Charles has up to now liked be clothed. He tends to panic if part of his diaper comes loose. However, over the last few weeks he has become more resistant to clothing. He’s actually starting to resist having clothes put on, where before he was always very cooperative (in sharp constrast to Corwin). Last night Charles made me take off his pants, which is a first for him. Charles doesn’t seem to like his legs to be exposed, though. Charles tried to resolve this conflict by pulling down on his shirt while crouching. It was really quite amusing to watch as he would get everything nicely covered and then start walking, ruining everything.
This anti-pants view provided additional amusement / stress (these are often provided by the same actions) this morning. It was getting to be time to go so Dad told Charles “It’s time to go see your little friends so let’s get dressed”. Charles was all eager to go so he wanted his coat on right now even if he didn’t have any pants, socks or shoes. It took some gradual coaching to convince Charles that a complete outfit was a good idea, but once we got past the pants he was ok with socks and “shooooooes”. Charles was even willing to wait for slow poke Dad to put his own shoes on. What a nice boy!