okay i give in... after two years of Writing DD's Name In Marker Pen i am going to buy LABELS!

[AitchTwoOhOneTwo]

which ones? are they much of a muchness?

i'm looking for ones that stay on, and can go onto lunchboxes etc, pliz.

Ah but you'll never have to remember to buy name labels before September ever again! i've been stamping everything I can get my hands on . I need ds1 to grow up a bit more so I can send him to Beavers so I can stamp his toothbrush in readiness for going on a sleepover. I am stupidly excited at being able to stamp toothbrushes. And the sides of pencils. Anything really.

I have "cabbage sisters" on my clothes labels and someone else in dd's class has "surname family".

i want to be a cabbage sister...

but they'd be dead, indith, and i'd be in prison (see aforementioned Bunkbed Incident) so it would be a waste, really.

bear in mind, by the way, that so far a sharpie has done the trick.

I have considered the surname option but common surname plus multiple children and mixed age classes is a recipe for disaster. Ds2 should have been a girl, he'd then have had the same initials as his big sister. Just think of the savings.

I use easy2name, iron-on and stick-on.

A year after daily runs in the dishwasher the stick-on labels on DD's water bottle look like new.

The iron-on: you need to be thorough and don't rush then there is no way they get off. I had to re-do a couple after my very first attempt with labels but that was it.

I hate sewing and know that DD would just start picking on loose thread. Also I can iron the labels in the neck so DD finds it easier to pick her own stuff instead of turning them around to find the washing label.

I second stamptastic its amazing, doesn't come off after multiple washes!