Hi all! I’m writing today with a topic that’s just most randomly come up and now I’m catching myself unsure of how to handle things
I had the thought in September last year to bring up our snow clothes early to check if she had outgrown it. It mostly fit fine, and I had even originally thought to only get a new coat instead of a set with snowpants since she would maybe not wear them (I often used to nag her to wear them to school) but I found a great deal on a snowsuit set. She was happy and to my surprise mentioned she was really wanting new snowpants, so I felt great thinking she’d still get use of them. I tucked both old and new away in her closet so they were ready for her to try out in the snow in a few weeks time, and didn’t think anything of it again.
Going into this winter to my surprise, she’s worn her snowsuit everywhere. To sled and play in snow with friends (which she’s done tons) but also walks, to school, even to walk to the mailbox.
it surprised me that she loved them but I thought great! She’s warm and I couldn’t be happier. She even kept them on (just the snowpants, usually) after coming home a lot of the time and I had to remind her to take them off and keep them off until they get cleaned. I would clean them, and I noticed she brought them up to her room again as soon as they were done in the dryer. Of course leaving her other clothes behind.. facepalm lol
and then, a few days ago, I had noticed she was wearing them the whole evening inside the house when she was home alone after school. We came home early so I think we caught her off guard, I said I hope she hadn’t been on the furniture and she said she had wiped her snowpants clean and kept them on because it was cold in the house.
that was weird, but the most suprising was last night when I peeked in her room, I found both her old and new snowpants missing from her closet. They were nowhere to be seen in the house, so she must have put them on to sleep.
she has plenty of blankets and our house is at the same temperature it’s always set at in the winter..
I wasn’t sure what to do, so mentioned in passing to her a reminder to keep her snowsuit off until it’s clean again. She said she keeps it really clean most days and any day she plays in the snow she takes it off. I admit she does actually keep them clean and has been putting them in the laundry if they are ever wet or dirty. Then she started changing the subject and saw she was beet red as well
im not sure if she just likes them like a security blanket and I should allow her to go through this phase or if it’s something more concerning? I was surprised how quickly she dodged my questions. I don’t want to embarrass her or feel like she’s acting wrong, really I guess I am so happy she loves them! But has anybody else had to draw a line like this with clothing before?