How to get your kids to wear clothes that you picked out and not get into any drama!!

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Permalink Reply by Pamela M. Kramer on March 5, 2009 at 10:43am

Do this before bedtime instead of the morning. I agree with Pam give choices.

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Permalink Reply by Deshaan on March 5, 2009 at 10:51am

I just let her wear what she wants....usually she's good with what I pick out but if she wants to wear something that doesn't match I just let her. If she's just going to school the teacher knows what happened.

Last summer, she insisted on wearing two sweatshirts and some winter slippers outside....I let her. She figured out that it was too much. Same thing with my son in the winter. he won't put on his jacket so we open the door and let him feel how cold it is.

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Permalink Reply by Sheryl Loch on March 5, 2009 at 2:27pm

LOL!
My kids were trend setters!
Did you know that if the shirt & pants both have flowers - then they match, same for dots, plaid... I could care less what they wore as long as they would be OK for the day. Umm, like no flip flops in the winter....

Some outfits that were worn out made Cyndi Lauper look like a fashion guru.

Kids need control over some things in their life - I thought clothes was a pretty safe one.

I did have rules - no looking like a hooker on Freemont Street but, that was not a problem since they just did not have that type of clothes to pick from.

Sheryl Loch

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Permalink Reply by minnemom on March 5, 2009 at 3:04pm

Let her wear what she wants as long as it's appropriate for the weather. Today my 5yo daughter has on orange and black striped pants and a lavender and white t-shirt. And I took her out in public (gasp!).

I don't like other people dictating what fashion is, so I let me kids create their own style. :-)

Linda

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Permalink Reply by Fran and Rowena on March 6, 2009 at 4:06am

Well, this is probably not what you want to hear but ...

When my daughter was old enough to "protest" what I picked out for her, she started dressing herself. I was horrified! Different tennis shoes and socks worn together (different colors/styles on each foot), stripes and polka dots worn together, all sorts of combinations of clothing imaginable.

One day as she left for school, I asked ... "Emily, how do you think you look today?" And, she answered an enthusiastic - "Mom, I look great!"

I felt like pinning a note on her back that said "I dressed myself. My mom had nothing to do with this outfit!"

Well, today she is a successful designer, currently designing tennis shoes for a well-known company.

Shows what I know!

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Permalink Reply by Danie Bell on March 6, 2009 at 8:19am

WOW. Thanks for the advice.
I will implement some of the ideas.
I do set out her clothes at night. But for some reason those pants, she hated.
I do let herself dress sometime and its NOT appropriate for the weather.
And to to pin a note on her would be the best thing to do. Cause sometimes I can't
figure how she thinks those colors go together? Especially when Dad dresses her I have
to bite my lip and let her go. Yike.
We had a good day this a.m. Went really well.
Thanks everyone for your help.
Danie

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Permalink Reply by faith roy on March 7, 2009 at 7:57am

good morning

here is what worked for me, i hope it helps you too. before my son goes to bed, i have go into his closet, or his draw to find what he likes, then i give him two shirts to go with it, i made the choice without him knowing it, he just needed to choose which he liked more. he is six now, that worked for two years. now he is finding his own way, i stopped battling him, i stopped stressing it out, n fighting him and feeling like i needed a straight jacket by the time he left for school. SO now i pull out under pants n socks, n tell him he is on his own. HE LOVES IT, n we are both happy n calm before school, he comes out asking so how did i do, do you like how i look? I have to smile, n sometimes laugh how creative he can be. we are both happy, n if i think he may get picked on, i will try to steer him in a different direction, n if he fights me on it, i let him find out on his own. thankfully not happened yet hopeful it wont. i hope this helps, keep smiling faith

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Permalink Reply by Tamara on March 11, 2009 at 8:20am

Every Sunday I was DS school clothes, Then I hang them in outfits and hang them. I have him help me create the outfits, some are certain outfits. some he likes to mix and match.

Each hanger has socks and underware on them so everything is just grab and head down stairs.

He wakes up picks the hanger and is happy. We have 6 or 7 hangers so even on friday there is a choice. However he has it pretty set a Monday outfit a tuesday outfit and so on. No matter the day of the week he is usually in that days outfit (his doing) The only day that he really isn't set on ins Thursdays. But I like him having other options since that one day he may want to wear something else.

The other boys have gotten their own clothes together since they started doing laundry and DD hasn't started school yet so she will wear what ever.

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