Clothes for nursery

[dinosaurdee]

DD recently started at a new nursery. At her previous nursery she never came home with stains on clothes etc. At this new one, she's usually gone through several outfits or is grubby when I pick her up. Much to my ignorance, some lovely clothes have been ruined!

Where does everyone get their nursery clothing from?

Cheap and cheerful - primark, h&m

Asda, tesco, sainsbury's (tu). We actually sent our DS for his first day in nice clothes and were promptly advised not to put him in anything with a label! Supermarkets finest they said!

I sent mine in their oldest clothes and eventually they ended up in the bin.

Gosh, I'm shocked to hear she used to come home without stains on her clothes how old is she? My DD is nearly 2 and started nursery at 9 months and it's really rare for her not to have an outfit change, sometimes it's 2 or 3 and lots of stuff comes back stained. I've always been happy really as it's a sign she's been enjoying herself with food, messy play, outdoor play etc.

Almost all her clothes are gifts and hand me downs but otherwise for cheap clothing we use supermarkets. George at Asda or Tesco usually.

Next outlet, H&M or supermarket. They all do multipacks of leggings / tops / etc that are cheap enough it doesn't matter if the odd one has to be thrown out.

Ebay or freecycle.

@MeadowHay

Gosh, I'm shocked to hear she used to come home without stains on her clothes how old is she? My DD is nearly 2 and started nursery at 9 months and it's really rare for her not to have an outfit change, sometimes it's 2 or 3 and lots of stuff comes back stained. I've always been happy really as it's a sign she's been enjoying herself with food, messy play, outdoor play etc.

Almost all her clothes are gifts and hand me downs but otherwise for cheap clothing we use supermarkets. George at Asda or Tesco usually.

She's 2 next week :-) We've just moved her to a new nursery - this one seems much more hands on with activities and they're outside lots as well.

H and m (for the fit round cloth nappies).
Sainsbury's
Matalan.

Puddle suit and wellies for outside.
Leggings and t-shirts for inside.
Primark/h&m/Tesco etc All do cheap clothes.

I find if I could soak stuff when it comes home, overnight, then hot wash the next day, the stains come out.

Cold. Not could.

When dd was at nursery, most of her clothes were from charity shops. I think it's pointless spending loads on clothes for small children because they need to be free to play without worrying about spoiling them and they grow out of them pretty quickly anyway.

Coming home covered in muck is the sign of a great day!

My son’s nursery outfits are entirely from Primark with a few odd cheap bits from supermarkets. Primark comes up a bit small though so I go up a size. I need to buy him some more t shirts for summer actually so hoping Primark opens soon!

Thanks everyone - I sent her in her best stuff and some of it is wrecked! I've just been on ebay for some bundles. I won't be making that mistake again!

At my last nursery we had a parent threaten to sue us because her “Princess” got a spot or two or soup on her dress. We changed her into spare leggings & a T-shirt (nursery stock as mum didn’t send spares).
Apparently that was the first time she had ever worn trousers (she was 3) and mum went BALLISTIC!!!
The soup stains were small but mum declared it was ruined & we should’ve spoon fed her 3 year old!

Ooh never send best stuff for nursery!!! Yes, supermarket stuff is good, tops and leggings! Sainsbos stuff washes well.

Asda multipacks and maybe something less plain from a charity shop. I miss charity shops.

Primark/H&M/supermarket for nursery, my daughter is messy for some reason, i don't think she always pays attention when eating.....
Nice stuff for weekends

To be fair the stains on the clothes could be due to her age now rather than the nursery. I go through way more clothes in a day at nearly 3 than I did even as a newborn.

Primark, Sainsbury’s sale all great places to pick up nursery clothes

In Australia we have buy nothing groups on Facebook - do you have those there? A group for the local community (just 2-3 neighbouring suburbs) to give stuff away and have it be used rather than throw it away. There are always bundles of clothes being given away, both kids and adult sizes (but mostly kids). If you can get free bundles of clothes like that that would be best. Doesn't matter if stuff gets stained or holes.

Ebay and charity shops. Or just save the things she is about to outgrow for nursery

buynothingproject.org/find-a-group/#UK

We always get nursery clothes from supermarkets, primark or H&M.
Cheap and cheerful is the best way, I also tell them if they are totally covered then just chuck them away