Help with my 2 year-old daughter....?

Question

She just turned 2, and she doesnt like the clothes that I buy her, she is just really picky and just want to wear pink dresses.. I bought a beautiful blue dress that cost me $65 and she doesnt even want to see it... I mean she is just 2, how can she act like that, and she loves shoes... every time she wakes up she says "pinky shoes"... I dont know what to do? she has a lot of cute clothes, but she doesnt want to wear it. Should I obligate her? I feel bad for when she cries....

Answer 1

Its just a phase (all be it and annoying one)... just kept the blue dress hidden for a while and buy her heaps of pink dresses. She is trying to establish her identify and independence, while still being interdependent and she must really like the colour pink. While its annoying she wont wear you dress, just let her wear what she wants, is it really that much of a hassle?

Answer 2

She'll grow out of it. She's just being little miss independent and wants everything her way! Trust me my daughter is going through it now and she is 22 months..

Answer 3

yes, you have to tell her no sometimes.

i know it might be hard but yah thats the hard part of being a parent.

good luck ( :

Answer 4

shes 2yrs,you need to be a mommy now and buy sensible clothes not 65$dresses if your having this kinda of bother now it can only get worse

Answer 5

aaaw thats so cute..

she may be that way because of the way that u have been dressing her since she was a baby.

Answer 6

Well for one buying a $65 dress for a two year is silly, they grow out of it in a few months, especially with the economy we live in at the moment!  Attempt to get her to wear the clothes you have gotten her for now.  Then when it comes time to buy her new clothes when she is growing out of the ones she has, take her shopping with you and allow her to pick out some clothes.

Answer 7

take her with you shopping. let her pick out something then you can follow her trend. she's just expressing herself i think its healthy and you might just have a budding shoe addict on your hand though lol.

Answer 8

I have a 2 year old niece that acts the same way as well. The best thing for you to do is to try to go to target, the have cute and affordable clothes there and let her select her own clothes. When i go shopping my niece tells me if she thinks something is pretty or not, and or she wants it or not.

I must also say that since you are the adult. you want her to know that u have authority, so at times you do have to be a little mean and make her wear clothes that she might not like.

she might cry but she'll forget about it. also try to keep the things she likes out of sight because she might want it even more. let her kinda forget about it. It works just fine with my niece. I'm like her second mother, and she loves me because i get her to belive she's getting her way.  I hope it works out with you!!!

Answer 9

my niece didthat

empty her closet/lock it  n hang those 5 day clothes holders from walgreens-7dollars---n put 5 days worth of out fits in there--then she can pick out what u already did-she'll feel like a big girl

Answer 10

DO NOT FEEL BAD WHEN SHE CRIES.

this is her way of working out what she can and cannot do / get away with / control.

YOU are her mother and if you do not take a strong step now, you will have many problems later on.

get some good books.. that supernanny woman is great. google her and make some strategy's and STICK TO THEM.

i was too soft on my 11 year old and the patterns are very hard to break at this age. My 2 and a half year old sits on the naughty step and sobs, but we stick to it, and 2 minutes later he is fine and we are all happy beause WE are being the grown ups and not him.

again, do not feel bad about those tears, she is just learning to control you. (not in a bad way, we all just want what we want, but if she learns that she can motivate you by doing that, then you are gone.)

all the best

Answer 11

all children learn from their elders, how picky r u about what u wear, did u buy her all the pink stuff because she is a girl or oh it's so cute!!, maybe that's what she is used to.

be a mom and let her cry a little belive me (mother of 5 all girls) it will help her a lot