My daughter turns 2 at the end of January. She communicates quite well verbally and is very strong-willed. She was mostly potty trained a few months ago, but has regressed a bit after a 2-week long international trip.
She's very "quirky" when it comes to clothes and I spend about an hour or more helping her get dressed each day. When she wets her diaper, she requires a full clothing change, claiming that everything is wet. Even when I tell her that her pants are not wet because of the diaper or that her shirt is definitely not wet. She also needs to take clothes off if they get even a drop of water or food on them.
When we do go to change her clothes, she's picky about what she wants. She rejects almost everything I show. Sometimes just saying, "Nope." or "No bug pants" or "It hurts!" But she's not really consistent with which clothes "hurt" her. I get really frustrated during these times.
I'm trying to work on a better clothes organization system so that it's easier for her to pick her own clothes. I'm also trying to give her words for her clothes (pink kitty shirt, black kitty shirt, flower shirt, etc.) so that if she has something in her mind, she can just tell me and I don't have to suggest 10 other shirts.
It still drives me up a wall.
I don't think that she's just being manipulative. She seems genuinely upset when I try to get her to wear something she doesn't want to wear. (and she can take some of her clothes off herself) I'm not sure if she's most upset about the actual clothes or the feeling that she's not being understood.
Anyone have a kid like this and come out the other side? Did this turn out to be anything more than a phase? Grandma has OCD, so that's on my radar, and I also considered SPD, but that's apparently not something that's always recognized by pediatricians, and since it's not a particularly debilitating condition (at this point), I hate to pull resources away from kids who really need it. Is this even something I should bring up to her doctor?
