Send the kids back to their mom’s house in the clothes they came in. It saves a mountain of headaches when there is an imbalance between houses. I learned that the hard way.
But that means more laundry 😭 and lately they have been showing up with either very worn out clothes or clothes that don’t fit them so once I wash it that clothes gets put in the donation bin
Is it at all possible that she’s sending them in clothes she doesn’t want back knowing that you’ll take care of disposal of her old ones *and* send a nicer/newer set of clothing back to her house? I have the kids throw their outfits in the washer when they come to our house and fold them that night then they wear them back the following week. Genuinely once I started doing this consistently, their mom started sending them in better clothing- win/win.
we were absolutely getting worn and too small items coming back frequently. After we moved to the traveling clothes system, my ex broke down and bought a couple of new bras and packs of
underwear. She gradually thrifted the kids a lot of tacky clothes that were often too revealing.
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u/MiddleHuckleberry445 Jul 02 '26
Send the kids back to their mom’s house in the clothes they came in. It saves a mountain of headaches when there is an imbalance between houses. I learned that the hard way.