Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Advice - ANYONE?

I would love some advice! If you have experienced this, no someone who has I would love some advice.
What do you do with a child that HATES clothes, shoes, panties, socks. EVERYDAY Savanah looses her mind, and I do mean loose her mind over some article of clothing. I have tried everything, but to no prevail. She hates bluejeans & goes nuts if she puts them on. So, I stopped buying bluejeans and put hers away. So, I started buying leggings way to big because she likes them better. She doesn't like shirts that fit - so I buy shirts to big. She hates socks - so I don't make her wear socks anymore, but don't get by her at the end of the day because her feet stink. She hates panties - so I buy them toooo big. She hates shoes - so thereagain I buy them to big. She hates most dresses but she has to wear one to church. SO, EVERYDAY starts with alot of screaming, crying, pulling on our clothes, wallering on the floor (you get the picture). Not fun! And somedays puts me in a really bad mood. Sundays are the worse! We have spanked her, grounded her, made her stay in the guest room for a long time with nothing to do. Such fun! I really don't know what her problem is. Once she gets over it - she never says another word about the clothes the rest of the day. Several weeks ago she put on some clothes and started in with her fit because the pants hurt (it was on a Friday). Once I got her to school she was okay. Then on Saturday morning she woke up and put on the same clothes. I told her she needed to take them off & put them in the dirty cloths because she had already worn them. Her response was she liked them & wanted to wear them again. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! So, she wore them all day Saturday too. Then Sunday after church, what did she put on? The same clothes. This time I made her take them off. REALLY - clothes that hurt when we put them on & cause us to loose our mind we can wear 3 days in a row. So Bryan decided that it is just habit now and not really a problem since we have tried really hard to avoid this problem with buying too big things. What are your thoughts?
Wish I had a picture to show you of the fits we throw in the morning. They sure do start the day out great!