DS mostly dresses himself (needs a bit of help with trousers and putting things over his head) and chooses his outfit - the opposite season stuff is hidden away.
But just getting him out the bath can be a pain. Then he turns and runs - OK into his room but he's wet and not into bed just yet! I let him stay in his pyjamas as long as possible in the mornings - he asks to get dressed now - and naked after his bath until he wants clothes. That works for us. The only thing is he knows he has to use the potty when naked, which doesn't always happen.
My biggest gripe is that he won't go to sleep on his own and it's a 50-50 chance if he'll sleep through or not. STILL. I don't mind sitting there as he goes to sleep IF he was calm and quiet, but I get cross when he's not. DH is worse at that. Then he's up every hour - not good for me! He's in my bed asleep atm - one good thing about his bed rather than a cot is that he comes to me, I can stay in bed after about 4am.
not at you ... with you. How do you know what is going on in my house???
I don't DARE dress dd on my bed after a shower. She jumps up and down, play hid-and-seek under the dona, runs to the oppisite side of the bed when I try and catch her. I'm still young, but darn, after bath time, I'm sweating like pig and breathing like a race horse!! I am dreading summer !!!
So yes, dressing is the most exhausting part of raising a todler. Dressing and looking out for younger siblings. I can't leave her alone with him, because she will try and pick him up, roll him over, step on his arm ... JUMP on him, give him smothering hugs, or feed him anything she is eating.
Lucky for me ... she is in that akward phase where she is dropping (no refusing) her daysleep. So she falls asleep infront of the TV at 6:30pm 90% of the time. Phewww, I'm exhausted just thinking about her hehehehehehe
BUT LOVE HER TO DEATH, would not swap that bubbling personality for anything in the world.
OMG Bath have you been a fly on my walls????? You typed my daughter to the letter. She is a nightmare to dress and change her nappy and it's getting harder and harder everyday with me being 41 weeks pg. I'd love some ideas too. DD loves to kick and we can't stop her.
Oh I have an idea I would like to share ... don't know how long it will last but as long as it's working, I'm doing it.
I have a struggle to apply cream after a bath. So I let her lay down on the bed, ok, ok, I playfully tackle her and throw her on her back, then I grab her feet and start peddeling like riding a bike. Then I tell her that I have to put on some oil to make it go faster So I put on some "oil" and peddle again a bit faster, then I repeat till I have a clean, smoothe, well creamed dd laying there ....
then she's off and I have to wrestle her diaper and pj's on her
Harry isnt so bad with the dressing - so long as he WANTS to be dressed at this point in time. Soon as the clothes are not a necessity, they come straight off. We go out, do the shopping, get home - in the middle of packing away the groceries and a little skin and white streak goes flying through the house. Generally I think toddlers just hate clothes. They are both unencumbered without them - and wont make mum upset by getting them dirty!
Yesterday, DS2 went to day care in his PJs. He didn't want to get dressed, nothing was going to convince him. He was quite happy to go off in pajamas, so he did! I took some clothes for him, and apparently he changed into them himself at about 10am. If you'd asked me before I had kids would I ever do that, I'll bet I'd have said no. But you know what - it was better than holding him down and forcing clothes on a kicking and screaming 2 yo. And he would only have pulled them off again anyway!
So I feel your pain. At least they do grow out of it!
For me the most exhausting part is toilet training. If it was part of the national curriculum, I would say DS#1 is running on a D-average at the moment.
Oh the poo. Oh the wees. Oh the wet bed sheets.
He is so obsessed with what is in his pants I occasionally worry he will end up touring the country in "Puppetry of the Pen!s" LOL!
Thank you for making me feel sooooooo much better and for giving me a laugh
DS is a challenge intermittently and getting him to do it himself is helping (put his head through the shirt for him and he does the arms etc) and distraction!!!!!! More nappy changes occur on the floor in front of the TV or with a toy / DVD in hand.
As for the going out in jammies - whatever works sounds good to me!!! Even a Superman suit if necessary
For DS's eczema cream, I ask him to help me. He grabs a handful and smears it around himself while I put as much back in the pot as I can and rub bits in. I don't know how long this helpful phase lasts but it's worth encouraging and harnessing!
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not at you ... with you. How do you know what is going on in my house??? 
at 6:30pm 90% of the time. Phewww, I'm exhausted just thinking about her hehehehehehe
So I put on some "oil" and peddle again a bit faster, then I repeat till I have a clean, smoothe, well creamed dd laying there ....
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