Is it a fight every morning to get your toddler dressed? Does your toddler love to dress themselves? Are you able to put the cute accessories on your toddler and accentuate their outfit or are they happier in a diaper and t-shirt?
My son wakes up every morning asking to get dressed for the day. He also strips out of his clothes at the end of the day when he is ready to relax and run around in a diaper.
The problem I have is keeping shoes on my son. He takes them off every time I put him in his car seat to go somewhere. I have to put them back on when I take him out of the car seat. If we go to more than one destination, I must repeat the process because by the time I drive to the next place, the shoes are off again.
It is the same way with a jacket. My son just really doesn’t like bulky clothes and that includes a jacket. He will fight me if I try to put it on him and if it does make it on, it doesn’t stay on long. The second I turn my back, it’s off.
We have made a fun game out of getting dressed. The first part goes rather smoothly. I tease him about whether socks go on his hands or on his feet. We identify body parts and pieces of clothing during the process of getting dressed.
Shorts and a shirt are a popular pick in our house and then it is time for socks and shoes. If we are going out or it is cool, we may do long pants or jeans and a shirt. Either way, my son is content with the clothes. The shoes are the only problem so far.
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