Comments on: Drowning in Taffeta http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/ A San Francisco stay-at-home dad getting the hang of things. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: doodaddy http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/comment-page-1/#comment-9096 doodaddy Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:31:10 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/#comment-9096 <a href='#comment-9090' rel="nofollow">@Malke Rosenfeld</a> - Hey, thanks! Your dance math thing looks really neat -- is it just in Indiana, or is there some sort of national organization? @Malke Rosenfeld – Hey, thanks! Your dance math thing looks really neat — is it just in Indiana, or is there some sort of national organization?

]]> By: Malke Rosenfeld http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/comment-page-1/#comment-9090 Malke Rosenfeld Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:35:43 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/#comment-9090 Sadly, you have described my life in this one post. By the way, I've been checking in on your blog for a while now, and I'm really enjoying reading. Thanks. Sadly, you have described my life in this one post.

By the way, I’ve been checking in on your blog for a while now, and I’m really enjoying reading. Thanks.

]]> By: doodaddy http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/comment-page-1/#comment-9087 doodaddy Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:28:59 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/#comment-9087 <a href='#comment-9084' rel="nofollow">@Xbox4NappyRash</a> - Sweet. How do you get away with saying stuff like that? I'd've had my head chewed off 20 years ago. Maybe it's your Irish good looks... @Xbox4NappyRash – Sweet. How do you get away with saying stuff like that? I’d've had my head chewed off 20 years ago.

Maybe it’s your Irish good looks…

]]> By: doodaddy http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/comment-page-1/#comment-9086 doodaddy Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:28:14 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/#comment-9086 <a href='#comment-9064' rel="nofollow">@mom, again</a> - Yeah, I know that's what I should be doing, and I have, a couple of times. Thing is that to "teach and put away" takes four times as long as just to "put away." And with the new baby -- well, free time is pretty much nonexistent around here... @mom, again – Yeah, I know that’s what I should be doing, and I have, a couple of times. Thing is that to “teach and put away” takes four times as long as just to “put away.” And with the new baby — well, free time is pretty much nonexistent around here…

]]> By: doodaddy http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/comment-page-1/#comment-9085 doodaddy Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:26:53 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/#comment-9085 <a href='#comment-9060' rel="nofollow">@Lynnie</a> - Starve the beast, huh? We've certainly gone down that road out of necessity, but long-term I think we're going to need another solution. Like a bonfire, maybe. @Lynnie – Starve the beast, huh? We’ve certainly gone down that road out of necessity, but long-term I think we’re going to need another solution. Like a bonfire, maybe.

]]> By: Xbox4NappyRash http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/comment-page-1/#comment-9084 Xbox4NappyRash Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:10:47 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/#comment-9084 Despite your best efforts, she's gonna end up a girl you know... Despite your best efforts, she’s gonna end up a girl you know…

]]> By: mom, again http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/comment-page-1/#comment-9064 mom, again Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:58:59 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/#comment-9064 She's not too young to help with the constant sorting, replacing, washing, folding & putting away. Esp. if some of the more costumy outfits are designated 'toys' and stored in a dressing up box or basket (which you will have to check once in a while for non-costume clothes). Once you've established her role in helping with laundry, only then should the clothing jail come into it. You aren't disciplining her for the mess left by creative dressing, you are disciplining her to encourage responsibility for the creative dressing. She’s not too young to help with the constant sorting, replacing, washing, folding & putting away. Esp. if some of the more costumy outfits are designated ‘toys’ and stored in a dressing up box or basket (which you will have to check once in a while for non-costume clothes). Once you’ve established her role in helping with laundry, only then should the clothing jail come into it. You aren’t disciplining her for the mess left by creative dressing, you are disciplining her to encourage responsibility for the creative dressing.

]]> By: Lynnie http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/comment-page-1/#comment-9060 Lynnie Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:24:23 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/01/27/drowning-in-taffeta/#comment-9060 Just last week I did the laundry and discovered that in the time it took me to wear one pair of jeans and three shirts my three-year-old had worn 15 whole outfits! I don't know if this says more about her lifestyle or mine. My plan is to just not do laundry that often. Then, when her wardrobe gets down to the dregs she won't have the motivation to change clothes as often because only the "bad stuff" will be left! Just last week I did the laundry and discovered that in the time it took me to wear one pair of jeans and three shirts my three-year-old had worn 15 whole outfits! I don’t know if this says more about her lifestyle or mine.

My plan is to just not do laundry that often. Then, when her wardrobe gets down to the dregs she won’t have the motivation to change clothes as often because only the “bad stuff” will be left!

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