I don't know exactly why, but Livers has grown far too attached to the aforementioned and above shirt. I called it her "Airplane Shirt" because last year I wanted to get her excited about taking a flight to her grandparents and I bought her a new shirt for the occasion, and it stuck. She now wears it all the time and for many MANY days in a row.
Monday night she had an absolute conniption fit because it was in the laundry and she couldn't wear it. She was in her room quiet, and I thought asleep, when all of the sudden I heard gut-wrenching cries coming from her room. I thought she was hurt or sick or something since, you know, she was supposed to be asleep.
She was not.
Somewhere in her twilight period before falling into blissful slumber she must have thought about her shirt and the fact that she couldn't have it, and she absolutely fell apart. She was naked flailing about her bed and I could not comfort her. Every time I suggested something else to wear she got upset and screamed even louder. When I tried to put something else on her (because a child can't sleep naked) she would punch and kick and scream until she wiggled out of it. She got herself so worked up she started doing those sad cries where your whole body heaves and you start hyperventilating. It was a truly sad sight. (And kind of funny. It took all J and my strength to keep for laughing.)
After about twenty minutes I finally calmed her down enough to put on clothes and drift off to sleep, but I was left worried about what to do when her most favorite shirt no longer fits. I don't know if she'd let me sew pieces of it to a larger shirt, and I don't know if she'd let me make her a blanket from it, either. I just pray that I can find a larger one before she finally outgrows it, or it's gonna be trouble...
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We have that problem with a pair of socks... coincidentally they are called 'Rainbow Sockies'. (They are multi-colored striped socks, hence the name).
Check eBay. I have had fairly good luck finding odd things there. And if you find the shirt, buy a couple so you can rotate them through the laundry. That was what we did with the girls' lovies (sp?). If that deosn't waor, take her shopping to pick out her new favorite shirt (Kohl's has some pretty good sales right now). And buy extras and larger sizes. :) Good luck.
oh dear. maybe you should bind her upper body so it won't grow and the shirt will fit forever! or maybe, a bit more realistically, you could make a big deal about her favorite stuffed animal being cold and letting it wear the shirt? i don't know... can you tell it's been a while since i have had to deal with this type of thing?
Hi Lindsay
I hope you find a shirt for her! My daughter had a favorite cotton cardigan and when she outgrew it she was content to use it as a blanket and just cuddle it in bed. She still has it now although it's a big knot of threads!
Lindsay
x
Avery had a fit like that in bed just this week (over a cup of water), same thing, we thought she was asleep and she must have almost been there. She was SO upset and hard to calm down. Hopefully it's just a stage and it will pass by the time the shirt is too small.
oh the poor little dear - scour ebay!!
My daughter had a fit about a dress I gave away from age
5 to 10. The thing is I have saved different clothes. I hope you found the shirt again.
My friend rebought a Mc Donald's Buzz toy on ebay to console her son. We still laugh about it.
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