To those with “crisp” clean preschoolers...

[Anonymous]

... how do you do it? I see a couple kids at my kid’s preschool who start the day with gleaming white shirts, crisp-looking shorts and perfect hair! They end the day as messy and dirty as my kid and then come back the next day looking spotless and shiny.

My kid’s white shirts are gray-looking and her hair is a mess in the morning.

How do you guys with crisp kids do it? Do you bleach clothes? Tie your kid down to get perfect pigtails? Bathe every morning? What?!!

[Anonymous]

nightly bathing, water bottle for spritzing, hair gel and fels naptha work wonders!

[Anonymous]

Why on earth would you send a kid to preschool in white shirts and crisp shorts? Do these kids never make a mess? Isn't that part of the point of preschool?

[Anonymous]

My kid is older now but it was pretty simple:

Wash hands (and wipe face if necessary) after the kid gets home.

Shower every night.

Clothes are usually put away promptly after laundering so they're ready in the morning and not wrinkled. We don't keep stained or torn clothes in the rotation, but I know not every family can do that, and that's ok.

Hair brushed and teeth brushed after breakfast. My child liked to style their own hair by YMMV.

We have one child so we had a little bit more time on our side.

[Anonymous]

I can only answer to the shirts, because my kid was usually a mess otherwise.

Yes, I bleached the white shirts every week.

Pretty much the ONLY way in which I excel as a mother!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth would you send a kid to preschool in white shirts and crisp shorts? Do these kids never make a mess? Isn't that part of the point of preschool?

Our school uniform is either a white or navy polo, and navy pants/shorts. The all-navy look was a little depressing for a 3 year old.

[Anonymous]

Not that my kids are pristinely dressed, but I check every single item for stains before I put it in the washing machine and spray the crap out of it with oxyclean. It helps. But my son gets the worst bedhead...

[Anonymous]

I have one kid who is a neat freak. She hates being dirty, and is a total priss. She has curly ringlet hair and is insistent on it being well brushed and tied up neatly with a bow. Her little sister is a tornado of dirt and chaos. Sometimes, it's just how kids are!

[Anonymous]

I have one kid who is a neat freak. She hates being dirty, and is a total priss. She has curly ringlet hair and is insistent on it being well brushed and tied up neatly with a bow. Her little sister is a tornado of dirt and chaos. Sometimes, it's just how kids are!

[Anonymous]

OP, Are you seeing these "crisp" children in person or just on social media?

[Anonymous]

Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

You blow dry your pre-schoolers hair?! and iron their clothes?! Wow. I give my 4.5 year old a bath every other night and put leave in conditioner in the mornigns after we don't do bath and she has clean clothes and a headband. She has really curly hair though and still looks a little crazy no matter what we do. Blow drying it would be nuts for us, but even with kids with straight hair...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

This is so amazing. You have a forced poop schedule. Please add 6) Bleach preschool butt holes on a bi-weekly schedule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

You blow dry your pre-schoolers hair?! and iron their clothes?! Wow. I give my 4.5 year old a bath every other night and put leave in conditioner in the mornigns after we don't do bath and she has clean clothes and a headband. She has really curly hair though and still looks a little crazy no matter what we do. Blow drying it would be nuts for us, but even with kids with straight hair...

There is no way this person has multiple children or a full-time job.

[Anonymous]

I iron my children's clothes daily. Or to be more precise, my DH does. I mean...it's 5 minutes. So yes, if you are sending your kids to school in rough dry clothes*, you will be dazzled by the kids that look "crisp".

*this does not apply to the awesome folks that can manage to smooth and fold clothes as soon as they come from the dryer.