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obsidianmama · 1 year

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Watching L's sense of style evolve over the past year or so has been so cool. She loved dresses for a while, then for several months she wouldn't have anything to do with them, and the past couple months she's been super into skirts and dresses again. She can spin now and that makes her skirts twirl and she's very into that. When she first started getting a say in her outfits she showed a strong preference for green and pink; now blue seems to be her favorite color. Wild to me that there's parents out there treating their children like dolls and insisting their toddler isn't old enough to have a say in what goes on their body. My kiddo's been doing it since she was one, and the autonomy she gained made her much more agreeable about having to get dressed, and on top of that I get the amazing experience of watching my little one express herself and develop her sense of style.

#i started giving her 2-3 choices for each outfit piece shortly after she turned one #sometimes id throw a dress or romper in the first set of options #at first she would just try to grab all the clothes because yay grabbing things!#but soon she figured out that whatever she grabbed first went on her body #and then her preferences began to emerge #it was really cool #idk i saw a post the other day from someone who lets their toddler dress himself #but her mom was like 'he looks ridiculous two year olds cant dress themselves!'#well maam. yes tf they can. he did. literally no one cares if you dont like how it turned out #sometimes my toddler dresses herself like a toddler and you know what. so be it.#she should be allowed to dress like a toddler while she is one!

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