The perfect pants

Lillian gets sweaty fairly easily, usually her feet and the back of her neck are the main culprits. When she does get sweaty she likes to remove any clothes she might have on and either change clothes or run around in the nude. When she wakes up sweaty at nap she gets upset thinking she has wet the bed. And if she gets sweaty during the bedtime ritual - usually because she is fussing and fighting EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, she will want new clothes. In particular new pants and a certain type of pants.

Sweat pants. Yes Lillian wants to wear sweat pants if she gets sweaty. We have tried telling her that sweat pants are actually thicker and therefore hotter than her pajama pants, but she thinks that if she is sweaty, she needs to wear sweat pants. So on go the sweat pants.

She has one pair that is her idea of pant perfection: a pale pink size 12 months pair of sweat pants. Otherwise known as "the perfect pair of pants." And the kicker is that the size 12 months sweat pants fits her GREAT in the waist, just very short in the length. She has about 5 pairs of sweat pants, ranging in size from 12 months to 24 months, that will work when she is sweaty.

And when we are trying to convince her to put on pants to go outside on her play set, she will say, "I will go and find the perfect pair of pants." And she comes out with sweat pants. And if the pale pink ones are clean those are the ones she will wear.