Lost clothes and other items at daycare

[Anonymous]

Our 15 month old goes to daycare and often comes home missing
clothes and/or other items like sippy cups.
This has been happening regularly since he transitioned to a room with 8 other kids. He will often come
home with other kids’ clothing and gear too.

I get that a lot of potty accidents happen during the day and its tough to manage every kid but I feel like its sloppy and careless. My wife is very passive so she thinks its no big deal but the kid now has no winter hats because they’ve all been left or lost. Im starting to get more and more annoyed woth this, given that we pay $300/week for these people to take care of him.

Has this happened to anyone else?

[Anonymous]

YES. I'm dealing with this now. Many missing tshirts, I keep buying more and I had the last straw! Yesterday I bought 3 new target tees and 1 is MISSING ALREADY. So annoying. I label them too!

[Anonymous]

I'm PP, The caretakers are super busy... while it is VERY annoying and costly, I think it's just something you have to accept as part of daycare. Talk to the teachers though and ask... maybe they can send an email to all the parents to return any clothes if they aren't their kids clothes, etc.

[Anonymous]

You guys expect a lot for $300 a week. The care of your children's clothing is the least of the daycare worker's responsibilities.

[Anonymous]

You expect a lot of $300 a week! Let it go and worry more about how they are caring for your child rather than his hats.

[Anonymous]

I pay $500 a week, I'm PP. What is your point PP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You expect a lot of $300 a week! Let it go and worry more about how they are caring for your child rather than his hats.

OP said it's missing clothes, hats, cups, etc.. that adds up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You expect a lot of $300 a week! Let it go and worry more about how they are caring for your child rather than his hats.

OP said it's missing clothes, hats, cups, etc.. that adds up.

All part of cheap childcare, IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You expect a lot of $300 a week! Let it go and worry more about how they are caring for your child rather than his hats.

OP said it's missing clothes, hats, cups, etc.. that adds up.

All part of cheap childcare, IMO.

Ignore the troll.

First, are you labeling your stuff? Clothes, sippy cups etc? You are supposed to. Either way, I would mention it to them because yes, it IS their job to keep track of each child and their items.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You expect a lot of $300 a week! Let it go and worry more about how they are caring for your child rather than his hats.

OP said it's missing clothes, hats, cups, etc.. that adds up.

All part of cheap childcare, IMO.

Ignore the troll.

First, are you labeling your stuff? Clothes, sippy cups etc? You are supposed to. Either way, I would mention it to them because yes, it IS their job to keep track of each child and their items.

Oh, stop! Everyone who disagrees with you is NOT a troll. $300 a week is very inexpensive and I would want my kid's clothing to be the least of a daycare workers concerns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You expect a lot of $300 a week! Let it go and worry more about how they are caring for your child rather than his hats.

OP said it's missing clothes, hats, cups, etc.. that adds up.

All part of cheap childcare, IMO.

Ignore the troll.

First, are you labeling your stuff? Clothes, sippy cups etc? You are supposed to. Either way, I would mention it to them because yes, it IS their job to keep track of each child and their items.

Oh, stop! Everyone who disagrees with you is NOT a troll. $300 a week is very inexpensive and I would want my kid's clothing to be the least of a daycare workers concerns.

It's NOT hard to keep track of 8 kid's things. How do I know? I own a daycare and have never lost a single item. All the items are labeled and even when they are not, guess what- you still know what items belong to each child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You expect a lot of $300 a week! Let it go and worry more about how they are caring for your child rather than his hats.

OP said it's missing clothes, hats, cups, etc.. that adds up.

All part of cheap childcare, IMO.

Ignore the troll.

First, are you labeling your stuff? Clothes, sippy cups etc? You are supposed to. Either way, I would mention it to them because yes, it IS their job to keep track of each child and their items.

Oh, stop! Everyone who disagrees with you is NOT a troll. $300 a week is very inexpensive and I would want my kid's clothing to be the least of a daycare workers concerns.

GTFO of this thread TROLL. Geez, get a life lady. Back to the subject at hand, it is reasonable to ask the teachers if they can locate any of the missing items but I wouldn't sweat the small missing things since it's just common to lose items at daycare. Only bring stuff you can spare to lose to daycare... so don't wear the nicer clothing, etc.

[Anonymous]

Put your kids name on everything. I think the only thing we lost in daycare was a sock. Everything was labeled.

[Anonymous]

Other parents. If you get something that's not yours, you send it right back in. Other parents don't notice or bother.

[Anonymous]

Above PP again, buy cheap clothes for daycare, go to the thrift store and buy stuff you dont care too much about.

I buy DD 3-4 pairs of gloves from Dollartree every year, so I dont care if she loses a pair.