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March 2012 Moms
LuckyNumber16
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Getting Them Dressed
LuckyNumber16
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Hi, ladies! I'm new here. I'm newly pregnant and over on the August 2014 board, but my daughter was born on March 16, 2012. Lately my biggest frustration with parenting (and I just went through it again) is that DD acts like clothes are poison and I am an evil witch for putting them on her. This started about a month ago. She does not do this with my husband, only me. I told him to watch me dress her. "What am I doing wrong?" I said. He was like, "Ummm...nothing..." I so much as pull a shirt out of a drawer and she's screaming and writhing around on the floor. She's fine for her babysitter or grandma to dress her too. It's just me she does this with! I try and sing to her, make it a game...nothing works. Any thoughts? She's totally fine with me otherwise.
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Re: Getting Them Dressed
DS hates getting dressed (and undressed) too. Whether it's me or me and DH.. He might be a little more agreeable when it's just DH, which he is generally (he hates diaper changes with me too, not so much with DH). It must be a mama thing.
I let him pick which pants, which shirt, which arm goes in first, which leg goes in first, which foot gets the sock/shoe first, etc. I let him zip up his jammies or sweater. Sometimes we dress his stuffed animals first. Other times he is just not into it and I either force the clothes on him (ugh) or say, "Ok, you let me know when you're ready to be nice and helpful." and put him in his crib and leave the room for a minute. He hates that, but when I come back in and ask if he's ready to get dressed he usually nods and I dress him in the crib. Then we go do something super fun to make up for all the drama!
HTH!
p.s. Welcome and GL with your new pregnancy!