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what do your children wear to nursery?

38 replies

jenk1 · 21/05/2007 13:54

i put clothes from places like George,Next and Dunnes on DD for nursery as i think its not worth ruining best clothes but the other day when i was collecting dd, a mum was there with her dd who was very nicely dressed in what looked designer clothes and she was looking at me and dd a bit, down her noseish.
im probably being oversensitive but ive been thinking all weekend, am i wrong sending DD in a top thats not brand new or posh.

OP posts:
Bouquetsofdynomite · 21/05/2007 14:06

Stuff her, she should get a life.
My DD dresses herself before I get a look-in so as long as it's not totally inappropriate weatherwise, it's fine with me.

Macdog · 21/05/2007 14:06

IMHO as long as your dd is comfortable and happy it really doesn't matter what she wears.
I personally dress dd in supermarket clothes as she is a real rough and tumbler and I don't see the point in buying expensive clothes when they'll end up manky anyway
Just ignore her

Trinityrhino · 21/05/2007 14:08

all we have are supermarket clothes
ignore the silly woman

Mumpbump · 21/05/2007 14:09

No point dressing young children in expensive clothes imo. They grow too quickly, spill too much down them and generally wreck them...

Sunyshineymummy · 21/05/2007 14:10

I put my DS in anything we have - expensive or not - as he's not in them long enough for me to save clothes for best.

JARM · 21/05/2007 14:11

Another supermarket clothes fan here!

Jessi tends to go in jeans and a t-shirt and can get as mucky as she likes, tbh, havent seen anyone else in her pre-school looking any different!

Although i will say, our pre-school has a "mess only" policy in which they insist on the kids being covered in glue and paint and half of their snack round their chops when they come home!

MrsBadger · 21/05/2007 14:12

rofl at Next being declassé

send 'em in Asda / Tesco / Primark, it'll only get covered in playdough

bobsyouruncle · 21/05/2007 14:13

I only buy supermarket clothes, they get stained & shrink in tumble dryer anyway. I buy from Next for good clothes, say for a party, but only buy stuff they can wear regularly. I refuse to buy party dresses - that are worn once and are totally impractical for bouncy castles, soft play places anyway!

DameEnidONC · 21/05/2007 14:13

Am style maven but could not tell you wehre any kids clothes come from just by looking

dd3 is dressed in mixture of third hand jumble (some of it posh third hand jumble, some of it from tescos)

Original poster
jenk1 · 21/05/2007 14:15

yes some of dd,s clothes for nursery i have bought from ebay, you can get some really good stuff on there

OP posts:
NuttyMuffins · 21/05/2007 14:16

Nursery top and asda jogging bottoms.

LynetteScavo · 21/05/2007 14:16

Our pre-shcool like the children to wear the official polo neck / sweat shirt & fleece. DS has his own ideas though!
You should perfect your own look for when people look at you like this.

JackieNo · 21/05/2007 14:18

Mine wear/wore whatever was appropriate for the weather - usually stuff that's been passed on to us by friends; we have more of that than new stuff.

runnyhabbit · 21/05/2007 15:14

There is a mum like this at ds nursery. (Imo she's a bit of a WAG ), and dresses her dd as if she's going to a party

Had a laugh at her last week, cos her fake tan was streaky

Ds wears whatever is clean and practical. Its usually dirty within 5 mins

IdrisTheDragon · 21/05/2007 15:16

DS and DD only ever wear clothes from supermarkets/ebay anyway. We don;t seem to have a concept of best clothes .

BibiThree · 21/05/2007 15:22

DD goes in Tesco and Asda, or hand me downs from friends. She comes home filthy and frankly as long as she goes in washed ironed, clean and tidy things, my conscience is clear.

It would break my heart (not to mention my bank balance) if she came home ripped, scuffed and mucky in her "posher" things.

There's a girl in dd's nursery who is head to toe in things like Junior J and Monsoon every day, always froofy skirts and tights and frilly cardis etc. I couldn't let dd play in expensive clothes even if I was rich!

HonorMatopoeia · 21/05/2007 15:29

She'll go in trousers (never a skirt, she'd be flashing her nappy within seconds! ) and a t shirt,usually both are from ebay or sainsburys / tescos. Her Pumpkin Patch and Next gear (which I consider upmarket for a toddler!!) tend to be saved for non-toddler group / visitor days . Can I suggest the designer child probably has nowhere near as much fun at pre-school as your Dd? Poor thing is probably petrified of marking the designer gear!

Shoshable · 21/05/2007 16:01

Not a Nursery but a childminder, and personally hate kids comingto me all dolled up, they are kids thay are suppose to be dirty, had one taht always came dressed to the nines, when it came time to go to the park would jhust stand by me, when I asked her didnt she want to go on the slides, she said Mummy had told her not to get dirty or rip her dress!!!!!
Spoke to mum about it that frilly dresses where really not practical, and could she dress the child in things that she wouldnt mind her child getting messy in, the reply 'but i dont want my princess getting dirty and untidy, she is a little girl' !!!!!! wouldnt mind but she wasnt the daintest of children.
Anyway the next day came in a slightly plainer dress, she never came in trousers or shorts. In the end i bought some trackies for gym and soft play for her from ADSA, and got round it in the summer cos bought all the kids UVA suits from Matalan, so they didnt burn.

JARM · 21/05/2007 17:05

well, my point is proved, today jessi has come home covered in cornflour and water paste, mud from the garden and baked beans.... bothered? nope. Thats asda value jeans and t-shirts for you!

stealthsquiggle · 21/05/2007 17:13

Shosha - UVA suits - Matalan - you wonderful woman. I have been meaning to get DC suits for holiday/summer but winceing at the price. Off to Matalan I go...

As for the OP - I have overheard some of the comments the nursery workers make about LOs in impractical /overly precious clothes - and mine go in anything which fits and is clean and comfortable - mostly supermarket stuff.

Grrrr · 21/05/2007 17:15

You mean next clothes aren't "for best" ? .

No wonder the other mothers look down on me !

ds1 wears some new stuff but mostly second hand stuff passed on by friends and ds2 is now turning up in the same stuff 3 years later so it's third hand. I have no shame , I'd rather put money in a savings account for the boys than spend it on new clothes when I have a good supply of nearly new for free/ a fraction of the cost

The nursery staff will prefer children not to wear new/for best only type clothes as they know some mummies will kick up a fuss if the clothes get stained or scuffed.

Stop worrying about it.

stealthsquiggle · 21/05/2007 17:25

DD mostly wears DS's hand-me-downs - yes she looks like a boy, but the nursery staff know she isn't and I don't care about anyone else. Such "girly" stuff as she does have gets saved for parties / visting the people who gave it to her / when I really really need to do some washing.

LoveAngel · 21/05/2007 18:13

I had about a week of dressing my son in nice outfits so the nursery staff would see what a well cared for little chappie he was. My mum saw him going off one morning in a lovely beige tank top-and-cords combo and pissed herself laughing. After doing a week's worth of trying to get paint, playdoh, glitter, glue, tomato sauce and blackcurrant juice out of my sons top of the range clothing I conceded that maybe he should just wear Asda tracksuits to nursery. So now he does.

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yaddayah · 21/05/2007 18:34

Not wrong.. woman was probably having a bad day (being kind) or a raging snob (being non fluffy)

jeans or shorts (dependant on weather)
t shirts /long sleeve t shirts
nursery branded jumper if cold
for both dd and ds

As long as its fairly clean (to start with) I don't really see the point (esp with ds who rips holes in trousers on virtually the 1st wear so has very few smart clothes