nursery sending back clothes like this?

[MrsMotherHen]

My daughter goes to nursery shes just turned one so needs feeding still unless it's finger food.

She always comes back with her clothes in a bag absolutely rotten now am all for kids getting messy and having fun. Although this is food mess were she should have had a bib on, its always the same and always something near impossible to get out! Thank god for vanish gold!

Now at almost £40 a day I shouldn't have to provide a bib surely they have never mentioned bringing one?

I have been sending her in in and 2nd hand stuff but even after one wear most of the time its wrecked its just so wasteful to bin clothes shes not had much wear out off.

This was todays clothes....how an earth has she got orange food stains on her knees! The paint I don't mind that's normal nursery mess but the food stains are starting to annoy me?

Should I bring it up next session? Is this normal? My son came home immaculate at this age but it was a different nursery.
AIBU??

Just ask about bibs. My nursery used the plastic scoop bibs and asked if DD needed a specific type of bib. Like a PP suggested I think she has been wearing a bib.

OP you would be horrified at the state my two year old comes from in from nursery. Yesterday she had food from eating, food from messy play, paint, mud and other unidentifiable stains on her. All signs of a fun filled day.

I agree that it looks like they are using a bib. But kids twist and turn around and and bits of t shirt get exposed.

£40 a day is pretty cheap for childcare. Those clothes look relatively clean compared to what I got handed the other day! Your daughter needs to develop her skills in independent feeding, and will only do that if you let her.
Pick dark clothing for nursery days, I find Ariel powder awesome for getting rid of stains. A good sunny day on the washing line will get almost any food stain out of clothing.

I was talking about this to NDN, I send my DS In already Stained and scruffy clothes.

I couldn't care less if he comes back with rips in his clothes (although I'd wonder wth).

Until they are old enough to understand, don't send in nice clothes.

That looks quite normal but yes, it’s annoying. Even Primark stuff adds up and it’s very difficult to get the stains out.

Wow. I wish my nursery was under £40 a day, or £50 for that matter. I wouldn't mind this for such a cheap nursery!

I used to buy air text and joggers school uniform type

thats nothing - you should see my sons - its crazy how messy they get. And we pay for it too. 60 pounds a day. More fool us! Sorry OP - YABU. You cant expect a teacher who has 3/4 key care children to keep an eye on just your child so they are immaculate going home. :)

You’ve got years of this ahead OP, my 5 year old comes out of school like that most days! Ariel, or darker clothes

Use the vanish gel, not the kind you soak. It will get out all food stains, just don’t get them wet first before treating.

Looks normal to me... She will be encouraged to feed herself and even with a bib on, she will get in a state doing this. Maybe ask them to let her eat her dinner with just her nappy on if you are worried about the clothes. In my experience, babies and children get messy despite bibs and aprons - they will find a way!

I'm reminded of two occasions.
Number one : The four year old who while I was on my lunch and the preschool teacher was talking to a parent painted himself head to toe blue in literally seconds.

Number two : When twin three year old boys in pristine head to toe D&G threw tomato soup at each other unexpectedly at the lunch table.

Just read that your first child used to come home immaculate from nursery - this would worry me far, far more as to what I was paying for....

Really? DS is dirtier than that at home with two parents attending him (yes PFB) and a sleeve bib and pelican bib.

Do I bother with stain remover? Mostly, no, I see little point.

Would I send him with a bib if I wanted one used? Yup. Assume. Makes an ass out of u and me

Oh, and he's not one for 2 weeks and is pretty capable of spoon feeding himself a loaded spoon. Unless it goes in his nose or eye. He's trying to scoop up now too.

I opened the pics expecting to see something dreadful but all I saw was clothes that look cleanervthan my toddlers' clothes used to after I'd fed them myself. I really can't see what the fuss us about.

Get an oxi action spray and spray both sides of the stain. That’s really important. You might need to soak it after, then wash them with a scoop of Vanish in the wash.

Just keep the stained clothes for nursery.

You could’ve put a bib the size of a tent on my son at that age and he’d still manage to get most of his dinner all over his clothes.

Kids are messy beasts. If it bothers you keep some scruffy clothes for nursery and save the nice stuff for home.

Send a bib to nursery, like you use at home
Mine spent most of their pre school years in stained clothes, they didn't even go to nursery
We just kept a few outfits for going out somewhere nice, they played in stained clothes.

Just use second hand clothes as they are.bound to come home dirty!

Yabvu. At nursery children are encouraged to be independent with feeding and at one it’s all about exploring food with fingers. If your DD didn’t have a bib on she would be covered head to toe.

I won’t repeat what other have said but my almost 1 year old gets it all over herself with a sleeved bib and a catchy type bib and that’s at home. Nursery is worse.
On a plus i have found a cheap stain remover, baking powder works wonders. I usually wet her clothes in cold water then pour baking powder on the stains rub in to a paste and rub the stain a bit then rinse, then put baking powder and rub into a paste again and leave for a bit then wash as normal. My daughter squashed a strawberry into a white sleep suit and this method plus drying in the sunlight got it out.

Nurseries encourage independence. Bibs will be put on babies and they may be pulled off multiple times during the feeding session. The children next to yours will be spooning their food all over your child too. That's nursery life. If you want the perfect life with the perfect child with the perfect clothes, I suggest you do everything yourself and then there will only be one person to blame,

DD2 aged 16 months comes home from nursery literally covered head to toe. They do put bibs on (I've seen it) but she still gets covered. Everything gets chucked in the wash as is and most stains come out. She has a dedicated nursery "wardrobe" only there 2 days a week so there's 4 outfits in there (a spare for each day). They don't get chucked no matter how stained they get until she outgrows them.
I can't get worked up about food staines on a toddlers clothes I'm afraid.

Oh god, I remember putting a large painting apron on a kid. Her mum complained about her clothes getting dirty all the time. She turned round to talk to a kid on her right hand side and the kid on her left hand side turned round and accidentally put paint all over the back of her top.

Kids routinely accidentally put food and other stuff on other kids. It is impossible to prevent it.

Get a nursery wardrobe - clothes JUST for nursery. Cheap clothes that you dint mind being stained or worn. Like everyone else