Weasel Of Doom

DemonChild, the child who for almost three years never complained about clothes we put him in, the child who demands pajamas to be put on,who insists on his coat being zipped up and his hat being on, lately developed an aversion to pants.

Almost every morning, he either protests the appearance of pants loudly, or scream “pants off, pants off” as the trousers of doom are being forced onto his skinny legs and non-existent butt. Recently I switched him to 2T pants, because 18 mo ones were getting too short in the leg and the waist. The 2Ts fit better, except when they fall off DemonChild if left belt-less, or are so baggy that both his legs fit into one pant leg, thus opening exciting possibilities of stuffing two children at once into a single pair of pants. Fortunately for all involved, Squeeker is way too short and squirmy for me to actually try the experiment.

BelovedSpouse, sucker that he is, actually lets DemonChild pick out clothes in the morning. DemonChild, however, is truly my child in that if confronted with more than one choice, he freaks out and either (a) keeps rejecting everything or (b) wants everything at once. So it is not uncommon for the brown pants that were the only ones he would consider when Daddy dressed him to become the anathema of the trouser world five minutes later. To avoid these problems, I don’t give DemonChild a choice, unless he is well and truly freaked out by an item of clothing (such as an unexplainable aversion to a very nice Hawaiian button down short-sleeved shirt, or truly cute shorts overalls with a handyman theme, two only such cases before the current pants hate). It’s a good thing we don’t have any 2T skirts around, because I am sure he WOULD wear those to daycare without complaint :-)