HELP!! my two year old wont let me dress him in a morning, he fights you off and runs away, hard to try to reason with him as he can't talk, any one please got any ideas how to get around this. I dont really know anyone with kids to ask advise.

thanks.

Just because he doesn't say much doesn't mean that he can't understand.

Depending on what you're doing you could let him learn the consequence of his actions. Spending the day in his pjamas.

My little girl does this (18 months) and it's a daily battle. I just run round the house with a garment at a time and manage to fully dress her after about an hour. :hihi:

He'll grow out of it and start seeing it as a "big boy" thing to do as he learns how to dress himself. :thumbsup:

My little boy is three, he's the same, too busy having fun to get dressed.
Now I tell him if he doesn't get dressed he's going into time out - he soon learnt his lesson after a few time out sessions.

God that sounds horrific! Can you tranquilise him?

Only joking :hihi:

Maybe in this weather try threatening him with a naked walk down the road!

Have you tried letting him make his own decisions when it comes to getting dressed. If you have a routine for other things like breakfast, brushing teeth etc try making choosing his clothes part of that, don't give him the whole wardrobe to choose from just a couple of items starting with his pants and socks, when he has put them on let him choose the next item, vest, if he wears one or tee shirt, again get him to put it on (with help if he needs it) and then move on to choosing trousers. They are young, but at that age all they want to do is be grown up. Letting him make some of the choices will hopefully encourage him to get dressed. It's the same with shopping which was always a nightmare for us until I started to let them do it. By including them in it , letting each one, get the milk, get the cereal, yoghurts, juice etc makes them feel more grown up. They may not be able to speak but they can understand. Good Luck. ::):

We found that getting niecelet to choose between 2 outfits that were picked out for her helped- she's much easier to dress when she's chosen what to wear. On the odd occasion that she decided that she was going to not get dressed, she was taken to nursery in her pyjamas and everyone commented on how silly she looked and she got out of her pyjamas and into her clothes really quickly.

Had similar with my little girl and turned it into a bit of a game which seemed to work. I'd lay all the clothes on the bed and say 'right - lets see if you can find me your... vest' etc. She'd gallop off and come back with her vest and I'd be like... 'quick, put it on... now I want you to find me your... T-shirt'.

do you often take him somewhere in the mornings? it could be he links getting dressed to going out,possibly he may not like where ever it may be.

if not and you are dressing him for staying at home make it into a game,who is his favourite cartoon character ? get a tea shirt or some thing with this on,see if it alters his attitude to getting dressed.

when my kids were small i used to put their clothes on a large teddy,then let the kids undress it and put on the clothes, if you can make it into a game im sure you will cure the habit of him wanting to be a tiny streaker :hihi:

I have a race with my 3 year old grandson ... who can get their shirt on first? Who is going to win? But 18 months is probably too young for this.

If you are not going anywhere just leave him for a bit, then creep up on him when he is doing something else and quickly whip is tee shirt on. The trouble is, he thinks the chasing is a game and its great fun. When you run after him it makes it even more fun. I would suggest you ignore him for a bit as toddlers dont like being ignored, and he will then come to you for attention, at which point you dress him quick. This would be no good if you are going out though.

I too had to turn it into a game for my twin boys, they're nearly 3.

I had to hold their trousers and say "see if you can jump into these", and to get their tops on they now launch themselves from the other side of the room and dive to get their heads through:loopy:

Works for me:thumbsup:

thanks for all your advice ive tried it with his favourite thomas clothes, have been trying to make a game of it but he isn't going for it yet will keep trying with it though, hopefully it will work soon either that or he'll drive me further around the bend. It doesn't help that hes strong but very small and wriggly (he's 2 but still only in 6-9/9-12 month clothes).:smile:

If you dont have to go out, ignore it for a bit. Also our grandson was like that, small compared to the clothes size. As they grow they do tend to catch up a bit! But as you know, the sizes vary from shop to shop.

hi cheekyone

personally i wouldnt bother getting upset about it and if he wants to run round starkers in the house let him. If you need him to get dressed to go out let him pick his clothes out the night before and tell him where he is going. Then let him put on what he can himself. Maybe he just wants to be a big boy and get dressed "all by his own" as my little boy has just shouted because his dad tried to take his vest off. Best of luck :)