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I really need some advice from you wise mommas. TIA!
I posted this last week on a tribal thread, but I'd love some more input, because I swear it seems like its gotten even worse in the last week:
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My dd is five and she appears to be highly sensitive when it comes to clothes. But it has become quite extreme and is getting worse.
We live in the very cold midwest. We do not have a car and we rely on public transportation, so I cannot forego the warm stuff, as we are often stuck outside waiting on busses and trains.
We pick out clothes the night before and I've whittled down her wardrobe to consist entirely of soft natural fibers... but its not just the way the clothes feel.. they have to fit her EXACTLY right. If the pant legs or sleeves are slightly too long (and "too long" by her standards are very different than too long by most standards) she is on the floor in hysterics. Of course the pants can't be too tight, but also if there is the slightest amount of give in the waist that will put her over the edge too.
She cannot deal with rolled up sleeves or cuffed pants. And she will not wear anything besides long sleeved tee shirts or short sleeved tee shirts under a coat... which results in her being freezing outside, because even with a very warm coat its so cold and windy here that when real winter settles in you have to layer to stay warm.. she refuses (as in falls apart completely, sobs, screams, becomes inconsolable) and then freezes once outside.
Shoes... ugh.. lets not even go there.. the shoe thing is bad... way bad. The ONLY shoes she's happy in is TEVA sandals. Think I can get winter boots on her?
Ugh! I wind up feeling like the worst mother during the winter months. She's always either hysterical with the clothes, coats, scarves, gloves, etc.. or she is freezing cold... I can't find a happy medium. I struggle so hard to find stuff that is going to be comfortable and fit well and there's ALWAYS something horribly wrong with it for her.
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Oops... I've got more to say, but I accidently submitted this... typing another post....
I posted this last week on a tribal thread, but I'd love some more input, because I swear it seems like its gotten even worse in the last week:
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My dd is five and she appears to be highly sensitive when it comes to clothes. But it has become quite extreme and is getting worse.
We live in the very cold midwest. We do not have a car and we rely on public transportation, so I cannot forego the warm stuff, as we are often stuck outside waiting on busses and trains.
We pick out clothes the night before and I've whittled down her wardrobe to consist entirely of soft natural fibers... but its not just the way the clothes feel.. they have to fit her EXACTLY right. If the pant legs or sleeves are slightly too long (and "too long" by her standards are very different than too long by most standards) she is on the floor in hysterics. Of course the pants can't be too tight, but also if there is the slightest amount of give in the waist that will put her over the edge too.
She cannot deal with rolled up sleeves or cuffed pants. And she will not wear anything besides long sleeved tee shirts or short sleeved tee shirts under a coat... which results in her being freezing outside, because even with a very warm coat its so cold and windy here that when real winter settles in you have to layer to stay warm.. she refuses (as in falls apart completely, sobs, screams, becomes inconsolable) and then freezes once outside.
Shoes... ugh.. lets not even go there.. the shoe thing is bad... way bad. The ONLY shoes she's happy in is TEVA sandals. Think I can get winter boots on her?
Ugh! I wind up feeling like the worst mother during the winter months. She's always either hysterical with the clothes, coats, scarves, gloves, etc.. or she is freezing cold... I can't find a happy medium. I struggle so hard to find stuff that is going to be comfortable and fit well and there's ALWAYS something horribly wrong with it for her.
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Oops... I've got more to say, but I accidently submitted this... typing another post....