Am I miserable for wanting to streamline my toddlers outfits due to no longer going anywhere?

[Legoandloldolls]

To start, I'm quite the hoarder. I have too much of everything including clothes for the kids.

I have put lots of dd 6 party dresses on Ebay this week because she has been to party in around 7 months and is incredibly unlikely to in the next 7 months.

She is quite hard work and so.much worse since lockdown so I rarely take her out now. She went for pizza Express on her birthday. But I never take her to the shops, all her clubs have stopped. I only took her out for a cale and a drink for the first time last week. I emptied her wardrobe and draws today as I'm packing away her shorts and getting uniform.out again.

Looking at all her winter things it just seemmtotally pointless to have so many different outfits during a pandemic. I'm tempted to keep five pairs of leggings, 7 tops, some jumpers one dress and donate all the rest.

She wont care as she just wonders about in her pants mostly at home.

Is this miserable? It just feels like pointless clutter this year. We wont be going hardly any where. It's making me feel sad thinking I put it away for winter of things we are no longer going to do.

Your child isn’t a toddler, toddler sized or wearing toddler sized clothes. The whole tone of this is incredibly odd.

Take stuff out, bag it up and put it out the way for a week.

But equally, streamlining anyones wardrobe is generally sensible. I imagine most of us have more than we need. If you have the finances you could look to add a few nice ‘lockdown friendly’ items. Nice jumpers. A cosy fleece for outdoors.

There is no point in a wardrobe full of clothes that won’t be worn.

Between the age of about 4 and 10 my daughter's wardrobe was brilliant. 4 pairs of trackies/leggings, half a dozen t-shirts and a hoody. In summer a couple of pairs of shorts added. Could fit it all in one drawer. Oh them were the days. Now age 12 she has about 3426 t-shirts. Less is better. If you can downsize her clothing do it.

If they can last and be used, keep them. Otherwise YANBU and should keep to a reduced level of clothing, not encourage your child as they grow up to become someone who follows fast fashion.

I'd keep any leggings that fit her personally because they do get holes in or paint/pen/mud that won't come out. Makes sense to cut down on stuff she doesn't wear.

Keep things that fit, get rid of what doesn't. You don't know what class-based events school may put on requiring a bit more dressing up.

I found that DD needed fewer clothes once at school than she did when at nursery.

You do sound quite sad though.

@Prettybubblesintheair

Your child isn’t a toddler, toddler sized or wearing toddler sized clothes. The whole tone of this is incredibly odd.

This with bells on...

Keep the stuff that fits and get rid of it when she grows out of it. There's absolutely no way you can predict if she will need it in the next few months.

I would also try to talk to someone about how you perceive your daughter, thinking of her as a toddler in toddler clothing is just strange and may lead her to have self confidence issues in future.

I’d be concerned that at 7 she’s so hard to take out and hard work in general. I’m assuming she is neurotypical op? Is there anything particularly that is a struggle with her behaviourally?

@Excited101

I’d be concerned that at 7 she’s so hard to take out and hard work in general. I’m assuming she is neurotypical op? Is there anything particularly that is a struggle with her behaviourally?

She has just turned six last month so just gone into Y1. She possibly isnt NT as was under paeds at 2 under investigation for ASD and language delay. She got accepted into a SEN nursery at 3 but it was full. Her language came on six months later. I appealed for a EHCP but the judges though she was too young at nursery.

I put her on the Camhs list over lockdown as shes got so much worse without routine. She has two brothers in SEN school and a NT brother. Two of the boys are highly academic and one has quite severe needs. Who knows? ASD in girls doesnt like ASD in boys but she is sensory out of normal ranges, anxious outside of routine. But mostly its demand avoidance, she has been demand avodant since she could show her personality.

She sees OT hopefully next week, but it keeps on being delayed as the paeds dept at minors is closed.

Anyway I have had a sensible thin out of her clothes today. But only got rid of things that wont fit in a few more months. I can always thin again if she ever starts to shoot up