My daughter likes to wear summer dresses around the house in the winter. She doesn't seem to mind that her feet are ice cold half the time. However, when we ask her to get ready to go outside on a cold winter day she now knows that warm clothes are more comfortable.
She was refusing to wear a jacket to go outside. So my husband and I decided to have her find out for herself whether a summer dress would work outdoors. We escorted her out to deck where she soon realized the summer dress wasn't going to work. She came screaming back in the house. We had to do this five or six times before she realized winter wasn't going away. (I know, bummer.)
The other day I asked her to get ready to go outside. Just as she was about to go outside she said, "I need a coat!". She ran to the closet, put on her coat and went on her merry way.
The other day I stepped onto the deck to clean the outside of the sliding glass door. My daughter came running over to me and said, "Mom, it's cold. You need a coat!"
When we are out of the house and just about to leave the grocery store, for example, I ask her if she wants to carry her coat or wear her coat. She carried her coat for a while until December and January hit and then she decided to wear her coat.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment