Underwear and Borrowing Clothes

[Mom2Two]

I'd be pretty peeved if my child's spare clothing were used on another child without my permission.

My policies state that parents stock extras in the diaper bags, and they're pretty good with the spare undies, but with socks it's an ongoing issue. My families are great so I do some "reminding." I have extras here, but I also feel free to charge a fee for the loan if a parent was pushing things.

I'd call for pick up if a kid peed and they/I didn't have spares and if I didn't have good policies.

But um, I'd also be changing my policies pronto to require underwear. Kids aren't great at wiping and that extra layer on their tush seems a whole lot more hygienic.

[hwichlaz]

My policies state that parents stock extras in the diaper bags, and they're pretty good with the spare undies, but with socks it's an ongoing issue. My families are great so I do some "reminding." I have extras here, but I also feel free to charge a fee for the loan if a parent was pushing things.

I'd call for pick up if a kid peed and they/I didn't have spares and if I didn't have good policies.

But um, I'd also be changing my policies pronto to require underwear. Kids aren't great at wiping and that extra layer on their tush seems a whole lot more hygienic.

I have a basket of mismatched socks in the laundry room.....so that's what I pull from.

[KSDC]

I don't and won't keep spare clothing items here.

Children are REQUIRED to have a back up set of clothing.
A FULL set (including socks and underwear).

The operative word here is "required".

If a child is not fully prepared for the day, they are not allowed attendance for the day.

If however, a child did arrive without spare clothing and I didn't notice immediately and they needed spares during the day, I'd call the parent for immediate pick up.

Their (parent) failure to provide for their child, as required, is not my issue to manage.

This is my policy too. It is the parents job to clothe their child. I try very hard to not let parents pass their jobs onto me.

[Mom2Two]

I have a basket of mismatched socks in the laundry room.....so that's what I pull from.

Me too. But i still charge for it if I have to do it too often! he he

[Lil_Diddle]

As a parent, unless I gave permission I would be annoyed to see another child wearing anything of my child's. If the borrower somehow dirties or soils my child's clothes than my child is out or now I have laundry to do, or that reliable outfit that is always packed in my child's bag. Now it's my responsibility to launder and replace it for if my child has an accident. Or is the other child going to wear my child's clothes home? Will they remember to return them?

As a childcare provider, each child here has a personal space where they keep a change of clothes. So no need to bring every day or forget to bring a back pack all together. I also have a small supply of my own of pants, shorts, underwear and jackets that were garage sale finds just in case a child has more than one accident or spill, or the child previously wore their spares home and their parents just forgot to replace them (no blame because I'm very forgetful myself)

[springv]

We have all parents bring extra clothing for their child/children and if they don't have an extra set then we have extra clothing that a child can borrow. We ALWAYS make sure that all new parents know that when they enroll

[Hunni Bee]

Y'all would be surprised at how many centers will "borrow" a child's extra clothing if another child didn't have their own. I've seen multiple teachers do it at multiple jobs. I guess its easy to assume the clothing got "lost" in a large center. I have seen the parents wash and bring the borrowed clothing and it was just returned to the lender's cubby, though.

I'm not down with that myself though. I have always kept an emergency stash. My daughter has three sets of spares including shoes at her school plus I keep a set in my car.

[storybookending]

I take back what I said. My 10 month old didn’t have shoes yesterday because dad (see him only a few times a month) came during outside time the day before and took his shoes that usually get left here home. Mom does drop off and just assumed dad left the shoes the night before. I didn’t even notice until outside time. The ground is getting cold here so I put the 14 month olds extra shoes on him. He didn’t take them home. He could’ve gone in just the socks (it’s not that cold out) but I knew the parents wouldn’t mind. I guess I don’t feel the same about baby shoes as I do about toddler clothes. Hahaha.

[renodeb]

I have all kinds of spare clothes for the kids plus I ask for 2 sets per kid to be left here. In the past when kids didn't have clothes i have had clothes with my name written all over them to use. I have had to send home in t shirt and diaper before. Sometimes parents just can't take the hint. I never borrowed clothes from another child.