Daily Archives: March 4, 2010

Crazy shirt dilemma

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We have a funny (I’m trying not to let it be annoying) dilemma in this house. Lex is a quirky kid, right? We all know this. We’ve been through some odd wardrobe situations here, like the 24/7 PJs for about a year, last summer’s pants/long sleeves only wardrobe, and the well known 4-season blue sun hat.  Now it’s a shirt thing.

A few months ago he had a variety of shirts that he would wear, but as he outgrew them or they got holey, he refuses to replace them with new ones. The boy is down to just two shirts that he will wear. He has a drawer full, as I had to explain to his teacher the other day when she commented on how he wore the same two shirts over and over. Really, he has plenty of shirts. I even bought one from a thrift store (soft, gently worn) that is the SAME as one he wears only a different color.  Will he wear it?  Nope!  Last week I even removed a bunch of shirts from his drawer thinking maybe it was just overwhelming. I left four shirts that are either a) almost identical to one he will wear with just a difference in color or something or b) a character shirt (Thomas the Train) that he likes. Any luck? Nope!

He had a total meltdown a few nights ago when he went to pick clothes for the morning and found “no clean shirts!” (except all the clean shirts in his drawer that he won’t wear!) He threw a fit and said he would not go to school in the morning. Sigh. I made sure there was a “good” shirt clean by morning. This afternoon his shirt got dirty and the other one was dirty too, so he went shirtless all afternoon! He even started the laundry to wash his shirts, checked in on it often, and switched it to the dryer. Eventually he was freezing so I proposed an early bath. He happily accepted and put on snugly PJs after that. He keeps telling us that he will wear new shirts when he is a 5yr old. We’ll see. One of the two he wears now is too small for him, but I’m debating whether or not to put it away. I’ll have to choose a time when I’m up for the battle. Or just let him wear a too small shirt until the weather warms up and HOPE he’ll wear t-shirts this summer.

Parenting, never a dull moment.

She drives me crazy

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Look at this beautiful girl.  Happily watching Toy Story and cuddling with the baby doll that was mine as a little girl.  So sweet.Eve on the couch

She drives me crazy! I love her, really I do, but she drives me crazy lately! She is frequently one big ball of tears, she answers 90% of all questions with “woof” or “quack,” and she leaves a trail of stuff behind her everywhere she goes. Everywhere! She picks up little things, toys, shoes, rocks, etc, and then puts them down in other places. Like she’s trying to drive me crazy! With Lex at least I can say “go clean up the blocks” and he can do that. With Eve I have to tell her to go clean up… well… everything! We have a rule about putting away toys when you’re done with them, but in order to stay on top of Eve’s trail I practically have to follow her around reminding to her pick up everything she puts down. Then, when she does pick it up, she just puts it on a table or counter, not back where it belongs. It exhausts me! And the constant crying, and baby talk. Oh, so sweet and so exhausting! Want to hear a little secret? One that Alan reminds me about often and laughs at me. When I was doing daycare here I had two little 3yr old girls and they drove me crazy. Why? Because they did the exact same things she does now! Such an amazingly different personality then Lex was at this age, though from a sleep standpoint I’ll take her personality any day! She is sleeping now, thankfully, though I expect her to wake up again later. The past few nights she has been waking up crying. I think she’s hungry because she doesn’t eat much during the day. Why? I don’t know. She’s a nutter.

I was telling a friend the other day who was asking for childrearing advice that each child is different and what works for one may not work for another. I have to remind myself of this frequently and I really need to figure out some tricks for Eve because she’s driving me crazy! But I do love her. Really. She’s so sweet how can you not?!