Do you send you kid to nursery in dirty clothes?

[Ohcordelia]

By dirty clothes I don’t mean actually dirty, more stained say with some paint that won’t come off or a food stain that won’t come off but they are washed and clean albeit stained.

I do, and i get mine cheap clothes to wear from supermarkets or vinted to wear to nursery because I know they’ll get ruined, and ruined they do, but in the pictures we get sent home, it doesn’t look like anyone else does. All the other kids clothes are sweet little coordinating outfits (next, jojo maman, marks etc, yes Ive spotted a few things that I’ve seen online).

don’t tell me I’m the only one and that makes me really scutty?

No, I would throw away stained clothes or keep them for home. I wouldn’t send them out in them.

Yes, it’s so wasteful if not. They are ‘play clothes’.

As long as they're washed then yes, if the stain is paint and not something grim then perfect for nursery!

Oh yes we are talking paint, and maybe a stubborn tomato, grass or grease/ oil stain that won’t come out, not 💩 or anything antisocial.

Yes I do - DS always comes home covered in paint, felt pen, glue, glitter, his lunch...... The paint and pens are supposed to be washable but they aren't. Most of the kids at DS nursery look like they've been dressed in the dark, with mismatched clothing. Shopping on Vinted/local charity shop for second hand clothes is popular on the Mum's WhatsApp group.

DS had two sections in his wardrobe - nursery clothes and outside of nursery clothes.

We have separate home and nursery clothes, do your child’s clothes not get constantly stained though? Mine has probably an outfit change a day and at least one has some sort of tough stain on it

Yes I did, but I also got loads of hand me down clothes as my DD was much smaller then most if her friends, so she might wear ‘cute’ sets that I wasn’t especially keen on.

All the time. Generally it's nursery activities that have stained the clothes in the first place.

Of course! Really stupid to send them in nice clothes. My third child has just started nursery and goes in her older sibling’s nursery clothes so they’re triply stained. Perhaps I am triply scuzzy.

When I started I foolishly dressed him in the same clothes as at home. Then one day he decided to smear paint all over two outfits! I now have a pile of clothes just for nursery (my husband went on a random temu shopping spree a few months back and I may have included some of the ugly/poor quality stuff in this pile too!)

Yes that’s the thing the stains are pretty much exclusively nursery given with paint, lunch, general dirt. Once my youngest went In a light khaki pair of joggers (mistake) they came back black. Somehow those stains lifted but it’s the paint, Tomato/ orange and grease stains I can’t lift out

I don't, but then mine have never really got that stained or dirty at nursery. They do painting etc every day but they must wear aprons cause I don't think I've ever had paint stained clothes home! It's mostly just food that comes out in the wash so DS2 wears the same clothes at home and at nursery, although I usually buy him multipacks of joggers and long T-shirts/sweatshirts that can be mixed and matched, and any "nice" clothes or more expensive brands I keep for home

My child went to a childminder and didn’t seem to get THAT dirty, and I had a friend who gave me so many hand me downs, many of which were not to my taste, so personally I didn’t as I had a ready supply of unstained clothes I didn’t care about to send in. Had she got more messy I wouldn’t have had an issue doing so though and I wouldn’t judge anyone who did send in stained stuff. I think it’s fairly common to be honest!

Absolutely. Stained but cleaned clothes are just right for nursery. It would be stupid to not wear perfectly good clothes with a bit of paint that won't come out in a wash. Once the clothes are washed, ironed and aired, there's no issue.

Yes mine had nursery clothes. They're properly mucky at that age

As someone who used to work in a nursery none of the staff cared if a child was sent in clothes that were stained. What we did mind were the children who were sent in fancy / posh clothes with a warning to staff and the child not to get messy or dirty.

Yes i sent my son to nursery in his paint-stained clothes. Obv we always wash them but the paint doesn’t come out. I then keep his non-stained clothes to wear outside of nursery.

Same as us. Most of her clothes come from vinted anyway, but I keep the nicer stuff for home in a separate drawer. The only exception is vests, as they don't tend to get mucky.

I work in a nursery and dread it when children are sent in obviously new clothes! We definitely prefer the well worn / stained clothes. Some parents definitely have "nursery" clothes.

A messy kid is a happy kid.
staff at my son’s nursery prefer if they’re sent it clothes that aren’t pristine as they worry about messing nice clothes up.

Yes. And primary school.

It's wasteful not to (unless your child never gets stained in the first place of course).

I always bought 'uniform' their polo and jumper.
They got filthy washed and reworn.

I also ran a nursery at one point. And I appreciated knowing which children could just get stuck in and their parents would love the results. And those who needed a big coverall...

Yes absolutely

I didn't like doing it, but did because others it's such a waste of clothing.

I keep DS nice stuff separate. But i wouldn’t send him to nursery in stained clothes. I sometimes get him sent home in paint or spaghetti stained tops and if I can’t get it out I chuck it . I’m quite fussy that the children look very presentable. I look like crap walking behind in my leggings !