As your little ones are finally at the age where they're ready to jet off to nursery, it can be very tempting to dress them in their best attire. Parents may be extremely tempted to dress their tots in adorable gets-ups - but are yet to see the consequences of a stylish wardrobe.
TikTok er and nursery worker The Nursery Nurse shared her essential tips for parents who are "preparing to send their little ones to nursery in September". The social media star has gained a jaw-dropping 1.2 million followers on the social media app by creating and sharing videos of nursery experiences.
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In a recent video, she explained the "ten things to know if your child is starting nursery in September" - and described how you should never dress your children in dungarees.
"I did do a video on this before but since there's so many new followers here that we could do a refresher," she said.
"So, this is ten things you need to know if your child is going to nursery in September."
Explaining an essential tip for parentings, she described why you should always "dress [children] sensibly".
Whilst it may seem fairly straightforward, the TikToker shared her reasoning for why this is essential for working practitioners.
She explained: "When I first started working in childcare, I would dress my daughter in the most adorable little dungarees.
"One day, I had to change the nappy of a child who was wearing similar dungarees to her - and I realised it's the hardest thing in the world to do.
"So, what practitioners really want is clothes that come off and on as easily as possible, particularly for nappy changes, toilet training, nap time.
"Dressing them sensibly will honestly help the practitioners day no end."
In awe of the helpful tips, several users of the social media app rushed to the comment section to even share helpful tips of their own.
"Don’t send in pull ups if they don’t need a pull up!" One user wrote.
"Use a nappy, changing 15/20 nappies takes so long using pull ups!"
"We always told our infant parents to go to thrift stores/yard sales for their day care clothes," a second penned. "They will get messy and dirty!!!"
A third added: "No jeans when they are still in nappies!
"They're so so hard to get on and off, joggers/leggings and shorts are best."
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