When I was a teenager, there was always a constant battle between my parents and myself about the kind of clothes that were acceptable for me to wear. Anything that was too short (read: above the knees) would always incite a negative reaction from my father. I used to think he was just so uptight. Ironically, it wasn’t until I became a mother that I started to feel self-conscious about wearing mini skirts or short shorts.
So far, Gavin has been pretty good about wearing whatever I bring out of his wardrobe. Although there were times when he didn’t want to wear his dungarees (back when he was younger and felt that any kind of straps were an attempt to hold him down), he doesn’t really have a problem about wearing them now. There have also been a few items of clothing that he’s really been crazy about, like his chic chic pajama top, which he wanted to wear all the time because he was mad about little yellow birds.
And then there was the star t-shirt which he likes because I have a matching one:
But other than these, he’s never really made a fuss about the clothes he wears. In fact he’s pretty vain so he usually allows me to dress him whenever I tell him he’s going to look so handsome. He loves checking out his reflection in the mirror and admiring himself. He’s a bit of a narcissist because I’ve caught him kissing his reflection a few times, although I’d like to think it’s just a phase that toddlers go through (please tell me it’s a phase – are there any Mums with older kids who used to kiss their own reflections in the mirror?).
My friend PL says that her daughter is going through the age where she gets really difficult about what she wants to wear. She’s just turned 3 and she always insists on choosing what she wants to wear (even if it isn’t appropriate for where they are going).
I was hoping this was something that only afflicts little girls so I wouldn’t have to endure it with Gavin, but recently, Gavin has started to display signs of fussiness. Although he doesn’t really have any ideas about what he wants to wear – he can spend ages deliberating what to wear without ever choosing an item – he can usually tell me what he DOESN’T want to wear.
Looks like it’s time to start presenting him with two options and getting him to choose one…
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Hi, like the pix of you and Gavin in those star tees.
I’m sorry that this is out of context but am asking if you can drop a line of encouragement for my friend, a mum that has just lost her toddler son…sob,sob, if you had read The Star on Saturday, a toddler fell to his death from 7 floors at Taman Desa apartment.
As mothers, just imagining the pain is unbearable, and my friend had to gather the courage to move on. Today is the 5th day after his death. It’s a lonely road and I just hope you can offer her some light by dropping a line.
She had just started her first blog an hour before taking her 2 kids to the park, hoping to blog about their developing years….and the next hour, she had only one remaining child. This is so tragic. Please ‘hold her hand’ by dropping a line?
http://michmommycat.blogspot.com/
Thanks,
Yvonne
Thanks for the link, Yvonne. I went over and dropped a few words. It’s hard to know what to say at a time like this but my heart goes out to her. It’s a terribly difficult experience to endure – having to bury your own child.