Just wondering if any of you are in a similar situation and how you deal with it?
We have SC every other weekend and every Sunday But to be honest it varies depending on the mothers social calendar so they have been with us for the last 4 weekends. she used to send some clothes with them ( we would get them new stuff too every now and again) as it is a waste having things here because they don't get wear out of it (usually EOW). If she was pissed off at DP which is all the time really, she wouldn't send anything. We decided it was best just to keep what we buy here so that's what we did.
The problem is that when DP picks them up the oldest is in her school uniform. On a Sunday we just put her home in whatever she has on but then we end up with nothing here. We are now buying new outfits every weekend (shoes too) and it's just too expensive we can't afford it. I have suggested that oldest DSD gets changed into whatever she came in (usually uniform and old shoes) just for the car journey home. It's not ideal but can't see any alternative. DP thinks that's not fair on her, which I agree with but can't see any alternative. We have asked SD to grab a few things to wear before she comes but she never does.
Youngest is fine because we just wash whatever she has on when she arrives and she wears that home on Sunday. Is it so bad to put oldest SD back to the mothers with her uniform on? She is 9.