My neighbor likes to "gift" me stained clothes and says, "It's okay, she can wear it to daycare." I donate the clothes because I know some people love having "play" clothes even if they have stains on them. I personally don't like sending my kid out in clothes with stains on them.
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If she got the stain on it then yes, I have done this. Especially when younger and she got stains on everything!
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I don't, lol. I mean, my son got a hold of my sharpie markers and manged to color a few lines on his white tee shirt. It's a rag now. I can't send him out like that.
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I only do it in the summer if I know they are going to be outside in the sandbox. But otherwise, no. There is a Red Cross clothing collection box across the street from our apartment that I donate to, but I tend to toss out stained clothes because I'm sure those in need do not want stained clothes either!
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It depends on the stain, honestly. Most of the time he comes home from daycare with some kind of mess on his shirt because they do so much art. Usually it washes out, but occasionally it doesn't. I'm too cheap to toss a shirt with a faint red paint stain on it that's just potentially going to get paint on it again. I just make sure that's just a daycare shirt.
When he's done with that shirt, though, I would toss it. I wouldn't donate it or try to sell it or hand it down to someone else. I wouldn't want someone to give me their stained clothes.
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@littlebug: @lamariniere: I used to be the same way with stained clothes. I thought, if we wouldnt' wear it, why would someone else? Then I was at a consignment sale once and started up a conversation with a lady who was specifically looking for stained things for their outdoor muddy play days. So, now I will send the stained things in a separate bag and mention it when I drop them off. It still feels kind of strange to do it...
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You bet I do. She's not super messy, and doesn't get stains much, but if there is a paint stain or marker stain that won't come out, I'll send her. I'm less likely to put her in those things when it's the weekend and I have to look at her, though.
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I do since he got the stain from daycare in the first place! No need to keep sending him in new shirts, if they're going to come home stained anyhow. However, there's a level of stain I'm willing to put up with. If it's pretty bad, I just toss the shirt, but if it's fading or light, I send him to daycare with it.
I give my BFF all of DS's clothes that he's outgrown, but don't give her the stained ones. That's just not cool.
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Yep! But I wouldn't pass on those clothes to someone else unless it was set aside with a warning!
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Typically her stains came from daycare.
To me it depends on the size/colour/location of the stain.
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Yes!
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I try not to. And for us, stained clothes often become pajamas. LO likes to wear t-shirts and old leggings to sleep. As long as she's comfortable for sleeping I don't really care.
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I sent LO in a stained pair of pants today, but I didn't notice until he got out of the car. Oh well. He got chalk all over his pants two weeks ago, and it didn't wash out like I thought it did. I'll try to treat the stain again and hope it comes out. Not a big problem. I don't think most people will even notice.
I do try to dress him properly, and I won't let him wear sweats or character shirts to school. Luckily he hasn't expressed any opinion in the clothes I dress him in.
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LO is only 10 months but I don't keep stained clothes... and now it's just mostly drool stains, etc. He wears stained onesies underneath t-shirts, but that's it. I just throw stained things out, I don't plan on using them for baby #2 already stained, and I wouldn't think anyone else would want them either.
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It also totally depends on the stain. A little shadow stain from some mud that wouldn't come out of the knees on pants, sure. A giant glob of paint stain in the middle of a shirt, no.
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My daughter stains everything! She would only wear a shirt once if I didn't let her wear stains. I work hard to get them out but most of the time it's impossible
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I think it's really weird to give someone else stained clothing, unless you have discussed it and they have specifically said they want it/would take it! I won't keep stained things from LO1 for LO2. Depending on the stain, I may let LO1 keep wearing it.
ETA: I usually donate things that I wouldn't keep between LOs. If it has a light stain, I would still donate (and probably let LO wear it until she outgrew it). If it's something obvious & major, I just ditch it.
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I wouldn't, unless the stain is not noticeable, or I was told they specifically will do messy/outdoor activities.
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Sometimes I have, yes. His clothes get really dirty at daycare. Mealtimes seem to be way messier than at home, which makes sense since they have more kids to keep track of. After an entire summer of wearing the same clothes over and over, there were some faint stains that Oxy Clean wouldn't get out, especially ones with a lot of white. A couple times I put him in shirts and realized they had stuff on them. I wasn't going to fight with him to get a different shirt on. And I need a certain amount of clothes in rotation so I won't bother to get rid of them until we're totally done with that season's stuff.
I wouldn't give them to anyone thinking they'd be grateful to have them though, lol.
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My kid went to daycare in shirt that had a slight stain on it. The shirt is white and the stain was hard to get out but he's wearing a puffy vest with it so you can't see the stain. Meh.
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A slight stain that I didn't notice until we were almost at daycare - yes. A real stain that I saw right away - no. I don't like stained clothes! But honestly, my son never comes home with stained clothes from daycare. They most do an excellent job at keeping them clean while eating and doing crafts. I think I got this from my mom. If the shirt is stained, I don't put it on them. It goes in the goodwill pile.
