GD is staying with us for 3 nights so I can get her to daycare. Dad usually does it, but he’s out of town. Mom leaves too early to get her there. The big meltdown this morning was what she was wearing. She didn’t want to wear pants. I guess she’s had a hard time transitioning from shorts to pants but its been chilly here for at least a month. She also tried to bargain for wearing her PJs to school. Then she didn’t like the route I took to the daycare: “I don’t like this road. Go another way”. Once I dropped her off, she was a happy, compliant toddler. Such is life with a 2.5 year old!
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S has a friend (now in his mid twenties) who only wore shorts. All winter long this kid wore shorts. The only time I ever saw him in long pants (and I saw him a lot) was at his Bar Mitzvah. One of the nicest young men I have ever met, graduated from an Ivy (where he wore shorts) and has a great job. So…
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Years ago when D took the bus to school a boy about 10 was wearing shorts onto the bus. The bus driver said something about the inappropriateness of shorts in the dead of winter (in Colorado) and the boy responded I’m hot- we just moved from Alaska.
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GS, almost 4, also needed to stop wearing shorts when it started getting cool. He was okay with it…D asked him if he wanted to wear shorts, and he said “no, I want to wear longs!”
Which is a pretty good thought process, I think! 
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I’m not saying it didn’t happen, but that’s one of those urban legend stories that’s been around forever.
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That’s a whole thing among a certain section of young men. I’ve often taught college students who wore shorts to class all winter, in New Jersey. I don’t get it, but they always swear they are fine.
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The woman who relayed the story knows the grandma. Others shared names that were ‘unique’ but had a way of liking them. Another said she was glad her children found names in a name book for the grandchild.
No different than when girls (me) wore skirts to school/church when it was -20 degrees out. My brothers rarely wear long pants.
My kids went to a ‘uniform’ school and the boys could only wear shorts 1st and 4th quarters. There was one guy who, no matter what the weather, pulled out those shorts on the first day of 4th quarter. He thought it was totally unfair that girls could wear skorts every day of the year, and he couldn’t wear shorts. My kids wore skorts every single day. Short sleeved red polos, white socks, skorts. There were other shirts allowed --red, white, blue polos, long or short sleeves, red, white, or blue socks, jumpers, sweaters. Nope, red short sleeved polo, white socks, skort. Every day.
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For many young children, the idea of having to wear pants instead of shorts at the change of a season is a sensory thing. For most, not something they can’t get over, but the sensation of material on their full leg can be a sensory adjustment for some children. It’s a real thing. 
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H went to an outward bound boarding school in Scotland from age 11 1/2 until 18. Their uniforms were shorts year round. Winter shorts were wool with knee socks.
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Oh yes, the good old days…
Are you married to Prince Charles?
H’s boarding school played rugby against Gordonstoun (where Charles went to school), but H is much younger than Charles!
GD absolutely refuses to wear any of the Halloween costumes D tried on her. D finally got an oversized dark pink T-shirt and put GD’s hair in pigtails on top of her head. She looks like Boo from Monsters Inc … so she’s cute & comfortable. D was just glad to find something GD will wear for her party at daycare!
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Question. I am thinking about getting my granddaughters (3.5,1.5) a TonieBox for Xmas. Is this something they would share? Or do they each need one?
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Nashville GD got one last year from SIL’s good friends in Germany. She loved it so much that D & SIL bought one with several toppers for my 2 FL GDs. They have also loved it and have shared well for the most part. I did observe the little one bumping off the character the oldest had placed on it when I was in FL in September, but I think older one likes all of the characters they have in terms of stories/songs, so didn’t make a big deal of it.
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While both of my GDs are currently only children, I don’t see why they could not share with future siblings. They can either listen together, or one child will play with something else. One GD spends time changing the characters on her box frequently; she might listen to one or two songs, then switch.
My vote, one box per household!
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GD age 4 has one. She is not interested in sharing it. She has many tinies, but especially likes it when going to sleep. GD age 1 likes the basic one it came with, not much interested in the others.
I can see them each having a box and sharing the characters. No need for duplicates.
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DD1 with 3 children is expecting her 4th June 16 - her DD will turn 5 in May, DS1 will turn 4 in July, DS2 just turned 1 Aug 31st. We told her we are happy she is healthy and the baby is healthy. Got pg 3 weeks before her DH was away for 6 - 8 months Army training (cyber security), and in March or so they will know what the next step is on where he is and if the family will join him there. Hope he is selected for more training - right now he is at top of the class. I can help DD/kids. She may be staying put with her well paying job and use her 12 weeks maternity leave - but if she does so, she needs to work so many weeks after return from leave. It may be what they fiscally need to do – plus her H needs to concentrate on the training if he has more. Her 3rd baby was 8 lb 10 oz and came around due date - he is slim now and has looks and mannerisms like his older sis. DS1 has stockier build like dad but is a delightful boy like his siblings. Her baby 1 and baby 2 were both about same weight at delivery 7 lb and some oz. Having 4 kids in 5 years is rough on her 28 YO body.
She does want to be SAHM, but will have to have the money stretch on her H’s enlisted Army income (3 year commitment). She is good at budgeting, but they will have a huge drop in money in, and unless the government ‘fixes’ housing allowance to be 95% of rent/utilities for off base like it should (last year rents went up 40% but housing allowance only went up 15%).
I may have missed earlier. How are they taking care of 3 children now?
If your D were to stay home, she would become the sole caretaker of 4 children. Will she be able to manage? If she is having a well paying job now, they may be better off having her work and have the kids in daycare. She may also miss her work when kids are older.