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HELP! she refuses to get dressed
i literally CANNOT get my child dressed anymore. i cant even keep her in a diaper. i have been trying for the last ten minutes to get her dressed, but she keeps freaking her freak and refusing to put the clothes on. even if i get a little tough on her, i physically cannot get the diaper snapped or the shirt over her head.
when i get really frustrated, i usually tell ruby that "i am upset and i am walking away. i need a minute to myself." well, ruby just looked at me and said "i am walking away. i need to be alone." and i watched her bare little @ss leave the room. UGH. she's even cute when she's frustrating.
on days when we're home all day, i let it slide, as she's potting training and it helps that she's naked. but on days like today when dh's 85 year old grandmother wants to go shopping with us for a bit, i NEED her to get dressed. what the F am i supposed to do?
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Re: HELP! she refuses to get dressed
You are having the exact problem I am having every.single.morning and every.single.evening. It's enough to make me pull my hair out.
I don't have any grand advice, unfortunately. When there's two of us, we can usually hold her down enough to get the diaper on good enough to keep things from flying out. If we let her try to put her clothes on herself, she'll usually cry uncle and want us to help. Sometimes bribes work.
I'm hoping this is one of those grand phases that goes away quickly.
I am ashamed to say that I have pulled the, "OK, well, I'm going to go see DH's 85 year old grandmother. I'll see you when I get back." and the make the move for the door.
That is one of the things I said I would *never* do (and it's the ONLY time I have made an empty threat). But, dear Jack shakes his tail feather and runs to catch up/ get dressed/ whatev.
You've tried all the classics like letting her dress her doll while you dress her, letting her pick out silly clothes, get dressed in a funny place (i.e., bathtub or in the dog's crate), etc?
omg, you are in my mind. My child has screamed and yelled "No no no!!!" and cried big fat crocodile tears when I go to dress her in the mornings. Cue meltdowns for the next 30 minutes. She's only happy when she's naked (still with dipe on, thank god). Sorry kiddo, I"m pretty sure your school has a rule about showing up wearing clothes. And she's not old enough yet for me to reason with.
Ugggghhhhhh.
Sorry, no advice. Only commiseration.
Oh, I've pulled that one. It usually backfires when she says "Bye Mommy".
We went through some struggles with getting dressed (and still do to a lesser degree) and I would just get everything ready I needed to go, turn off lights... and then tell Megan we need to go and we need to get dressed before we go. If she still wasn't cooperating we'd go outside with the clothes and I'd dress her on the porch. I'm not sure that would work with the diaper though...
Does she like to pick out her own clothes or pick out her diaper? Maybe giving her some independence in the dressing routine would help? G/L!
Abby is a sucker for "new" and "special" things. Super special Carrot Sticks! Let's put your NEW shoes on! Can you put everything away and bring them out daily and pretend they're just the best things eva?
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I was like this when I was little. Ruby is taking after a great mind.
I don't know if this would work so much if her favorite state is naked, because I refused to get dressed from my pajamas, but my mom would put me in the shower. Yes, cruel and unusual punishment, but you have to get dressed if your pajamas are wet! And I think she only actually had to turn the water on once - the threat of getting wet was enough to get me dressed most of the time.
Both parents resorted to this when I was in junior high and wouldn't wake up/get out of bed for school. They would come in with a cup of water and act as if they were going to pour it on me until I got up. I remember only actually getting wet once and it was just a little.