to think this mum takes the ironing thing too far?

[AnnieLobeseder]

I don't iron. I get that some things probably should be ironed, but on the whole, I feel people iron way more than they should.

But a mum at the school gates today had me judging her a bit too obsessive. She said she'd remembered to bring her DS's PE kit (which I'd forgotten ), but hadn't had time to iron his PE shirt, so she would have to take it back home at the end of the day to iron it.

PE kits get left at school. The kids screw their kit up and chuck it into the bag after PE every week. So WHY did she need to iron it?

I'm baffled....

My mum would have done this. Well actually there is no way in a million years she would have sent me in with an unironed PE shirt in the first place, she would have made time somehow (probably by making me make the school bus wait for me while she ironed it, or something embarrassing like that).
She used to make me bring me PE kit home every week other and wash and iron it each time, no way would she have countenanced leaving it crumpled at school for a whole term.

I am much more sluttish. DD doesn't have PE kit yet, too young. But I have to admit to similar behaviour with her spare change of clothes in her nursery bag - it has to be freshly washed and ironed if it is ever worn, even if she has only worn it for a few minutes. I probably will be the same with her PE kit in a few years.

PS mouseymouse am that your mum has a dedicated laundry room, and that she has a machine for ironing sheets.

Ew! at the PE kits which only come home at half term! DS is in Yr 3 and does PE/games twice a week plus karate and rugby as after school clubs. Kit comes home on Friday and goes back in on Monday washed - and ironed

Oh Tobermory, I can relate about the pile of muslins ...

I still iron almost everything - seeing DD's little vests and bodysuits piles up ironed in the drawer makes me feel like a good mother!

I do quite like it though - do it on a Friday in front of TV while DD has nap.

Bumpsadaisie , I still do it now with DD2! I'm sure there's a chapter in all baby books, saying ironed baby clothes and muslins = good mother!

Who needs to iron lol
I've got a tumble dryer.