Katie tries to put on her shoes
Katie tries to put on her shoes,
originally uploaded by wdalphin. Katie has become determined to master the secrets of putting on her own pants and shoes. She'll bring her shoes over to me and plop down on the floor and just start sticking on her feet willy nilly. She can get them on her toes, but it's that darned heel that perplexes her. She's also getting into putting on her socks, but can't get them over her toes. Once I put the socks on her toes, she pulls and pulls until they're either on, or caught on her heel, at which point she screams in frustration until you pull the sock over the heel and let her continue.
Now pants... pants are a different issue entirely. She understand the concept of legs go in the pants, much like feet go in the socks. Once you help her get both feet in the pants, she'll pull them up happily. The problem is: everything is pants. Those shorts? Those are pants! Those pajama bottoms? Those are pants! That long-sleeved shirt? That's pants too. And if you try to take the "pants" from her, she screams and runs away with them. No no, Katie... that shirt goes over your head, not your bottom.