The Devil Wears Blue Socks

I learned last week that lots of women lay their kids clothes out the night before. I was completely floored. It never occured to me to do something like that. First of all, it's work. Avoid at all costs. Second, who knows what mood you'll be in the next morning? It could be a military mini-skirt sort of morning or a suburbs-meet-goth sort of morning. 'Ya never know. Third, my kids pick out their own clothes in about two seconds, and I could care less if it matches or not. It's self-expression and all.

Here's Jonah's outfit from this morning. An olive-ish green tank top, red soccer shorts, royal blue soccer socks (and no, he wasn't playing soccer today), red wrist guards, and a spider tattoo.

Comments

[Lisa V]

The tattoo is my favorite part.

[Kai Jones]

Some people put their kids to bed in tomorrow's clothes (after their bath, of course) because their kids were so hard to dress in the morning.

[bj]

Aah you have boys. My girl has been known to change her clothes 15 times a day. We once clocked 11 different outfits before noon. My son, though not quite as promiscuous with his clothing, will sometimes demand a specific article (baseball shirt? match with daddy?). So, although we don't always do it, planning in advance decreases discussion in the morning.

bj

[Mrs. Coulter]

Even at two, Lyra decides what to wear most days. I try to limit the parameters: no jeans in 90 degree weather, for example. But she generally has very specific ideas about what to wear. Before she was born, a friend advised me to offer her two choices. You know, you can wear this one or that one. But she didn't give me any idea what to do when the response to "this one or that one" is "NO!" So I often end up letting her pick. Usually she's got a pretty good eye.

[Clancy]

I think Jonah has excellent taste, myself.

[Angry Pregnant Lawyer]

Red wrist guards sound cool.

I let my son pick out his shirt every morning. Then I try to pick out a pair of shorts that don't look ridiculous with it, but I'm fashion-impaired and often just don't give a damn, so who knows what the final result might be.

[loren]

My older son (3yrs) has a serious Wiggles obsession just now, and his favorite Wiggle is varies unpredictably, thus we have to make sure to have at least one yellow, red, blue and purple shirt clean on any given morning. But then some days he'll surprise us and choose instead one of the hipster lounge shirts his uncle gave him for his birthday (he does, however, refer to these as "Captain Feathersword" shirts).

[Cynthia Whitfield]

It doesn't seem to be work at all to me to pick the kid's clothes. I have to pick the youngest clothes -- he is developmentally disabled and also needs help dressing. My older son likes me to pick his out sometimes also -- no sweat - takes about 30 seconds. I don't think it's a big deal.