Weapon in the Clothing War

I have a four year old future fashion diva in my house.
We have avoided a lot of power struggles with a few strategies

1. The 2-3 choice option. "Would you like to wear this or this today?"
2. Choosing clothes the night before.

Choosing clothes at night has become more difficult now that Annalise is awake during nighttime routine. So now we choose clothes for the week over the weekend and hang them in the closet with these!



I made them in (gasp!) Microsoft Word—sadly the only program on my computer I can create anything in!




I cut them out, took them to FedEx Kinkos (my new favorite place!) and had them laminated them for $2!

We choose clothes, socks, shorts, whatever goes with the outfit. We hang the tags on the outfits in her closet.



She feels in control every morning when she puts on the outfit. This is what avoids the conflict!


As a teachery side note, she is sounding out the initial sounds of the words and remembering the order of the days of the week.

So until we go to school uniforms (please!) this is my secret weapon in the clothing war.

(This is not an original idea. I've seen this on a blog a few years ago, but I can't remember where. She was a mom blogger/graphic designer with a way better design than mine! Feel free to use my mediocre designs.)