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I have a nice pile of clothes in various sizes for spares. My dcparents have usually been pretty good about returning clothes...the backup clothes are the most comfy, but not stylish at all.
Hat/waterproof mittens I have plenty of all on my own ---maybe not in pairs, but toasty and dry. Some nice extra boots and coats when a kid doesn't bring theirs. I am completely unwilling to get into a childish or passive-aggressive battle over outerwear for the kiddos. We ARE going outside in the winter, no matter if mom"forgets" the boots or mittens.
I haven't had any of my dcks complain about being forced to pink or purple boots (i usually have ALL boys in my daycare). I even had a 5yo boy routinely ask for the pink ones, even when he had his spiderman boots....why? Because they didn't make his toes cold...gotta love LLbean & lands end! And the blue fleece hoodie with flowers on the sleeves was a favorite b/c it was soooo easy for a 3yo to zip themselves, and so comfy.
Most are crazy ugly, though, stuff I have used as MY kids backup clothes. Hardly disrespectful.
Hat/waterproof mittens I have plenty of all on my own ---maybe not in pairs, but toasty and dry. Some nice extra boots and coats when a kid doesn't bring theirs. I am completely unwilling to get into a childish or passive-aggressive battle over outerwear for the kiddos. We ARE going outside in the winter, no matter if mom"forgets" the boots or mittens.
I haven't had any of my dcks complain about being forced to pink or purple boots (i usually have ALL boys in my daycare). I even had a 5yo boy routinely ask for the pink ones, even when he had his spiderman boots....why? Because they didn't make his toes cold...gotta love LLbean & lands end! And the blue fleece hoodie with flowers on the sleeves was a favorite b/c it was soooo easy for a 3yo to zip themselves, and so comfy.
Most are crazy ugly, though, stuff I have used as MY kids backup clothes. Hardly disrespectful.
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