Well, I had a teenage girl... LOL But luckily for me my parents never did this! My mom however does wear enough layers to pass for Nanook of the North most days. And she wears her clothes for several days as she doesn't do anything to get dirty.. except smoke and drop ashes on everything. I let it roll as she is right, and she does bathe daily, and put on clean clothes for apts and if we go out. Good luck with this!
Greetings Tired9 I have to echo Longears (only 5 times?). My LO would put her legs in the sleeves of her blouses and sweaters and layer clothes to the point that she was unable to walk and then she would undress and start over. She would also take every piece of clothing out of her closet and attempt to rearrange them over and over again she often kept this up from 12-15 hours daily and would stop only to eat or use the restroom and then get right back to work and at bedtime they were still strewn all over the place and I would have to assist her with putting them away. I finally decided to wait until she was out of the house and I went through her clothes and left about 5 outfits in her closet. I know that this can be stressful but try to let it roll off your back, because for me this became very small compared to the behavior(s) that followed and I actually wished dressing and undressing and rearranging her closet was all that she did, because she was content doing those things. My LO is currently in memory care and she is still layer clothing every chance she gets and is prepared to fight the staff if they try to stop her.
Bless your heart! My first thought was "ONLY 5 times a day?" My DH would change clothes for hours, every single day. It was like fashion WEEK every dang day sourced from clean clothes, dirty laundry, my clothes. He would either strip down & start from naked or just keep adding layers until he couldn't get anything else on. The crowd favorite was the shirt, belt, socks combo with nothing else on.
It's not funny but arguing with him did no good. So, I took all the clothes out of his dresser, put them in his closet & put a lock on his closet door. I kept the dirty clothes in another room. He didn't even seem to notice. He was just as happy taking his shoes & socks off & putting them back on, over & over, for hours.
Your LO's behavior will probably pass, only to be replaced by something else. DH went from fashion to folding Kleenex & toilet paper. He would fold tissues & lengths of tp into 4 inch squares, completely emptying the boxes/rolls & leaving stacks all around the house. Kleenex boxes are now hidden in the cabinets & I give him two at a time. I don't hide the tp as he always leaves a generous amount in each bathroom.
Hugs to you as you deal with this behavior. It is frustrating but will probably pass. Others on this site will have great ideas on redirecting the behavior or substituting an acceptable alternative.
Longears- this gave me a much needed chuckle at the end of a hard day. Thank you!! and you’re a great writer... “the crowd favorite” “sourced from clean clothes, dirty laundry, my clothes”!! What a word picture!
I have to echo Longears (only 5 times?). My LO would put her legs in the sleeves of her blouses and sweaters and layer clothes to the point that she was unable to walk and then she would undress and start over. She would also take every piece of clothing out of her closet and attempt to rearrange them over and over again she often kept this up from 12-15 hours daily and would stop only to eat or use the restroom and then get right back to work and at bedtime they were still strewn all over the place and I would have to assist her with putting them away. I finally decided to wait until she was out of the house and I went through her clothes and left about 5 outfits in her closet. I know that this can be stressful but try to let it roll off your back, because for me this became very small compared to the behavior(s) that followed and I actually wished dressing and undressing and rearranging her closet was all that she did, because she was content doing those things. My LO is currently in memory care and she is still layer clothing every chance she gets and is prepared to fight the staff if they try to stop her.
It's not funny but arguing with him did no good. So, I took all the clothes out of his dresser, put them in his closet & put a lock on his closet door. I kept the dirty clothes in another room. He didn't even seem to notice. He was just as happy taking his shoes & socks off & putting them back on, over & over, for hours.
Your LO's behavior will probably pass, only to be replaced by something else. DH went from fashion to folding Kleenex & toilet paper. He would fold tissues & lengths of tp into 4 inch squares, completely emptying the boxes/rolls & leaving stacks all around the house. Kleenex boxes are now hidden in the cabinets & I give him two at a time. I don't hide the tp as he always leaves a generous amount in each bathroom.
Hugs to you as you deal with this behavior. It is frustrating but will probably pass. Others on this site will have great ideas on redirecting the behavior or substituting an acceptable alternative.
this gave me a much needed chuckle at the end of a hard day. Thank you!!
and you’re a great writer... “the crowd favorite” “sourced from clean clothes, dirty laundry, my clothes”!! What a word picture!