https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:16:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2547086 Thu, 12 May 2016 08:49:40 +0000 yin 2547086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always pick out his outfits, and usually he doesn't protest. LO2 will start preschool in the fall, and I know it will be challenging. He would prefer to wear truck pajamas all day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546935 Thu, 12 May 2016 07:23:40 +0000 Corduroy 2546935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. DD always picks dresses. My input is not welcome. We did family pictures this weekend and nobody else could get dressed until we saw what LO picked that day. It just isn't worth the tantrum if I pick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546925 Thu, 12 May 2016 07:16:43 +0000 ValentineMommy 2546925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, he doesn't care much so I'm going to do it as long as possible.</p> <p>Occasionally I will give him a choice of shirts or something. Sometimes he asks for "soft" pants instead of jeans/khaki's - and I pretty much always comply. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546683 Wed, 11 May 2016 18:31:40 +0000 californiadreams 2546683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the interest of saving time, I let him pick a shirt from 2-4 I've taken from his closet. I do that with socks and underwear sometimes too. Pants he doesn't seem to care about so I just grab a pair for him usually. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546519 Wed, 11 May 2016 14:38:57 +0000 kodybear 2546519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes but not by choice haha. Gotta pick your battles. As long as she wears something weather appropriate I'm okay with it. My son who is 1.5 doesn't and I don't see him caring about it anytime soon </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546497 Wed, 11 May 2016 14:23:23 +0000 misolee 2546497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I give her choices and she picks from the options. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546494 Wed, 11 May 2016 14:21:52 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2546494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, he's been choosing since he was, like, 2 years old. Sometimes I cringe because he looks ridiculous, but he's almost always weather appropriate so I try to let it go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546478 Wed, 11 May 2016 14:07:56 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2546478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I let my 4 yr old wear what ever she wants on the weekends because she wears a uniform to daycare M-F, and she HATES the uniform. So... most of the outfits look hideous, but she's happy. LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546376 Wed, 11 May 2016 13:21:39 +0000 bushelandapeck 2546376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually ask him if he wants to pick his clothes out and he says "you think of it", so I do it. He's not very picky, but occasionally wants to change into another shirt if he doesn't like what I picked. If he had his choice, he would probably want to wear his batman pj top every day. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546367 Wed, 11 May 2016 13:17:37 +0000 psw27 2546367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO sometimes sees something in the drawer and I let him wear it..... It isn't worth the tantrum. And sometimes he looks like a little bit of a clashing mess and that's okay. </p> <p>Oh and he likes to wear the dragon head from his Halloween costume.. that one doesn't get to leave the house usually. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546359 Wed, 11 May 2016 13:15:21 +0000 winniebee 2546359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: yessss! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546356 Wed, 11 May 2016 13:14:58 +0000 winniebee 2546356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: same here - just short for my skinny boy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546351 Wed, 11 May 2016 13:13:07 +0000 lawbee11 2546351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I give her choices between two outfits usually but that's about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546346 Wed, 11 May 2016 13:11:08 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2546346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually pick but sometime I ask and he always says "orange shirt" (he only had a couple!) or "bull dozer shirt!" (It's pajamas). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546340 Wed, 11 May 2016 13:08:42 +0000 skipra 2546340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: seriously! Love the comfy pants! LO refuses to wear jeans. He wears pajama pants if that's all that's left in his drawer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546327 Wed, 11 May 2016 12:58:27 +0000 Smurfette 2546327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I pick her outfits on Sunday for the week. I might give her a choice between dresses or ask shorts or a dress on the weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546324 Wed, 11 May 2016 12:57:55 +0000 MamaG 2546324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I give choices. Generally I start with skirt, dress, shorts/pants. She'll choose from that and then I may give her more choices or not. Like today she picked skirt and I just grabbed a skirt and coordinating shirt without giving her any additional choices. Sometimes she will push back on my choices and as long as she picks something reasonable, I let it go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546315 Wed, 11 May 2016 12:55:09 +0000 lovehoneybee 2546315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: @skipra: Too-small brown fleece "comfy" pants FTW!!! </p> <p>For the most part I let him choose his own clothing. I occasionally make him change if it's not weather appropriate, or just clashes horribly. He really just wants to wear a blue shirt and comfy pants every day :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546309 Wed, 11 May 2016 12:52:46 +0000 skipra 2546309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: haha ours are also 2t. At least he is skinny so they are just short and not tight too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546306 Wed, 11 May 2016 12:51:35 +0000 looch 2546306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do let him pick what he wants. The stuff all kind of goes together, more or less. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546304 Wed, 11 May 2016 12:51:06 +0000 mediagirl 2546304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She picks out her clothes. I gave up on that a long time ago. It's too stressful if I pick. I do make her pick the night before, though and she has to try it on to make sure it's not "too tight", "too short", "hard". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546291 Wed, 11 May 2016 12:48:03 +0000 SeptMomma12 2546291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, for the most part, as long as it's weather-appropriate and we don't have anywhere important to be. Sometimes it pains me what he ends up with, but he gets so excited to show me - "Doesn't this look good, Mommy?" - that I bite my tongue :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546245 Wed, 11 May 2016 12:22:53 +0000 hilsy85 2546245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He has no desire to do it and I don't encourage him :silly: occasionally he will request a particular item and I always try to honor that if possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546240 Wed, 11 May 2016 12:17:43 +0000 sunny 2546240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes she chooses her own clothes though sometimes I tell her that certain items aren't weather appropriate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546164 Wed, 11 May 2016 10:47:27 +0000 pinkcupcake 2546164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! She loves to go through her closet and pick out a dress with matching leggings / capris. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546158 Wed, 11 May 2016 10:44:38 +0000 Adira 2546158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He only really picks out his shirt, but I let him, assuming it's weather appropriate. It's basically a Thomas shirt every day. And when he runs out, it's onto Iron Man or Captain America. He doesn't really have a preference of pants though, but they are all basically the same anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546153 Wed, 11 May 2016 10:37:50 +0000 winniebee 2546153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: are they from Old Navy!?! He is 4 and they are size 2T :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546152 Wed, 11 May 2016 10:37:24 +0000 creativemomma15 2546152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of the time he picks his own things... It might not look the best but oh well. He will let me pick still for when he needs to match. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546149 Wed, 11 May 2016 10:35:06 +0000 skipra 2546149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to laugh at this because my LO will pick out his way too short brown fleece pants every single day if I let him.<br /> At 3.5 he wants to pick out his clothes so I usually let him. If they really don't match or are not appropriate for the weather I'll give him a couple options to choose from. He does a better job picking clothes than DH! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-preschooler-pick-out-their-clothes#post-2546147 Wed, 11 May 2016 10:33:05 +0000 lamariniere 2546147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, every day. As long as it's weather appropriate, he can wear it. My 2yo also picks out her outfits, but we have to negotiate more about not wearing a dress and a skirt and pants all at the same time. :silly: </p>