

Happens to all of us at least once.

We also gave all the old Christmas jumpers to the school uniform shop so people could either pick one up for £1, or the staff could dip in and sort out anyone needed on the day.

@onwardandupwards i did this tooe🤣🤣 got my sons home and they went back to bed 🤣🤣

So much is going on, especially at this time of year, plus, of course, if you have kids at different schools, they never coordinate. I always thought I was doing well if I got them to school in one piece at the right time!

If it's any consolation my son has always point blank refused to wear home clothes to school. He has always turned up in school uniform, no matter what the day is. He was a bit of a legend with the staff in his school- to the extent that they used to joke that they would not even bother telling him in the end.

Dont be upset OP, easily done, all sorted now.

I can remember sending my two in on inset day twice 😂 forgotten money for cake day or book sale after school ( that caused some upset at the time ) sent them in uniform when it was world book day, or another dress up or down day. I even on occasions turned up at the wrong school building to collect them, their friends would knock on the car window and say he’s at the other school site 😂 being a busy mum, it happens.

My dd is in primary, in her school uniform and it’s non uniform day too. We realised as we left the house and saw kids walking past in home clothes. I did give her the opportunity to nip back in but I think she was worried she’d be late (it would have been fine) and I am annoyed at myself! We discussed it last night, I even remembered when I woke up, but then we both just forgot. It happens.

I sent mine in wearing party clothes for the Christmas party on the wrong day...she was year 4, mortified and has never let me forget it!

Ha ha! Snap.

I liken the feeling to a wave of icy water of dread cascading down your back. It’s awful. Just be careful not to project your emotions onto him. He might not be bothered. If he is, then he needs some comfort and he’ll soon move on.

I might be projecting myself here, but I wonder how much “repair work” your family did after upsetting times. Mine did none and attacked me for being too sensitive when I was upset. I’ve had to really learn not to merge my emotions with my children’s. When they started school, especially secondary school, was very triggering.

Happens here too.
thank goodness for the class WhatsApp
lucky you that DF went in with clothes. My OH would never have done that!!

I have absolutely forgotten many things. There are a lot of things every single year and I constantly hit around 75% success. Mostly no one has noticed.

I did the opposite and sent one of my sons in dressed as a character for a book they were reading. The event was actually the week after and.....I WORKED IN HIS CLASS! 🤣🤣 We have a lot to remember, don't worry. 🩷

My parents did this to me but the other way around. Normally on the last day of term, we could wear normal clothes and bring a £1 in for charity. We had a new head teacher and there was NO none school uniform days anymore, I begged and pleaded with my Mum and told her it was school uniform, she was having none of it and sent me to school in a dress.
The whole rest of the school was in uniform apart from me, I was laughed at, teased and then I was told off by the headteacher. "We didn't send a letter out to say it wasn't none uniform day, so why would you take it upon yourself to wear a dress to school".
I was mortified, I'll never forget it or forgive my mum, I was probably about 9 or 10 at the time.

You sending a little one in without sports gear is not a big deal i promise, he won't remember and Dad has brought the correct clothes in now so please don't worry!

OP I really wouldnt worry about it! He probably didnt care, and there were probably plenty of others in uniform. I forgot Rock Star day in reception, but lots of others did too. The school had spare wigs and things for them to dress up with.
Just as a side note I now have a whiteboard type calendar on my kitchen wall for all these things which gets updated weekly. You'll come to realise theres something different almost every bloody day, school fair prizes, easter bingo, Christmas nativity, take a packed lunch for the school trip etc. Honestly its better to have some form of family calendar once you have kids, especially school age. I never needed one before!

We’ve all done this , watch Motherland and you’ll be laughing about this in years to come

It's good you are taking the non uniform in though. There will be many more opportunities to remember it.
We did forget once in year 5 but dd wasn't really bothered as she was quite confident and she probably could have remembered herself. Plus we'd remembered all the other times, so it kind of blended in. I can't remember if anyone else forgot at the time