Our most recent "challenge" with Johnny concerns his clothes. You see, traditionally, people wear their clothes. This fact is apparently too much for Little Man to comprehend...
In the middle of the day, randomly, he will walk downstairs after going potty and be in just his underwear. At GG's house, he will somehow mysteriously lose his pants. At his grandma's house, he recently returned from the bathroom with nothing on. When we ask him where his clothes went, we get a very literal description of where. When we ask him why his clothes have been taken off, he almost always answers with, "I didn't need them!"
Um, yes you do.
Now, some may say that this is payback for me. I am notorious for (when home alone, in the company of my husband or maybe my sister, not just random people) not being the best about making sure I'm entirely dressed. Pants are overrated in my opinion. Modesty has never really been something I've been concerned with, because we all have the same parts, and people can just chill out. I'm not saying I wear provocative clothing, I just tended to be the girl in college who didn't mind wearing only a towel between the bathroom and my bedroom.
When it was my kid running around Target without a shirt on while I chased after him, I began to have a more firm stance on what is appropriate and what isn't. More than anything, this stems from the need for him to understand that there are people in the world who might hurt him. I appreciate that he just now finished potty training, so underwear is still something exciting that he wants to show off, but he can't!
I think perhaps it is my fault in part for letting him spend half of the summer running around in nothing but his diaper. We were at home, alone, and it was hot. Like, really hot. I didn't even think about the fact that I was setting the precedent for how clothing should be regarded. Of course I clothed him when we were leaving the house to go somewhere, but how could he know why I chose to make him wear clothes in one circumstance and let him run around without clothes on the rest of the time? So, it really is my fault. However, I'm not entirely sure how to change his mindset now that he keeps stripping in public. Nothing I say seems to get through to him.
I would also like to note that there is a mound of snow as high as my front door in our yard right now. How is he not cold?! I would have thought that at least winter would discourage such displays. Our house hovers around 63 degrees during the winter months, often prompting me to wear a hoodie. I'm not quite sure how I am going to convince the kid to cover up, but it has to be done!
In the middle of the day, randomly, he will walk downstairs after going potty and be in just his underwear. At GG's house, he will somehow mysteriously lose his pants. At his grandma's house, he recently returned from the bathroom with nothing on. When we ask him where his clothes went, we get a very literal description of where. When we ask him why his clothes have been taken off, he almost always answers with, "I didn't need them!"
Um, yes you do.
Now, some may say that this is payback for me. I am notorious for (when home alone, in the company of my husband or maybe my sister, not just random people) not being the best about making sure I'm entirely dressed. Pants are overrated in my opinion. Modesty has never really been something I've been concerned with, because we all have the same parts, and people can just chill out. I'm not saying I wear provocative clothing, I just tended to be the girl in college who didn't mind wearing only a towel between the bathroom and my bedroom.
When it was my kid running around Target without a shirt on while I chased after him, I began to have a more firm stance on what is appropriate and what isn't. More than anything, this stems from the need for him to understand that there are people in the world who might hurt him. I appreciate that he just now finished potty training, so underwear is still something exciting that he wants to show off, but he can't!
I think perhaps it is my fault in part for letting him spend half of the summer running around in nothing but his diaper. We were at home, alone, and it was hot. Like, really hot. I didn't even think about the fact that I was setting the precedent for how clothing should be regarded. Of course I clothed him when we were leaving the house to go somewhere, but how could he know why I chose to make him wear clothes in one circumstance and let him run around without clothes on the rest of the time? So, it really is my fault. However, I'm not entirely sure how to change his mindset now that he keeps stripping in public. Nothing I say seems to get through to him.
I would also like to note that there is a mound of snow as high as my front door in our yard right now. How is he not cold?! I would have thought that at least winter would discourage such displays. Our house hovers around 63 degrees during the winter months, often prompting me to wear a hoodie. I'm not quite sure how I am going to convince the kid to cover up, but it has to be done!
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