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As you’re planning your little one’s childcare essentials, there is one thing not to miss - labeling! But what do you need to label, and why? We’ve teamed up with our BabyClub Partner, Easy2Name labels , to share our top tips to get your little one’s belongings nursery ready.
Starting nursery or a childcare setting is a big deal. There’s no two ways about it; waving your little one off on their first day is bound to be emotional. Even though you know they’re going to have a great time, learn lots and make lots of friends, giving your child this first step into independence is a big moment. So, what can you do to ease the transition for you both?
One thing that helps is to be prepared. Putting together your child’s nursery bag well before their first day ensures you have everything you need, or you have time to get the things you’ve missed. As you’re planning your nursery essentials, there’s one thing not to miss – labels.
Gone are the days of sewing endless embroidered labels into school uniform. These days, there are lots of easy ways to label clothes with minimal effort and maximum fun. Our BabyClub partner, Easy2name, has a range of different types and styles of label for you to choose from, according to what you’re labelling.
There are three main reasons to label your child’s things when they head off to nursery:
Even the smallest setting will have multiple children, which means multiple sets of clothes, lunchboxes, water bottles, nappies, etc. Labelling every item means that each time your little one has an outfit change, you’ll get the right clothes back at the end of the day. The same applies for bottles and lunchboxes, which can easily be mixed up in the lunchtime rush.
Labelling items is the best way to make sure they come back to you. Whatever you spend on the labels will be far less than repurchasing lost items, so it’s well worth the effort – especially if all that’s required is a quick sticker. Your little one will probably love to help you with it!
Perhaps your little one has sensitive skin and requires special baby wipes, or maybe you’re sending them in with bottles of expressed milk. Either way, labelling items that are personal to your child for health or hygiene reasons will ensure that the nursery practitioners know exactly which items belong to which child. Similarly, any medications going into nursery must be clearly labelled – so if you have removed, for example, a tube of cream from the pharmacy-labelled box, stick a name label on it for clarity. Inhalers and EpiPens should also be clearly labelled.
You can also get special allergy stickers, should your child have a food allergy, which you can put on their lunchbox to alert staff to be extra vigilant.
We all know nursery practitioners are kept busy through the day. They don’t have time to sift through the lost property box holding up jumpers and asking, ‘who does this belong to?’ And they certainly don’t want to spend the lunchtime period trying to ascertain whose lunchbox belongs to whom. Clearly labelling your child’s items ensures the nursery staff have more time for the fun stuff – like playing with your children, listening to their stories, teaching them songs, and giving them great experiences.
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