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've thrown away any stained/ bad condition clothes. I just think I wouldn't have put my 1st in stained clothes so I'm not going to put my 2nd in stained clothes

Can't believe how wasteful everyone here is. I'd definitely keep anything that's generally OK, a few stains are fine! I put my first child in stained hand me down clothes for nursery, they get so mucky anyway.

Same

I'm happy to buy from charity shops, car boots, vinted etc but I still wouldn't dress my kids in stained and worn out clothes.

This is my thinking. I put my first born in hand me downs as much as possible, so it's not a case of one child getting sparkly new clothes all the time and the other having to make do with cast offs.

No. I bought a number of clothes second hand which were unstained if slightly worn. I would not be happy with my child in stained clothes.

Same! Everything gets ruined at nursery anyway so what's the point?! Maybe I just have very messy, unkempt children.

I also make my baby wear clothes that are not the "right" gender (e.g. flowery hat, pale orange raincoat). They don't know the difference, right?!

I see nothing wrong with this as my DDs have destroyed countless outfits at nursery. I just wash the clothes and send them back in them- they caused the stains and they are in clean clothes. The nursery workers aren't bothered as long as they are clean- they are more bothered when children come in their cream trousers or white trainers etc as they feel under massive pressure to keep the child clean, impacting their play.

Lots saying that it's not expensive to buy more clothes from supermarkets etc- it is when you have little disposable income. I need usually 3 outfits a day for each day of nursery- 9 a week and can't afford to constantly replace those when they get stained. Amazed people do that.

Orange has a gender connotation now?

Haha I'm yet to find out the sex of my second, but if it's a boy I will absolutely be putting him in my daughter's pink baby grows.

Most of my son's clothes are stained. We don't really distinguish between nursery clothes and 'good' clothes anyway, and the stains are only paint or food, nothing unsavoury.

I would get rid of anything torn or totally threadbare, but tbh if something is lightly stained then I probably wouldn't even notice.

I've kept slightly worn clothes but still in very good condition.

I wouldn't keep stained or very worn clothes tbh.

I think its fine until they are old enough to try and eat nicely without getting it all over themselves. So about 3?

I don't dress my children in stained or heavily worn clothes so no we wouldn't keep it.

I would only keep things in reasonable condition. That said I only keep fairly uni sex stuff after toddler days were done, as I have one of each.

So it’s mainly things like coats (they have fairly plain coats for walking etc) and walking boots, wellies, hats and gloves etc. So you’d rarely get stains as such.

I would keep light worn stuff but nothing I wouldn’t feel happy buying from (or giving to) a charity shop.

I used what I called the Charity Shop rule ..

Would I buy it, in this condition, from a charity shop.

This.

It has fruit on it too. It was definitely sold as girls. Gendered clothing drives me crazy but it is what it is.

Honestly enlightening to read these responses!

What about, for example, vests for bed? If no one will see the stains, is it OK?! Again, I must stress that everything is washed and clean! I just like to re-use and save money/reduce waste as much as possible.

Obviously I won't do this forever, just while they're very little and messy.

I use them for sleeping sometimes. Mostly sweatpants that are slightly short.

If we’re talking red paint on the cuff of a beige hoodie then yes, the child would continue to wear until grown out, I don’t know if I’d save it especially though, unless I had no other things to save.

I think paint or marker stains are fine but I definitely wouldn’t save anything with food stains down the front, or that had holes or rips.

Yes! My DS has a very pink-based pyjama collection 😂

Unless I was financially struggling then, no, I wouldn’t put my second born in stained clothes.
Second hand in good condition, fine.
But to me, staining looks dirty and makes them look a bit neglected. I would not feel very comfortable with it. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Everyone has a different take on it.

No I wouldn’t personally because vinted clothes are so cheap. I didn’t send DC to nursery in their Sunday best by any means but I’d get bundles on vinted, generally supermarket or H&M clothes and send them in those. I do pass clothes down but only the decent stuff like Frugi clothes in particular which seem to last forever, I wouldn’t pass heavily stained clothes down.

We tend to keep and re-use. My daughter will wear a dress once and get paint on it. No point in throwing out. It would cost us a small fortune!

Terrible food stains. Yes, I'd throw these or keep for messy play.