Coming home from nursery in food covered clothes- normal?!

My wee girl is usually stained in some way from food at the end of the day. Seems normal to me 😂 just make sure you only dress him in clothes that aren’t good x

i don’t think it’s OTT at all, they should be changing him into fresh clothes not leaving him in dirty ones! if you sent him there in dirty clothes they’d have enough to say

It’s not OTT you’re the one doing the washing and things like pasta sauce stains are an absolute nightmare to get out of clothes. Even if you have select clothes for nursery it’s nice to not have bright orange stains all over things

From an ex nursery worker, I’m sure they’d be more than happy to put a bib on your LO. You could also always ask that if there’s food on the top to change? It can be difficult especially if it is a big nursery but as long as it’s just marks and not actual pieces of food they probably wipe him down after meals 😊

The bibs nursery’s use are honestly not that great . Children can easily remove them and after the 3-4 times of putting them back on staff give up . But normally they would change them into clean clothes if parents bring in spares . If need be bring in one you want them to wear and leave it in the nursery for meal time

yes this is exactly it! I’ve bought him cheap tracksuits etc but still don’t want them ruining! It’s the pasta sauce stains that are stressing me out😂 today was carrot and coriander soup and a curry for lunch 🙃 spending so much time trying to stop them getting stained and ruined

it’s more just the sauce stains on his clothes that are annoying as it’s adding more to my load having to scrub half the washing before it goes in the machine 🫠

My LO always comes home the same, but I do pick him up right at the end of a meal time.
If he’s really bad they usually offer to change him.
You might find that if you ask they’ll put a bib on him - you just might need to provide one

he does have spare clothes in his bag that’s the thing. I don’t particularly mind him getting a bit messy and tbh wouldn’t want him changing just for that. Its more that it’s sauce stains on his top and bottoms and it seems a bit excessive

I used to work in a nursery and it was very normal for the children’s clothes to get food and mess on them from activities and meal times, but we always made sure to change them after the activity had ended/the meal time had ended. The only time we may not have changed them is if the parent collected during meal times or straight after while we were still cleaning the children up. The staff should be changing your little boys clothes using the ones you bring in or nursery spares, especially if you are not collecting during meal times before they get chance to change him. They usually advise you to send children to nursery in old clothes etc but I’m sure if you talked to them and provided him with the bibs you use at home they should be happy to pop it on him during meal times to prevent as much mess x

Try elbow grease or fairy on stains works a gem

I’ve worked in nursery’s they normally don’t have their own bibs. However you can provide them, I would also suggest having nursery clothes and home clothes as separate so that you don’t have to worry so much about getting his nice clothes dirty.

Thanks for all comments. Aware I probably sound like a right Karen🤣. I do have specific nursery clothes which aren’t his best but also don’t expect to be ruined from stains after one wear. I wouldn’t send him in stained clothes and once they’re stained with food if it doesn’t come out I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable having them as anything other than in the house clothes then so it just feels wasteful. I’ve ordered some napisan which I’m hoping will help. He does have spare clothes which I’d expect to be used for nappy related accidents really. I don’t particularly mind a bit of mess as I know babies do get messy and he does at home but when it’s the likes of sauce on his sleeves and bottoms it’s just a bit annoying like they haven’t tried to keep him clean. Just a petty moan really! We pay a lot for the nursery as we don’t get free hours yet so I don’t want to be adding more costs by buying new clothes constantly and running washing cycles all the time if I can help it 😅

So in our nursery they use a catcher bib not coveralls. I found it a bit annoying initially but understood that coveralls on all the kids is hard for them. I just stick with dark colours!
My daughter is now 2 and the stains are a lot less! It gets better

well yeah tbh it is my own fault for sending him in a white outfit and beige colours tbh hahaha. I don’t tend to put him in dark colours but just got a multipack of dark tops on an order for nursery so that should be helpful for sure

I used to work at a nursery and had a set of twins who came in a uniform so that their mum wouldn’t have their normal clothes ruined. So it was like grey shorts/trousers and a dark polo shirt. I see further down you’ve ordered nursery polos so maybe just dark colours for nursery?

If I was you I would just buy an extra bib and ask them to use it. Coming from a childcare professional- it’s extremely difficult to keep 1 year olds clean when there’s a class full of them. It’s also important to encourage children to do things for themselves to build their independence. It helps them learn the skill of eating and feeding themselves. This involves mess as they make mistakes and learn. I would say just take a bib that you deem suitable and then this also solves the issue without stressing the staff out that they can’t let your child do anything of fear of getting messy.
I’ts just from my experience - we once had a mum who would moan about food and other mess on the child and it was so stressful when she went over to the messy play because we knew mum would moan but I was totally against stopping the child from doing certain activities that would benefit her learning and development. I’d definitely take a named bib in :)

https://bibado.co.uk/ are the best for bibs they do longer version if little one is older aswell

he has always fed himself and I don’t mind him getting messy to an extent but I do use a bib at home while he feeds himself for example. It’s the fact that it’s sauces he’s getting all over his sleeves and trousers that makes me think it’s a bit far from general mess from eating. It’s not a major issue I just expected them to use bibs to at least try contain it I suppose

Honestly this sounds totally normal. My lg has been going to nursery since she was 1 and when she first started she’d come home totally covered in food stains or craft related stains. I still send her in the clothes (obviously washed) that have those stains on to nursery, I personally don’t see it being a big deal. They get so much out of being independent and being free to make mess. I’m grateful I just have to clean up the clothes and not the whole aftermath of messy play! 😂
My lg is 2.5 now and comes home much less frequently with food stains as she’s gotten more accomplished at feeding herself properly.

My son gets his clothes changed if he gets too dirty , we always take a change of clothes in his backpack :)

he has a change of clothes in his bag