Yes I know I said I don't notice what people wear but DD (3) has insisted on dressing herself

[Twiglett]

and is a picture of sartorial elegance .. not

wouldn't worry me to be seen out with her but she's going to a friend's house all afternoon

whenever I try to tone her done (changing just one item of clothes would work) she screams blue murder 'me like it, me like it'

so if it was just me I'd be fine with being seen in public with her .. but friend is taking her to school with her to pick up her children

eek .. what to do what to do

pale yellow checked 3/4 length trousers with yellow flowery trim
clashing blue top with butterflies and flowers asymetric lines on it (slightly too small)
scooby doo socks

each lovely in their own right of course

if you must know

the best suggestion I ever heard was stickers that say 'I dressed myself this morning!'

tell her she must tell everyone how clever she was and dressed herself this morning.

ah just let her! i've given up on correcting my older DD's fashion statements.

Yesterday she looked mightly cute but perhaps a little eclectic wearing a green gypsy flowery skirt with a purple dora the explorer top with a pink poncho topped of with a stripey sunhat and pink boots! shes 4.

Surely any parent knows that some kids are like this? One of the co-op kids was always doing the layered thing in a rather startling way (e.g. pj bottoms, trousers, dress, shirt, all in bright patterns that didn't match).

Everyone knows kids this age are mad as a mad mad mad thing, anyway, I wouldn't worry about it at all. (But then one of DS1's friends at this age was generally called 'nekkid Jane' with good reason. It could be worse.)

1. I thought you were going to sort out DD's wardrobe once the cleaner had tidied up her clothes so butterfly top should have been banished.

1. Spill on her.

1. Just be thankful she doesn't insist on matching hair clips and knickers when you are trying to leave the house at 7.20 am.

eh?

god these are tame

that is pretty much how my ds dresses himself. oooh he'd love a nice pink poncho...

nqc is right. i mean, if you see a (boy) kid walking down the street in pink butterfly wellies, sparkly check shorts, a dinosaur t shirt, mock sheepskin gloves and a cape-you don't think "whoah, thats an odd way to dress your child, I wonder where she shops" do you?

My Dh dresses Dd like this. Wouldn't have been the first time she has gone to nursery in PJ tops

Ds dressed himself the other day:
Light blue velour tracksuit trousers (don't ask) two sizes too big
Thomas tshirt (natch)
Red V neck fleece - back to front
Odd socks

DP took him for a walk round a muddy field before thaking him to nursery - he agreed to get changed...

My DS2 is quite tame by comparison, but then, as I only have DSes, and almost never take them clothes shopping with me, I tend not to have very interesting options for them.

That being said, DS2 went through a long phase of only wearing one or two shirts. Lately, he's taken to insisting on wearing layered tshirts - today he's wearing the bus shirt he slept in with a plane shirt on top.