Toddlers, toddlers, toddlers…. You can ‘prepare’ as much as you want for the inevitable craziness raising these tiny humans will entail and you may think you’re prepared, you’re not…..
Like everyone else with kids I’ve watched literally every single episode of Super Nanny there is. So when my almost 3 year old son started refusing to get out of his PJs into “normal” clothes for preschool, I channeled my inner super nanny. I was like “ok then you’re going in your PJs”. Did this work? No, not one bit, every morning the same thing would happen and off he went to school in his PJs.
So I chat to all my mom friends about this and everyone’s going maybe he has sensory issues, etc so I’m googling that and trying to figure out what that is and what I should do. Then I mention it to my one friend (who isn’t a mom…. Yet) and she said to me “Laura his PJs sound so cool! Glow in the dark Jurassic Park PJs, Spider man PJs, if I was him I also wouldn’t want to get into “normal” clothes to go to preschool.”
Oh my word, the skies opened, angels sang, how did I miss this! So that night I put him in “normal” PJs, just boxers and a t-shirt. Guess what, no issues getting him ready that next morning! In fact he couldn’t get out of his boring PJs fast enough.
So what I learnt from this whole endeavour was that we as moms tend to go into “worst case scenario mode” which of course is our motherly instincts kicking in, but if we take a step back and actually look at whatever’s going on, sometimes the “issue” isn’t “worst case scenario” it’s as plain as day.
If you’re having this same issue…. Reassess what PJs you’re putting on you’re little one. Save the “cool” PJs for over the weekend.
Good luck moms, you’ve got this!
Lots of love,
Laura
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