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At LO's first daycare she would come home stained often and I had specific day care clothes that I didn't work as hard to keep stain free. I also use those clothes for camping/hiking and messy art projects.
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Depends on the stain! I sent something today as a 'backup' outfit that had a shadow stain. You could barely see it. He's 12.5 months and gets stains on everything because he has the eating manners of a saint bernard.
ETA: I don't send any white or light colored clothes to daycare. I save those for when we are at home and I can take his shirt off while he eats.
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I do if she requests that shirt.
I don't donate stained clothing, though.
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I think its more weird for your neighbor to gift you with stained clothes, than it is for you to send your kid to daycare in a stained outfit--if that makes sense.
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I didn't when she was a baby but now that she's a toddler, I sort of have to. She stains almost everything we buy pretty much immediately (either art or food or both) and it's hard to always stay on top of trying to get all the stains out. I have started buying more and more really dark shirts though.
That being said, I wouldn't put her in hand me downs that already had stains. For some reason I'd feel weird about that even though I'm ok sending her in clothes that she stained herself.
Edited to add: It's really ok to donate stained clothes. They use those types of clothes for things like making filling for pillows and furniture. They still get used!
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Depending on the size/color yes she may go to daycare in stained clothes (because she is a messy kid.) I do think it's weird that your neighbor gives you stained clothes though!
I donate our stained (and regular) clothes to our local city mission, however they specifically ask for ALL clothes and shoes no matter the condition because they use them for other things as well so I don't feel bad doing so.
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I have them in her bag as clothes to change into. That way I can leave them in there. Otherwise no. I try not to feed her in light colors anymore.
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My daughter is only 7 months old and doesn't really have many hand me downs, so she doesn't have stained clothes really. However, as she gets older I think I won't be too terribly picky about small stains, unless it's from poop! Poop stains are totally different than a little marker stain (actually now I remember she does have a onesie with a marker stain on it now that I would have no problem her wearing).
There's a limit though, sometimes my sister has my nieces in clothes that look so dirty and just gross because of the stains. I know they're just kids but I think I'd be embarrassed to have my kid looking like that...
I think in the future I will definitely send stained clothing in as back-up clothes at daycare. I try to send stuff in that I don't care if I ever see her wear to daycare.
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It depends on the stain. Marker on the sleeve is fine, tomato sauce all across the front goes in the rag pile.
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Ditto to what @littlebug said.
I had the same problem - DH's cousin was giving me trash bags full of ripped and stained clothes. PJs with missing tops or bottoms and seriously worn out. I'm a huge fan of hand-me-downs but NOT when they're so damaged that they're literally garbage. -
Yes, I don't want to throw out perfectly good clothes because of a stain. DD goes to a nature-based preschool so she mostly wears the same clothes there all the time. The school specifically requests your most kid-friendly outfits.
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@mediagirl: No, I do not wear stained clothes, so why should my children. I go through TONS of stain remover spray a month though.
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No, it makes me feel weird, because I wouldn't wear stained clothes. But like @BandDmommy: I'm pretty aggressive with stain treatment. We have one or two outfits in not great condition that I'll let the girls, say, roll in the mud in, but even those aren't really stained. If I can't get a stain out, I send clothes to textile recycling, unless it's a high end item and the stain is tiny. Then I donate.
Eta: I don't judge others who do, though. I just figure their kid is messier than mine or they hate laundry. I'm a weirdo and love laundry!
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Less so with my older daughter if I notice it. But with the one year old definitely. Her neckline is usually stained from drool and how messy they let her get during meals. If I didn't send her in stained clothes I would be buying new stuff biweekly!
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depends on size and location of stain. Terrible poop stains = throw away the onesie. small stain on it + child fighting me to get dressed = wearing it. If I notice it, I avoid it but I am not fighting a wild child over a small stain on a daycare day haha
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If it's a stain that happened in the morning before school, yes. If it's an old stain and doesn't come out, then no. It goes in the garbage or donate pile (depending on the stain).
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Never on purpose! Sometimes I do miss a new stain and don't realize it till we're out the door.
Now that I've read everyone's comments, I wonder... is it bad that DS doesn't usually come home with stains on his clothing? Does it mean they're not doing enough crafts?
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If it weren't that noticeable I would. But honestly I am enjoying dressing her up so she has a lot of clothes..so I just use something else.
@Mama Bird: or maybe your lo just is choosing other stuff? My daughters preschool will often have paint as a choice by they also have play doh, sand, and other materials, along with the non messy stuff. I wouldn't worry about it too much!
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I treat all stains and can usually get most of it out. I don't like to put her in stained clothing, even if it's for a "messy" day - I like her to look neat and stained clothes look so sloppy.
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