How do you actually get a 6 year old to wear something that isn’t pink without a full blown meltdown?

[MumToPrincessP]

So my 6 year old has decided that the ONLY colour she will wear is pink. I literally tried to sneak in a red jumper today and she said “It’s not PINK, mummy, I won’t wear it.” Like… seriously? She’s got 10 pink dresses, 4 pink skirts, 3 pink T-shirts and now she’s telling me the whole wardrobe is “too boring.”

I tried telling her it’s good to mix things up, but she’s like “No mummy, pink is the best colour. Ever.” I mean, I get it’s her favourite colour and all, but I can’t even get her into a pair of blue jeans without her screaming like I’ve asked her to wear a potato sack.

Does anyone have any clever tricks to get them out of their favourite colour rut? Do I just wait for her to grow out of this phase? I’m honestly running out of ideas here!

Pick your battles.
It really doesn't matter what she wears. If she wants to wear all pink then fair enough. It's not important.
The more you make it a fight, the more important you make it.

She'll get bored in the end and move on to something else.

My DD is similar. Just let her wear pink. It won't last forever.

Just wait for her to grow out of it, I'm sure it's not doing any harm.

Yes i would say leave her to it, but i don't know anyone boys that lack imagination and only wear one colour which is what I think when I go into the girls department over the boys, girls is a sea of pink and the odd purple, boys is lots of different colours

But why fight about it no one will win

I'd pick your battles.

School, anywhere that needs a uniform etc - she has to conform.

The rest of the time just go with it.

My DS2 did this with green. It lasted two months until he got bored of having to be very on top of making sure he brought down, and put away, his washing because he had limited options.

This.

Leave well alone. It will fizzle out, the more you try the longer it will last.

If it really matters for a particular occasion, you manage it the same way you do any other bad behaviour when she just needs to do as she's told.

As a mum of older girls, it really doesn’t matter. As PP said pick your battles. My eldest went through a pink phase too when she was 3/4 but then she grew out of it. My 10 year old will currently only wear plain black leggings as “bottoms”, doesn’t matter - she’s allowed them for school so who cares.
As long as they’re dressed weather appropriate just let them wear what they want.

Yes. Let her just choose her own clothes from her existing wardrobe. When she complains it’s too boring, commiserate but also explain she doesn’t need any new clothes at the moment.

Why do you care? Weird thing to fight about.

Her friends will sort it out I should think. An odd word or question here or there works wonders. As parents we can only do so much