How farkin busy are you really when you can't take your kids to be measured for shoes?

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link here for nursery that 'helps busy parents with all chores'

ffs

they take in your dry cleaning and have hairdressers etc

sort yourselves out people, how busy can you really be?????

referring back to OP (havent' read the rest of the thread).......if you saw the queues in the only shoe shop in town that measures feet well (Clarkes) (and there's only 3 shoe shops in the entire town!) you'd understand why some of us don't always have time.

I can't afford the shoes in the shops where you get their feet measured. We go into a shop (normally tesco) try them on, walk up and down a bit, feel the toes, buy the shoes.

is it really a compulsoy parenting task to get measured for shoes? Sounds a great idea getting them all measured at the same time in nursery/school. Time far better spent splashing in a paddling pool that in Kew Retial park on a saturday.

quad - you don;t buy the shoes in those shops! You only get them measured there and if there's no sale on you buy them on ebay...

quad - I just take the DS's to Clarkes to get their feet measured (like yesterday there was, for once, no queue as we walked past).....and then go and buy their shoes elsewhere - that way I've at least got some idea what sizes we should be looking at .

Yesterdays feet measuring was for the purpose of buying Rugby Boots

that sounds like a good plan, can't belive i didn't think of it, although the walking up and down and feeling the toes is a family tradition, not sure i ever had my feet measured as a kid

Quad - we do the same as you. Troop off to Asda/Tesco/Windsors, try on the shoes, feel the toes/ walk up and down / buy. Done and dusted

Ds's nursery where we used to live was fab. We didn;t take anything in (nappies,wipe, food etc) all we needed to provide were clothes to keep in his basket which, if they got dirty, the nursery would wash for us and put back in his basket. They had a hairdresser come in for the children and I loved it -I HATE getting his hair cut. It's not about time with me, he sits nicely for nursery but didn't for me.

I think the idea of the nursery taking the older child to and from school is a great oe - and the ironing etc. Not sure about the hairdressers but I dare say it's not compulsory... And measuring feet - great. How many times have I dragged DS1 to a shoe shop to find his feet haven't changed size. Seiously, what's not to like? I really don't understand the self-flagellation approach to motherhood - I'd rather spend time enjoying my kids. Shopping with 7 yr old and 3yr old boys together is a complete nightmare.

quad - how do you walk up and down when the shoes are security tagged to each other?

Can someone open one of those nurseries in South London for me please please please please please!

Kif - I don't think they try on shoes, they just measure feet.

blimey i'm sure childcare workers will be enticed to join a nursery where they're expected to iron. fgs

I would expect the ironing is contracte to local cleaner, not the childcare workers.

there is a creche near where I live that also does your ironing - my friend uses it - they have seperate staff who do the ironing and other things.

I think it sounds nice. So do how many people really "measure for shoes."

My kids just shove thier feet into a few pairs, I feel for the big toe, have them walk around, and if it comfy I buy them.

I've never had my kids measured for shoes. They either fit or don't fit. I always buy good quality shoes though.

I do measure for shoes as ds is only 3 and would swear blind the 'frog' ones fitted more than the prdinary black ones. I had holes in my shoes when I was young so that is one of my bugbears -that and warm winter coats, I never had that either!

Don't understand why taking your child yourself is morally superior to accepting the offer of help. If you want to go yourself, do, if you prefer an alternative, take it. What's the problem?

If people want to hire others to clean their toilets, buy kids' shoes, valet their car, whatever, who the ruddy hell cares?

I always take my children to be measured for shoes myself, but that is really because I am a bit of a control freak and have final say over what they get. Although generally I let them have their way to an extent. And with DS we usually buy the one pair of shoes in the shop that actually fits.

DD has her hair cut when I have mine done, because it is a matter of a couple of mm off the ends and my hairdresser does it for free. DH cuts DS's with the clippers, shorter on the back and sides and longer on top (the kind of hairstyle I think greeny disapproves of but he has very thick hair and gets hot). I would outsource DS's hair I think. I have also told DH that when we get back from France he has to get DS his football boots, I will get his school shoes and pumps.

I don't think the issue really is fitting for shoes or buying them though, is it? It's yet another bitch about mothers who pay anyone else to take care of anything that the uber-mums see as 'mothers' duties'. Who needs the Daily Mail when we've got the professional mother?

Does anyone else find it annoying in these expensive shoe fitting shops how they find a pair of shoes that just fit and your kids grow out of them in a month?

I might be feeling cynical - but i think this is a ruse to make sure you are back sooner. I buy from supermarkets now so i can get shoes that have a little room in them for growth.

It's also very green when you think about it, less fuel expended. A one stop shop for kids and associated stuff - to make life easier for families.
The new children's centres follow the same principle - but there it's breastfeeding workshops, legal advice, homeopathy, reflexology (whatever they've deemed useful)
Why oh why do some people just want to make life more difficult?