My 2 1/2 year old WILL NOT wear the superman costume i got him! how can I convince him to?
he was a pirate last year, and i had no problem... it could just be him "growing up"...
is there any way i can get him to wear his costume?? we're leaving for a party in 2 hours and he wont do it!!
Answer:
don't tell him you're leaving without him. that will cause maor problems later on. tr telling him no party until he puts it on, and if he still says no, pretend to not go to the party. put keys away, sit down, turn on tv and say ok. we'll stay home then and pretend to settle in.
Tell him he can't go to the party if he doesn't put on his costume.
Sit down on the floor with his costume and tell him "Come get your costume on. You better get over here if you want to go to the party." If he doesn't put it on, then pretend you're leaving without him. Tell him "Fine, I'm leaving then. Bye bye.." He'll probably come running up begging you to help him put his costume on. Kids are funny like that. Sometimes they just need that realization that you aren't kidding.
Maybe ask him to at least try it on than tell him how COOL and how WOW he looks-that he looks just like Superman and make him smile and laugh by tickling him to get his mood up? Good luck!
Just put it on him. You're the parent, act like it.
Okay, Where I live it is currentl 30 degrees. My 2 1/2 year old cries when she can't wear a dress. She either wears the pants and long sleeve shirt or she doesn't go. After a few minutes she will listen.
just don't make him wear it
Silly MOM!! try the Superwoman suit!! OR the Bat Man suit!! good luck!!
dont pressure him too much, i remember when my 10 yr old was 2 he was afrraid of anything to do with rabbits, so one easter we thought we'd take him to the fair and we had his face painted, we asked them to paint him like a rabbit because we thought if he saw himself as a rabbit he wouldnt be affraid anymore.big mistake.you have never seen a child scream and cry and go into histerics so much...omg it took hours to calm him down, he was most upset that he had become the thing that he feared most in the world, i felt awful for months, still do when i think about his little face
Leather belt, A switch from a rose bush will work too, LOL @ a 2 1/2 year old telling his parents he's not going to do what he's told
My almost 3 year old does the same thing with clothes, I put them on by force.
is it such a big deal ! so much so you have to stress your child out in order to wear the superman outfit so if you leaving in two hours , take the out fit with you just in case he changes is mind then you can get him into the out fit problem solved.
Why does he have to wear the costume? If he doesn't like it for some reason and you trick him or force him into it, won't he be miserable for the entire party, ruining your good time? Bring it with you and maybe he'll decide to wear it later when he sees everyone else dressed up. or maybe not, but nobody will care. Everyone knows toddlers march to the beat of their own drummer.
BEAT HIM WITH A METAL POLE UNTIL HE PUTS IT ON JUST KIDDING.
Take it with you... maybe he will try it on when everyone else is wearing theirs. Don't push him though.
I had the exact same problem last night. My 3 year old, derin, would not were his costume. I tried telling him he had to put it on, and he just threw a huge fit. I finally just stripped him down naked and told him his daddy and big bubba and sissies are leaving and if he did not get on his costume, he would have to stay home with me and my two year old. I am seven months pregnant and was staying home. Still, it did not work. I tried everything. The way we finally got it on him was kinda funny. I told him that he was a baby and had to stay home. I got all his sisters and brother to say "derin is a baby" and then my husband was joking around and tried stuffing him up my shirt so he could go stay with the real baby. Then he said "otay mammy, I will wear it if I can be a big boy". He finally got into it. And right before they left, i said "bye big boy" and he said "yeah mammy! I am a big boy so I can say shift and bamint and duck you and a*s joel and go to Heller!!" He ended up trying to say half the words in the book, but luckily they came out like bamint instead of damn it! I laughed the entire night!! I hope you can find a better way to dress him up than this! GOOD LUCK!
Don't, just let him be.
Simple tell him either he wears the costume or he doesn't go to the party and stick to it.
Talk up the costume! Tell him how cool superman is and how someone else might also be dressed up as a superhero, and they can match. If after a lil bit of trying he still doesnt want to, let it go. It will be worse if you sit there and argue with him. I have learned that through the years with my seven year old and now my two year old. If he just wont wear it, tell him he can put stuff from around the house on. Let him wear a toy cowboy suit with one of his dad's neckties. Whatever he wants to put on, let him. This was always a big hit around here!
You need to choose your battles. Is it really all that important that he wears the costume- he is only 2. Both of my girls hate to wear costumes- I don't know why. I would just bring him in everyday clothes and bring his costume just incase he changes his mind. There are too many other things worth fighting about- this isn't one of them.
Leave him alone! He is a person, he has rights, he doesn't have to wear a costume if he doesn't want to. Don't cheat him of the consequences of his own actions. He has rights.
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