Uniform at nursery, yay or nay?

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DC1 starting at a nursery attached to a school in September. Uniform can be worn in nursery but it is not compulsory. DC typically has no preference lol. Is uniform more practical?

Personally it's a huge yes from me. Having had 3 dc go through nursery already, I made the mistake of thinking my eldest wouldn't get dirty his clothes were ruined and ever since they had the uniform.

I would, it saves normal clothes from being covered in paint/gloom etc. It doesn't matter how hard staff try to make sure children wear aprons they still get messy. Especially if they accidently put a messy apron on inside out!

From experience 'yay'. Can be bought so cheap from supermarkets,are hardwearing and eliminates any battles over what clothing to wear any particular day

Oooh I'm a dissenting voice :)

I enjoyed dressing ds in lovely bright colours & styles, he's got a lifetime for the drab uniformity of uniform :)

If you have the time and energy to deal with the extra laundry I would say no.

Children have years of uniform wearing at school and then, as adults, most will have to conform to a dress code at work. I like seeing what my 3 year old considers appropriate dress for preschool.

I hated uniform as it means I have to wash and iron it!

I'd much rather send him in Primark tracksuit bottoms and a t-shirt and I'm not spending Sunday nights washing uniform.

Uniform means no arguments in morning over what to wear, if you do go with uniform stick to it every day

We have a nursery T shirt but dd2 rarely wears it. I just don't send her in anything I'm particularly bothered about and actually she always comes home clean. They're very good with aprons etc.

We bought 2 of the school jumpers for dd and were given another 2 so from a laundry view it wasn't a problem, but we didn't put her in full uniform just the jumper. She hasn't worn the jumper for a few months since it's warmed up and I'm not going to bother now for an extra 2 weeks. I wouldn't bother buying uniform again for nursery

About 50% of the children in the nursery where I work wear the uniform shirt/sweatshirt.

If you decide not to go with the uniform, please make sure you send your dc in clothes which are practical, easy to remove for the toilet, and don't matter if they get muddy or covered in paint.

In spite of repeated requests and regular reminders, I had children turn up today in:

An all-in-one shorts playsuit with buttons down the back
White jeans
Sparkly silver shoes
Jeans with a belt
A white dress
4 children in shoes with laces

etc. etc.

Thanks all! I think we've decided to send her in normal clothes as like some previous posters said they have the rest of their lives to wear a uniform. I will though stock up on some easy to put on herself clothing with velcro etc for autumn wardrobe.

ICanTuckMyBoobsInMyPockets - What is this ironing of which you speak? Nothing that my DDs wear for school needs ironing as long is it is not left in the washing machine for ages after the wash has finished. Modern fabrics are brilliant for that. I don't understand why the washing is an issue either. It's not like there are any more clothes to be washed than if they weren't in uniform.

My DD2 is in the school nursery at the moment and for her it was very important to be in uniform. She'd been desperate to go to school like her big sister and wearing uniform was a big part of that.

I like the fact that there are no arguments in the morning too.

My DS starts preschool this September and I've just bought him 6 t-shirts and 2 jumpers in the school colours (no logos). My reasoning is that it starts him in good habits and we won't be fussed when they get covered in sand / paint / glue / mud etc.

M&S were very reasonable and have a sale on at the moment. Certainly cheaper than his 'regular' clothes.

nay, uniform is impractical, uncomfortable and boring (usually!) and he has the rest of his life to wear it.

However, I would strongly recommend 'nursery clothes' which you don't mind getting wrecked. (whether they be cheap stuff you buy, second-hand bits you weren't too keen on, or the lovely t-shirt he was given for his birthday which you don't want him to be seen dead wearing!

I think it depends on the uniform. Most if our parents choose to send their nursery child in "uniform" which in reality means they wear a sweatshirt or cardigan in the school colours over trousers/shirts/ skirt and tee shirt or summer dress. Whatever you decide make sure it's easily washable