I never knew that so much of my life would be dedicated to forcing my sons to wear underwear. Honestly? I mean, SERIOUSLY? This is an issue? This is a discussion that had to happen more than once? And often enough that I am frustrated to the point that I feel the need to write a blog post about it?
Apparently, so. Apparently, wearing underwear that isn't soft enough/loose enough/tight enough/blue enough/filled-with-the-ability-to-make-you-fly enough is a fate worse than being stabbed in the eyes with spit-sharpened candy canes. Apparently, going commando in JEANS is more comfortable than undergarments that cannot meet the high standards of my underwear snobs.
But the Battle of the Underwear pales in comparison to the war that is fought every day between a certain 7 year old and I. This particular war is the bloodiest of all and deals not with whether they have boxers or briefs but whether or not his socks have 3 gold stripes on them.
I shit you not. He will NOT wear socks without the right stripes on them. Despite the fact that we have hundreds of white boy socks in his approximate foot size, there are about 5 pairs of socks in our home that Evan finds comfortable enough to wear. Sadly, for all of our eardrums, I am not adept at keeping the whites clean or the socks matched. This ineptness results in the piercing of said eardrums when aforementioned middle child is forced to remove the 3 day old socks from his petri-dish feet and he realizes that the replacement socks being casually offered are NOT. GOLD. STRIPED.
And this is the reason that there are days that my children go commando while wearing socks that could walk on their own....
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HAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh, this post rang true in so many ways. LOL!
You have to pick your battles. My friend has 6 kids and they are never fully dressed at the same time. She has given up.
Oh no. Is this what happens as she grows older :)?
I think girls are easier to shop for. The clothes are just so darn cute. As for dressing them... only time will tell!
my son wears underwear to BED but not under his clothes. b/c then the jeans are TOO TIGHT. he's 7.
he also used to flip out if he had to wear any shoes but his own. shoe shopping was hell as well as bowling
wow. spit-sharpened candy canes are a deadly weapon...i'm impressed.
i consider it a good day if my child keeps his clothes on while we're at home. that's all i really ask.
BUT....there is, what i call the "garage sale drawer" where i throw all the clothes that my hubs lesbian aunt buys at garage sales for him...i.e. HORRIBLY UGLY CRAPPY CLOTHES and for some reason, my son gets in the mood where he raids this drawer, and i sat & debate with him for a good 30 min. of why he should wear these clothes, even though he really wants to...
My boys are okay (if you don't count picking the same 2 shirts out of the dresser every day and ignoring all the other ones), but my girl only wears socks if absolutely necessary, and her underwear can't "hang down." It has to be tight. I can't even imagine what the heck she's talking about, since those underpants are already on the small side. Whatever. I try to ignore it.
Oh my gosh! I sooooo hear you! I don't remember how I got here (typical) but I just love your blog so much! Way to go! I'll be back. (That was meant to be a compliment- not a Terminator impression...though those are always fun too.)
Ha, my son can be picky too. He says some shirts squeeze his bones so he can't wear them.
I am so lucky, my daughters never gave me trouble about their socks or underwear. The only thing they are picky about: their hair. Stella must have barrettes matching her clothes. And Sarah refuses to cut her hair, period. Even though she is starting to look like Cousin It.
Socks and underwear are okay for us, assuming I can keep enough of both clean (big assumption).
My son's issue is pants. He only wants to wear "comfy pants." So basically if his pants don't have elastic waist, he's not wearing them. He's almost 4 so right now it's not an issue yet fashion wise, but someday he's going to look foolish in windpants at his prom.
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There were so many things I didn't imagine I'd need to be prepared for vis a vis having a son. You've added one to my list. Thanks for the heads up. ;)
Yep. I let him go to preschool wearing a Mario Bros pajama top a few weeks ago. It was new, it was clean; I picked my battle.
Oh, we haven't reached underwear and sock battles yet (knocking on wood), but t-shirts MUST be the colour worn by whatever superhero he wants to be that day. If he wants to be Spiderman and there's no red t-shirt, watch out!
This is why, at 4, he's started to help Mummy do laundry.
Now that is something I have not heard yet! Too funny! How can wearing jeans without underwear be comfy...I just can't see that!
A little OCD, is he?
Little Elvis is just starting to care about some of his clothes. He's decided to hate all things Disney. This is bad because my mother bought him several Disney things. His favorite shirt is one he wore to help me paint grass in his room. By help I mean he backed up into fresh paint. It's a maroon shirt covered in bright green paint. And he loves it.
O. always takes off ONE sock. Just one. And leaves it who knows where. Not all of his socks are the same. Few are pairs anymore. He also only puts on underwear if I specifically suggest it.
N. would wear her hand me down Little Mermaid nightgown ALL the time if I would let her. Thankfully, I can usually still talk her into something else pink or purple.
So, not so much a girl/boy thing I don't think -- just kids in general are WEIRD.
Yep, I know this war. I wage it for the daytime, but our oldest boy absolutely refuses to wear undies at night. Small concession as far as I'm concerned.
Haha! So true! My son insists on wearing his spiderman pajamas everywhere!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwRXGFxjPWY
I understand. My youngest (a girl though) and little things drive her crazy - like tags and sock seams and clothes that are made of different fabrics. TMI - My husband, though, started going commando early on in life and has never gone back. You might just want to let the underwear issue go. :)
sadly enough, I am SO aware of the sock issue. Tucker is an absolute FREAK about socks. He will only wear one brand. UGH! I, like you, am not quite good enough at speeding the whites through. Tucker has been known to wear socks that could reasonably stand on their own. I think our kids would get along swimmingly. They could debate the merits of their sock of choice for hours on end....I'm sure of this. Tucker also has problems with shoes and pants. It's frustrating to say the least. He's the only one with such sensory issues here. Well, maybe not...I don't much like the feel of wool sweaters....does that count?
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