To keep stained/heavily worn clothes for next child?

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Did you keep everything, or just things in decent condition? I'm thinking it makes no sense to buy new clothes for nursery when they're just going to get destroyed again.

I used to ask my friends and family for heavily stained clothes for nursery. They are much less likely to get lost or stolen.

Depends what you mean really.

Well worn, fine. Paint or food stains, fine.

Gone at the knees or crotch, stains that come into gross category - noooo

I think it depends on how stained/worn they are.
I would keep anything in good condition - and then some of the worn stuff for nursery spares/mud kitchen playing etc. But anything threadbare, with holes, really stained I would chuck!

Sorry, I disagree, in my house all heavily stained / heavily worn clothes get thrown out- I'm not treating children subsequent to first born as tramps. No problem with lightly worn clothes being reused.

In my house we don't refer to children as "tramps".

Everything will be washed, obviously!

I use heavily stained clothes to clean and things - he doesn’t wear them; though. Not even for nursery. His nursery class usually look pristine, I’m sure they’re not there in their best clothes but nobody is ever in stained/dwmaged/worn clothes…

I definitely wouldn’t keep them for another child!

If it's good quality and the kid likes wearing it as it's been softened by use, I still used stained items with the odd hole.

Kids grow rapidly, and I quickly learned my lesson that anything worn new to nursery either didn't come back or was forever changed by deed or accident!

I'm facing the same question. I have a 2yr old and a 6 week old both boys. Until the 18+ month clothes Ive kept it all but I think I'll be binning anything with stains that don't come out.

No I didn’t; your decision and nothing “wrong” with it.
@Ozanj if things are stolen when they’re at nursery then you’re at a questionable one

I’m binning anything very stained, as I assume when the time comes I’ll not want to send them in them.

I already am on the brink of throwing out some that still fit but just look awful however.

I am fine with them getting dirty but my god do they destroy clothes.

I think it's nice even for nursery workers to have children who don't look too scruffy. Light stains yes, heavily stained or with any hole, bin out.

I'm just sorting through 18-24. Loads of stuff still in decent condition, just with paint or food stains that I haven't been able to get out. A few things a bit more worn, due to being second/third hand to start with... but I'd still send another child to nursery in it, personally.

Tiny stains, yes. Anything quite obvious then no - it doesn’t matter that they’re going to nursery, you just look scruffy.

No I wouldn't. I'd bin anything stained. Clothes from Asda george are cheap to buy.

But nursery is the cause of the scruffiness! Anything nice that I send my child in will be scruffy after a few weeks.

Depends, slightly faded or bobbly yes, massive orange stain no

I’ve thrown out anything stained or worn and kept things that are in a good condition. I’m still saving money by passing down things from eldest to youngest, but I personally can’t stand my kids looking scruffy in any way!

Good god no. Only the good clothes that were expensive and in good condition were kept. Do not send a child out in worn/stained clothes. It does not cost much to buy cheap supermarket clothes for kids if you don’t want to put anything good on them for nursery days.

Lightly worn clothes yes keep, but badly stained clothes. bin why do you want to send your child out looking like you don't care?

mine go to nursery in clothes from supermarket multipacks. They’re not exciting, they’re often not even things I’d pick, but once they get tomato soup and paint down them, I don’t feel guilty if they get ruined.

No, I would not wear badly faded, stained, worn thin/holed clothes so would not put my children in them.

I have absolutely no problem with hand me downs, preloved, vinted etc but if it looks tired then no I would get rid.

No I wouldn't keep stained or worn out clothes.

I wouldn't. It takes up far too much space in the waiting period between kids and then they look a mess before they go.

It's my main difference with DP. He's happy to look like the stereotypical Mumsnet Upper Class bloke with holes in his socks, soup stains and knackered shirts/holey jumpers (otherwise known as looking like he fell into the charity shop's ragman bags out the back by the bins), but I spent far too much time as a kid knowing I looked dirty and unkempt - and having other kids inform me of that fact every single day - to want that to happen to anybody I cared about.