Opal and Problematic Pants at 31 Months

If I had to sum up September with Opal, it would be entitled "Problematic Pants".  Opal absolutely hates pants we found out this past month.  It seems she got used to the easy, breezy days of summer where her legs were free from the restrictions of material.  Once the thermometer dipped below 60 degrees, as any good parent, I wanted my toddler to not catch a cold while playing outside.

Thank God for our quarantine type schedule as we power through this "Problematic Pants" phase, as mostly I do not have the energy to leave the house if it means I need to fight the battle for pants.  We have even made up a song about how much Opal hates pants, to the tune of BINGO, in an effort to help Opal work through her strong feelings about pants.  And, in case you are wondering, for the most part I let her go outside sans pants, despite cold temperatures, in the hopes that she would get chilled and ask for the warmth that pants would provide.  Nope.  Nope.  And nope.  She could be shivering with blue lips, but NO PANTS!!!

So we spent a lot of time indoors, while I felt like a bad parent for not having the energy to deal with the pants drama, and then had guilt iced on top of that because I knew that despite the weather now requiring pants, that this weather was still good weather and that soon enough it would be winter and I was missing the best fall days of the year.

I know her extreme feelings about pants is hard to believe, based on the cuteness she presents below.

I think it's only fair to mention what Opal loves right now, to balance out all of the hate she has for pants.  She loves cutting paper with scissors, she loves playing with her sisters, and she loves taking showers.

She also loves chocolate and making banana bread with me.  She is stellar at greasing the baking pan and mushing the bananas.  

She also loves eating anything that Will or I are eating.  I am still on a careful, low histamine diet, and so a lot of times I am eating a previously prepared meal from my freezer while she and the rest of the family enjoy something that is high in histamine.  My food is always more appealing to her though, and I still haven't learned to freeze my food into bigger portions as inevitably, I will have to share what I thought would be a single serving with my toddler.  The good news is, I feel like she is a true foodie, as she is not afraid to try new foods (my first kid with no fear about trying new food) and she takes a moment as she chews back and forth to decide whether she likes it or not, like a judge in a top chef contest.  She has no problem spitting it out and taking a drink of water if she doesn't like the food, but when she does like the food, she is so very excited!  It is adorable to watch.  

This girl knows what she wants, knows what she likes, and knows what she will not tolerate.  I know this will serve her well in the future, but in the meantime, send prayers my way.  At least she is cute and I love my feisty, spirited and confident girl!