After a battling with Ivan for most of the day to have him allow me to put his socks and shoes on, I finally gave up. By the same token I left him the entire day in his pajama top because he absolutely refused to let me take it off. The only clothing item I managed to change twice (because it got dirty after lunch) were the pants, and even that took me half an hour each time.
And it's like this every single day. He gets very picky and peculiar about letting me take off a shirt (or put on one), socks and shoes. He absolutely refuses to have shoes on, and I don't think it's because they're too small for him. (I've tried measuring his feet with the Striderite's printed shoe ruler but with no luck.)
This reminds me of a recent Baby Center email I got, which I can no longer find, about how toddlers like things "just so." Another thing he likes just so, is tidying up and returning things to their proper place. I obviously welcome this activity.
Today, after I gave up on putting socks on Ivan, I left them on the chaise lounge, where Mariposa was sleeping, of course. Sometime later when I looked at her, she took one of Ivan's socks under her paws and was chewing it. Out of love, I assume.
She does the same thing with my socks, scrunchies, etc....tries to steal them of me to chew them.
It really warmed my heart when I saw her do that. To me, at least, it meant that she loves him just like she loves me.
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