New clothes

[sarahhardy2711]

I don't worry too much about keeping their clothes clean. Although I wouldn't let them play in a mud puddle unless I'd warned the parents we would be doing something that messy. I warn parents they will get grass stains, sand, dirt, chalk etc on the clothes. My DCPS are glad the kids are happy & active.

I do let my own daughter wear new clothes to play & this is why:

They grow out of clothes so fast & she has sooo many (very indulgent grandparents) so she may as well look nice no matter what she's doing I keep a few things for special - church, parties and I have a few things more worn for really messy play. Otherwise she can wear new things and she knows she doesn't need to worry about them getting dirty.

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I agree with u 100%. If my 2 yr old boy is wearing something, I expect it to get messed up. I would send him off knowing that he won't return looking so new. My husband said "why are you letting him wear his new spring clothes to play" and I said that's why I brought them! I always dress him cute in reasonably priced clothes that he will either mess up or grow out of! I feel sad to know some parents make there kids not play certain games just bc of clothes! That to me is materialistic!

I would let them play even harder just to make DCM pissed!!! J/K...?. maybe

[melilley]

Yes! I believe that kids should be allowed to explore and get dirty! I have it in my handbook that children should be dressed in play clothes because kids are kids and will get dirty (not worded that exact way) and I also mention it at interview. If parents want to sent their children in nice clothes, well, they may just get dirty!
All of my parents are awesome and I haven't had a problem yet.
And yes, I do dress my own baby in nice clothes sometimes, but I expect him to get dirty since he crawls around and the babies in my care do what the older kids do, even messy activities!

[DaisyMamma]

I love when I pick up my daughter and she's dirty. To me, that's a sign that she had a great day. Clothes will wash.

That's exactly right.
I have one DCM who says just that.

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[Kaddidle Care]

My boys are perfect.. they NEVER get dirty! ::

One day they decided it was great fun to pour dirt over each other. BOYS!!! So what did I do? I got the camera. (this is a very old photo)

[Solandia]

Kids get dirty, clothes will wash.

Growing up I had church clothes, school clothes, and play clothes. And barn clothes. We didn't have money to ruin all our clothes, because then there would be nothing okay to wear in public. So we changed our clothes as soon as we got off the bus from school. Our play/chore clothes were really icky, they took a beating.

[rmc20021]

My boys are perfect.. they NEVER get dirty! ::

One day they decided it was great fun to pour dirt over each other. BOYS!!! So what did I do? I got the camera. (this is a very old photo)

HAHAHA...at least it wasn't road tar like my own kids did when they were little. They smeared each other all over with it...faces, backs (they were shirtless) stomachs, legs...then they had to 'clean' each other up afterwards.

We lived in a very small dead end road out in the country and they free roamed a lot. They were only about 4/5 yo.