Age 4 and stained

RM i now need to go home and put on dry clothing i laughed so hard i almost wet myself.

Lol RM. Know that feeling!

It's not the picking up that is the problem, it is if you want to pick them up and do an errand.

If I fetch them and have to stop at PnP - I sort of walk near them, so I can look after them, but so that I am not too close that someone thinks I am their mom - I try to act like a disinterested au-pair to try and save some dignity ....

Jaydon also comes home most days and his clothes are full of sand, grass marks etc. I honestly dont think there is a solution.

I just do the same as RM, I have clothes he wears for schools and clothes for weekends etc. He isnt allowed to wear his weekend clothes to school.

Reluctant Mom, Im so glad I am not alone on the shoes issue. Jaydon has also this year so far, had 5 pairs of shoes. All his shoes seem to scratch and tear in the front, must be from dragging his feet on the cement.

I do the same RM - but i feel so bad when i pick her up from school - dirty clothes, broken feet hair in the face - that i think to myself. what must the other mothers not think of me as a parent.

But then she tells me all about her day and how wonderful it was. and alls okay again. until i have to clean the cloths

Charlotte - I have the exact same problem, and no solution.

I have opted instead to keep certain outfits aside for weekend-outfits-if-we-are-going-out and the rest become school stuff, and I just accept that they are going to be destroyed.

My daughter comes home looking like an abandoned child most days and I have no idea how she gets so dirty!!

My son is in Grade 2 and I am down to buying him a new pair of school shoes every 1 1/2 months because he TOTALLY destroys his shoes. Last year in total I bought 6. I am already on to pair 5 and it is only September.

Ah the joys of dressing kids - yes, I also a agree a "naked day" when they are small is just what we need.

I learned quite early not to buy light colour clothes for Dylan. He has his school clothes and if they don't look that great tough. I would rather him know he can have a ball and not worry about clothes!