dReSsInG a TwO-yEaR oLd

(I took this post from off a blog I started a long time ago, and just deleted. But I wanted to save this.)

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

One of my hardest tasks during the day is to dress Staucie. She knows it is coming and so while I go to get her clothes she takes off running and hides somewhere. When I find her she runs again. When I finally catch her, she protests. Sometimes Parker is already taking a nap by the time I am dressing her and I try to get her NOT to scream so she won't wake him up. Then I begin to take her pajamas off. She thrashes around until they are finally off. Then she takes off running again. When I finally catch up with her again I tackle her and we wrestle until I get her shirt on. Then she escapes my hold on her because I have to find her pants. They got lost during the process. (One time a shirt got lost and I couldn't find it for awhile. Eventually I found it under a couch.) When I find the pants and her again, we proceed to wrestle until the pants are pulled up. They are usually crooked, but she takes off anyways. I try to follow to straighten out the pants. Once that is accomplished I begin to contemplate whether or not I should do her hair...