Chocolate stains! and MIL rant!!!!!!!!!

8 replies

emkana · 09/10/2004 21:07

Every time dd1 goes to MIL for the afternoon she ends up filled to the brim with rubbish rubbish food, which I'm not happy about, but also every bloody time she has chocolate stains on her clothes which by the time she comes home are already dried on and I can't seem to get rid off! WHY can't blooming MIL a/ prevent these from happening and b/ use a damp cloth or something to stop them from drying on. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
PLEASE give me your ultimate tips how to get rid of dried on chocolate stains! Don't want another jumper ruined!

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jenny180283 · 09/10/2004 21:10

anyone from west london im from hounslow in middlesex and want to know if anyone is near me

Gingerbear · 09/10/2004 21:18

emkana, my mum is very similar to your MIL, insists that cadbury's chocolate mousse is a healthy dessert for DD - ruined clothes here too. Now, I just send DD to mum's house in the washed,clean (but still stained) clothes. I have tried vanish, stain devils, you name it. Nothing seems to shift chocolate

Tommy · 09/10/2004 21:23

Was going to say what gingerbear said! Always send her in old clothes that are already stained - I had to chuck our all DS1's T shirts from the summer with chocolate stains on them. Re the MIL - mine's a bit like this too and it used to really annoy me but my very wise sister pointed out that DSs don't go there very often (i.e. not every day) and it's not going to kill them having chocolate when they do go there - it will be the thing that happens at grandma's.
Sometimes, in situations like this, I say (to DS but loud so grandma will hear) "Oh, DS, what a mucky pup you are. Make sure you ask Grandma for a wipe next time you get chocolate all over you won't you" It may work.....

Good luck!

Yorkiegirl · 09/10/2004 21:48

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logic · 09/10/2004 22:46

emkana, they way that I deal with it is: grandma's house, grandma's rules!

I just close my eyes to the vast quantities of junk food that he gets given on the grounds that it's not that often, it won't hurt him and he enjoys it. Oh, and I never send him there in his best clothes, I use the clean but stained or cheap tesco's ones. Hope that helps

Freckle · 09/10/2004 23:34

Send her back in the same clothes. That way you won't care if she gets more chocolate stains on them and, if MIL mentions the mess, just say that, as she always sent her home like that, you assumed she liked her clothes that way.

CleanKittyCat · 10/10/2004 08:33

You can get dried on chocolate stains out by brushing off the crusty stuff (yuk) and putting Vanish liquid stain remover on it, leave for about 30 mins then wash as normal. I find this works for everything except red face paint.

I don't have this problem with MIL because she lives in North Carolina ha ha! She came over once and gave both ds and dd (aged 5 and 3 at the time) a family sized bag of skittles EACH, when she took them out. they were fun to be with for several days, not. ds is autistic and additive free.

PotPourri · 10/10/2004 10:52

Try putting the item in a sunny window after you have washed it. That should shift the last of hte stqain in a couple of days. It has worked for most stains I have come across- tomato included

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