Ok, parents of little boys (or parents of girls who display the following behaviours), tell me something! Do your sons have a serious aversion to clothing? Because my two year old son has recently developed a debilitating obsession with being naked as much as possible. How am I supposed to deal with this? How do I deal with the tantrums every time we announce it’s time to get dressed, the refusal to keep his clothes on, the demands for “MOOH NAKIT!!!” and the flailing elbows and knees when we try to dress him? And WHY is he so resistant to clothing all of a sudden when he never was before? Â As cute as he is when he runs around in the buck, there are still certain occasions where it is unacceptable to show up unclothed. Help!
Also, guess which new and annoying word has now become part of the boy-child’s vocabulary? That’s right. WHY. Â
I’m screwed, aren’t I?
November 27th, 2008 at 11:36 am
My oldest also would prefer to be naked all the time. Until age 5 I settled for the rule that underpants must always be worn, and she had to wear the rest of her clothes if we had guests. You take what you can get.
November 27th, 2008 at 11:56 am
I’m probably in the minority here – but I let my guy run around naked if he wants to. Maybe there is a reason: his clothing is rubbing him funny, it’s easier to go to the bathroom, he’s too hot, etc. I figure it’s not worth the battle. Unless I have a reason – at some point he’s gotta get cold sitting on that tile floor – it’s not that big of a deal. Oh, and he runs around naked when my family is here too.
If you wait a while, chances are he will be more likely to get dressed at a later time. I read something the other day – listen to when your children are telling you no. I am trying to work on this one. If I respect him talking to me, I can expect the same from him.
November 27th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Yeah my daughter sometimes likes to do this too. Luckily we’ve never had a problem with it when guests are at our house. Although we did babysit a girl who wanted to still run around with clothes on even at our house.
My question is WHY?
And yes, ur screwed.
November 27th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
we have embraced the naked..unless people are coming over or we gotta head out….naked is just fine.
four year old daughter still prefers nude even when it is cold..
My husband only balks at tiny hands that smell like nards or vajayjays
November 28th, 2008 at 2:33 am
Our middle child had an aversion to clothes which lasted pretty much a year to the day. Now since wearing clothes for quite a few months, she does on occasion want to be naked again.
Our rules are:
-she must wear gitch
-she must wear clothes when we have company
-she must wear clothes when we leave the house
Her explanation? She’s “too hot”. This is definitely not true because our house is old & drafty. She has goosebumps. She will sometimes wrap herself in a blanket. Well, go ahead and suffer!
I think Kieran’s tantrums will lessen as he learns there are times to be naked and times to wear clothes. If he gets to be naked all day, being dressed for 30 minutes for a trip to the grocery store isn’t too hard to deal with. Plus, it’s cold out.
Just think positively: he will wear clothes by the time he’s ready for school. You will also have less laundry to do. A lot less.
P.S. My child MIGHT be the child Daryl was referring to. Hey, I can’t control what the babysitter allows! What can I say? She’s just very comfortable over there!
P.P.S. I hate when kids say “why” too. We got to the point of not allowing our kids to say it. (Great parenting, I know.) They were saying it just to say something, they didn’t even really want to know why.
November 28th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Oh, I feel ya on this. Cindy-Lu LOVES to be naked. She knows that she has to get on underwear if we have guests, but otherwise? She’s nekkid. She even sleeps naked. I’m just going with the assumption that she’ll outgrow it and if she doesn’t, well, I guess that will suck. LOL.
And, hey, you know your comments are running off into your sidebar?
November 28th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
But mostly, don’t you just love fighting with a two year old? You might as well take on the fight to end world hunger. If you can’t get him dressed, I say try poster paint.