What Fern Wore: Tomboy Pink

We are currently in the trenches of what I’ve come to (not-so)lovingly refer to as “The Twirly Dress Phase”. This means exactly what you think it means…my two-and-a-half year old will not tolerate anything that isn’t a dress that twirls. She literally wakes up in the morning and the first thing she says when I walk into her room is, “Mama, let’s take off my pajamas and put on a dress.” No “Good morning Mom!”…just straight to the point.

Oh…and God forbid if I choose a dress that “isn’t twirly enough”. Hell hath no fury like a toddler scorned by being made to wear a dress that doesn’t freaking twirl enough. Many a tantrum has been had over this type of minutiae… #toddlerproblems.

This girl of mine is girly to her core. If it’s pink, purple or sparkly she’s all over it. My friends tell me it’s payback for dressing her in so many neutrals as a baby. Whatever the case, it is who she is and I’m OK with it (save for those tantrums, because no way in hell I’m giving her a twirly dress after one of those numbers).

I did however realize a little trick to compromising with her on the matter of dresses…if I want her to wear a non-dress, I have to find a girly element to balance it out, which is how I got her on board with these super cute jeans. They’re girly enough for her liking because they’re pink, but they’re not Pepto-pink, so I was on board. I tempered them with a chambray shirt and a unisex tank and threw in a floral hair bow to sweeten the deal. Mom trickery for the win.

Wish me luck for the day she completely refuses any of my outfit suggestions. I’m pretty sure it’s not that far away.

What Fern Wore:

{Button-down Shirt: OshKosh, Tank top: American Apparel, Jeans: Gap, Shoes: Gap, Hair Bow: Forever 21} 

 

Love and toddler ensembles,

Lauren (& Fern)