I Broke Another Mom Rule

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I Broke Another Mom Rule

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Momlogic's Jackie: Just like I was never going to let my kids crawl on an airport floor or watch TV before the age of two, I find myself doing another thing I said I'd never do ... dressing them alike. (gasp!)

I was one of those women who knew exactly what I would and would not do when becoming a mother. I judged moms everywhere (maybe even you) and was so smug in my conviction. And one thing I was dead set against was doing the matchy-matchy thing with my kids. Who does that? Yuck... SO cheesy.

But when my boys were born 16-months apart, I found myself finding cute matching outfits -- "wow, they have it in 24 mos and 3-6 mos... I have to get it!"

Well, they got to an age where it started getting less cute and I forced myself to stop.

But those days are gone. Now I'm back to dressing them alike at times -- completely out of necessity. Several days a week at the crack of dawn, my house sounds something like this...

"Nooooooooo, that's MY Buzz Lightyear shirt!"

"I want Spiderman sandals TOOOOOOOOO!"

"Mooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmm!"

If I don't buy the other one the same shirt, shoes -- even accessories like Red Sox hats and Diego sunglasses -- it's like I've committed the worst mom sin ever! And to be honest, I just don't feel like hearing about it.

So if you see my kids out and about dressed alike, don't judge. It's for world peace.

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poor kids.

- Anonymous

Posted 10/09/08 12:43 PM

Don’t worry about it…before you know it one of your kids will break the habit (most likely the older child)by saying something to the effect of “MOM MAKE HIM STOP COPYING ME!!!!!!!!!!” and then you’ll have a whole new set of problems to deal with. So for now, it’s cute, so let them dress alike and enjoy the peace while you still have it. :O)

- AK Mom

Posted 10/09/08 02:48 PM

LOL :) So cute :) I love it :) hugs Tami

- Tami

Posted 10/09/08 04:24 PM

I think it’s funny all those things we say we won’t do then one day we realize, oh yeah..heehee..I guess I understand why that person did it. Or if you were like me and as a teen telling your parents, ” I’ll never tell my kids they can’t do that!”. Then one day minding your own business (and by business, I mean telling your kid they can’t do “that”), it hits you, “I sound like my mother..omg..I sound like my mother!..Honey..get the car..I owe my mom five bucks!” It’s ok though, cause then you get to sit and laugh with your mom (and by with, I mean your mom just laughs and laughs at you). It makes for fond memories!

- Anonymous

Posted 10/09/08 04:52 PM

HAHA!!! I buy my boys matching (or coordinating) shirts, shorts, pants, jammies, and anything else that I can find in the same look. My boys are the age where they are picking out their own clothes. Often times the boys will pick different outfits. Almost always though they do like to pick the same PJs…It definitely makes for easier shopping, but not for putting laundry away!

- Anonymous

Posted 10/10/08 12:07 AM

just forget it and apologize to those you judged for doing just that/

- anon

Posted 10/10/08 09:56 AM

I have three sisters. We weren’t even close in age but dressed alike for years. We loved it. I remember several outifts, sailor dresses, smocked school dresses but different colors. Whatever parents do that keep their kids close and loving, cool. We all eventually developed our own style and didn’t want similar clothes, it’s called growing up. But nothing wrong with wanting to be like your brother or sister when you’re little. Better copy a sibling than some TV/movie personality. I sound like my mom too and I’m glad I realized how smart she was.

- becky

Posted 10/10/08 09:57 AM

congratulations for realizing your mom was right.

- terry clavet

Posted 10/15/08 12:37 PM

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