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[RachelRay]

Hello I'm Rachel.

I have a two year old son, I just put him in Nursery for the first time a few weeks ago. (My first born)

He's clothes come back very dirty (all the time) mostly with paint, which never comes off in the wash. At first it was ok, but now my husband and I are having to buy new clothes for him too often. Should I tell the Nursery workers to be more careful. (Sounds silly) or does anyone know what I can use to take the paint off?

Thanks

[Boris13]

Send him back in with the same clothes...

If they are only going to get filthy anyway....

You should mention it as he should be wearing an apron and have his sleeves rolled up!

They could also use different paint that is child and clothes friendly...

[RachelRay]

Thank you very much.

I don't like confrontation but it's getting out of hand!

[bumpontheway]

Generally I find that clothes can get a bit wrecked at nursery.
I have friends who have a nursery wardrobe and a weekend wardrobe for their child and the nursery wardrobe consists of a lot of 'Primarni' ; ) (Primark) clothes.

Saying that a child friendly clothes paint would be a start ; )

[mommyg]

My daughter's clothing also often comes back covered in paint. The home made play doh is the absolute worst to wash out - it cooks in the washing machine and leaves the clothing covered in hard bits!

I did eventually give some feedback to our nursery about the clothing - they sent me an essay explaining that messy play is essential to the learning and development of the younger children and whilst they endeavour to use aprons etc, children will often finish painting / playing, have been cleaned up and then go straight back to play before the nursery can get the apron back on!

In a nutshell, the dirty clothing comes with the territory - they did however agree to use aprons for play doh.

My best advice is to mention it in a non confrontational manner (as an observation rather than a complaint). Darker / patterned clothing helps to hide the stains!

We don't have a nursery / weekend wardrobe per se, but we tend to use the stained clothing for nursery.

[RachelRay]

Thank you all. I choose not to confront the Nursery workers but just put my son in darker cheaper clothes.

[CHT]

Another one here whose daughter has cheap clothes for nursery and nicer clothes at home for exactly this reason (I think most people do exactly the same)

[ladyofacertainage]

Another tip I was given when mine were at nursery is to soak in cold water overnight before washing, it works with paint and play doh. Also make the most of nursery years, they continue to come home stained from school and that even goes for teenagers!

[MrsAmanda]

My son gets utterly filthy at nursery. The school literature says to send them in old clothes and I know why. He loves the 'mud kitchen', painting, glue, glitter. Messier the better.

So we have old clothes that are only for nursery. Hand-me-downs, charity shops and cheapies. Stained? So what? As long as it's clean I don't mind. He's generally grubby about 10 minutes after arriving anyway.

My elder son is at primary school, and in their wisdom, they decided white polo shirts were the way to go when it came to choosing uniform. Now that provides a laundry challenge!!

[jafina]

Just wanted to add that getting mucky while playing is really good for children. I know that keeping houses and kids clean is important to most of us, so it is great that your son's nursery is letting him get dirty there. Send him in old clothes and enjoy the fact that he is doing his messy play at nursery!