Peanut has this friend, who is no doubt, a girly girl. She only wears dresses. Only dresses. Her mom told me that on the colder days convincing her to wear even leggings under the dress is a battle. I remember thinking at the time, am I glad that Peanut doesn’t have a problem wearing pants.<\/p>\n
That was but months ago. And now…<\/p>\n
Getting Peanut into anything other than a dress these days is a battle. You know summer in SF is pretty cold and all she wants to wear are her summer sundresses. So, 7 days a week, she’ll leave the house wearing her sundress, a tee shirt of some sort under the dress, either tights or pants, a cardigan, and a jacket. It’s as coordinated as I can get it, but there are some mornings where she’s just one hot mess. <\/p>\n
She’s also very smart, too. For example, the other morning she wore one of her most favorite sundresses. The issue I had with the dress was that it was the same dress she wore the day before. I asked her politely to change the dress. “But mommy, it’s not dirty.” Oy. Back and forth we go. I give her two other options, no, not good enough. The whining ensues and tears are rolling down her cheeks. Then, surprisingly, I just had to look at her, no emotion, no reaction, she takes off the dress, chooses option number 1 and says, “Mommy, you can wash this now and then later I can wear it.” Finally, eventually…I WIN! Sometimes, I just wish that she would understand that it would be SO MUCH EASIER if she just did what I ask her to do.<\/p>\n
The upside to all this:my mom finally has the girly girl she’s always wanted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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