My Child keeps coming back from nursery with her clothes covered in felt

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About two months ago the nursery my child attends bought new felts. Apparently they were completely washable. 10 pieces of clothes and 3 complaints later it is still happening!!!
Incidendentally I am paying £960 a month for this. Ahhhh

I do sympathise OP as DD has had plenty of clothes that have been ruined at nursery/childminders and at home as well and it is frustrating. But it is also tough.

But when she is with me, she is the only child I have to keep an eye on, your DD is one of many at nursery so she won't have someone whipping an apron on her. And children are meant to get dirty. I do keep her nice stuff for home and her cheaper clothes for nursery on the whole but as they grow so quickly they aren't even in the nice stuff for long so it is sometimes best they get some wear out of things so you will just have to grin and bear it and be glad your child is happy.

notsoqueenofclean - thought it was a genuine thread. Jesus does this mean I am going to actually have to go out into what they call "real life" and not engage on MN any more? What is going on at the moment?

If they are washable felt pens why isn't it coming out?

Anyway, now you have 10 pieces of "nursery clothes" to send her in with.

Dress her in a suitable tracksuit at nursery [a cheap one]. That way, she can do all the trike riding and climbing that will help with her gross motor skills and help her to develop.

Dress her in a tracksuit [cheap one] so that when she is using felt tip pens, [that will help her to write as they glide across paper easilly, unlike pencils] it won't matter if she draws on herself.
In short, either stop stressing, or get suitable clothing so she can take part in and engage in activities that will help her to learn!

also nursery can suggest that she puts on apron but cannot compel her to

Agree with everyone else. Send her in cheap, already stained with felt tip, clothes.

My DD used to come home from nursery absolutely caked in mud from head to toe, but more noticable than that was the huge grin on her face.

Hmm. My DD goes to nursery in supermarket clothes mainly and I do expect her to get dirty etc. but I DO also think that nurseries should make an effort to ensure paint/pens are the washable type I don't really like to dress her in stuff that is too stained. And ironically it is the cheap clothes - especially t-shirts - that seem to grab on to stains like that where posher stuff might come clean!

I don't think that it is a supervision issue in your case. Though I did have to say something when DD came home with ruined (and I mean ruined!) clothes about 3 days on the trot. Turned out they thought it would be fun to let the children make up the black (non washable) powder paints themselves

It is par for the course though I think. And not a cost of care issue!

YABU. She should wear 'messy' clothes for nursery.

you get weekly messy clothes
pah,i get daily messy clothes and clart in hair
thats what you pay for.thats the added value
dont know whether or not this is what you expected,but stock up on asda and tesco clobber.and relax

I don't have time to chase 30 odd pre-schoolers around insisting they wear aprons for every little messy activity and I don't know many nursery practitioners who do in addition to the million and one other things we have to do.

It's nursery. She's supposed to get messy. Keep old gear for nursery and send her in it every day. And keep the good stuff for at home.

YABU btw.

I send Ds in crappy Tesco clothes. He only goes 2 mornings a week and most weeks has paint etc on his tops. I will send him back in with those ruined tops.

Who cares what they wear as long as they are having fun, that's the way I like to look at it.

dont know which ones dafter, this one or 'my sonecomes back from nursey in knickers'

O/T, but what the fook is 'clart'?

Of course children get messy, but why the nursery cannot swap to pens that DO wash out I dont know?

That way every one is a winner- child has fun and parents dont have to spend a fortune on new clothes

i'm happy to say that i am inclined to agree with everyone else and say YABU, my ds comes home from nursery pretty much everyday a different colour, although the past couple of weeks he has been favouring green (Rex from the toy story films), if he's not coloured in he usually has most of the sand pit in his pockets/ shoes and to be honest i'd be more worried if he came home clean and tidy.

I made my DD a load of nice apron things in nice prints but dark colours....she has a navy ne with tiny red flowers...which go over her t shirt and leggings...they're open at the back and almost like a smock top with no sleeves...they have one tie at the back.

They look very cute and dont show the marks...her t shirts stay nice as long as they have short sleeves....they dont interfere with toileting.

She wears them at home but you could send her in one....from the front its like an outfit...

like this...but not vintage

One more point..the difference between the aprons like te one I linked to and the ones you buy...is that my kind are comfy and the child wont know it's got one on. The aprons you buy today are usually plastic or long sleeved.