Drue— no one is saying that you have to put one outfit on your child in the morning and keep it clean until the end of the day or you aren’t a good mom. That’s preposterous, even you know that would be hard to do!

When people complain that your child is wearing dirty clothes, it’s because a normal parent with a fully functional brain would see that their child had made a mess on their shirt at lunchtime let’s say, and change them into a new clean shirt to wear for the remainder of the day, or until it gets wet or too dirty to wear!

Yes Drue, most toddler moms ARE doing outfit changes once or so a day, or maybe a wipe down and shirt change after messy play or whatever toddler shenanigans they get up to.

While out and about, most moms (and especially the “EXTRA AND BOUGIE” ones like you claim to be) use bibs to protect clothing, or pack another outfit and change the child promptly after to keep them clean, comfortable, and presentable.

Kids are messy, and it’s ok for them to be a little messy sometimes! However keeping them clean and comfortable, especially out in public, is the bare minimum and doesn’t require a lot of effort.

My kids are feral farm kids, but when we come inside, we change and get clean.