Uniforms

[anyoneoutthere]

Do any nannies or maternity nannies wear uniforms?

No i dont

i wore one in a nanny job,but didnt last there long !!!!

went for an interview once and they wanted me to wear a uniform, and it came across that she wanted to show me off, like a stsus symbol at school etc - i turned the job down

tbh a dress uniform isnt praticial as they wanted me to wear, but guess some kind of jersey trousers and tshirt would be ok

but prefer to wear my own clothes

I'm asking this because im fed up having my clothes ruined!!

ruined how?

I wera jeans/tshirts etc or sjirts and tops if sunny

Ribina, vomit, poo - you name it!! Its not always easy to get stains out

then buy some cheapish practical clothes and wear them only to work?

Primark

When I started as a nanny I just raided my local cheap stores like primark, asda, peacocks etc & bought 10 short sleeved tops (think they were £1.50 each) and 3 jeans and a few other bits n bobs (like jumpers, cheap bracelets etc).

But I'm the sort of nanny that thinks children should get stuck in and be messy etc - I would hate to be constantly worried about where sticky hands & mouths, runny noses etc are going. Also it takes the stress out of, "what to wear today"!

simple - dont wear your nice clothes to work, even if you wear an uniform you will STILL get ribena,poo and vomit over it

or buy vanish/oxy and shove in your washing machine

imananny
did you manage to keep a straight face when you were asked to wear the uniform? Sorry, but around here, people would talk and not in the way your interviewer might hope.

Agree with controlfreak, buy clothes practical for work and use them only for work. I find comfi trousers jeans etc and loose fitting tops, eg polo shirts which can if you like have logos embroidered onto it. Years ago I used to have a little rocking horse on mine.

I refuse to wear a uniform too, makes you stand out in the crowd.

When i first nannied over 30 yrs ago i HAD to wear a uniform. I was given a brown mid calf skirt with a white blouse !!! It was definately a status thing. I also had to wash and polish the wheels and each spoke of the large silver cross pram every night. How times have changed.

I thought a t-shirt with a logo and a pair of tracksuit bottoms might look practical bt at the same time professional. I stand corrected!!

Exactly AOOT.

I wouldn't go for huge logo tho.

T- shirt would be ideal but in : the good old days : family's with nannies wanted people to see they had them, especially doing the daily walk round Hyde Park. Nowdays i wear jeans and tops much more child friendly.

Harriet - I nearly wet myself - they brought it out and was on hanger - it was roughly like a nurses unifrom in style but was red

I was allowed to have 2,but if I wanted anymore i would have had to pay for them myself

sure hubby would have liked it dressed up with red stockings and suspenders

Don't think a nurses uniform would suit me
I wear cheap Primark trousers, reasonable quality polo shirt/sweatshirt (with embroidered logo/website url).

nannynick - that is exactly what i was thinking of!

imananny
It's interesting that they already had a uniform there, ready to go. I wonder what happened to the previous occupant????

And: Red?! Boy, did they want you noticed!

I had a friend that was accepted into Norland (she actually went somewhere else) and she told us that the always were uniform. This was 10 years ago, so maybe things have changed, but that was definitely a status thing.

I discovered the other day that two of the children in dd's class have Norland nannies (they recognised each other at pick-up time). Neither of them were wearing uniform.

Since uniforms can be percieved as a status symbol I also think they could be a bit of a security issue too.

I mean it might sound ott but some children are kidnapped for ransoms etc. If a child is out with a nanny in everyday clothes you dont know wether it is a child with mum or not.

If the nanny is in uniform then you see a nannied child and think mega bucks mum and dad!!! Maybe I have too much of an imagination but I certainly think it makes them more obvious in that sense anyway.

havent a clue harriet - the uniform looked about my size

I had a uniform while training hated it we were supposed to wear it on all placements plus any formal stuff in college.Only wore it while i was on the maternity ward. In all of my other placments wore normal clothes with full consent of the placement. . Now wear every day clothes far more practial i several sets of work wear looks smart yet is practial it gets covered in the usual kiddie stuff.