Learning to put on clothes

I have to tell you what is happening right now as I type. Josie is trying to put on her own pants. It isn't going well for the poor little thing.

I started to put her little legs inside the pants a few minutes ago, to which the response was:

"No, no, no, Mama, I do it!"

I watched as she successfully got both legs through and then stood up to pull her pants up. The problem was that she was standing on the legs so the pants wouldn't move up to her little bum.

I waited a few minutes and showed her how to pull her feet all the way through before she stood up. She actually got it (shockingly) and took the free help. She still couldn't quite get it.

At this point, I left the angry yelling baby in the living room and went to get my own clothes on. I could hear her the whole time grunting and yelling like an angry old man. Every now and then I'd yell in "Do you want some help?"

She yells back "I DON'T WANT THE HELP!" Yes, she actually said that.

A bit more screaming and the top of her lungs and more mumbling "I don't want help".

Then just as I was sitting down she brought in the pants into the computer room with a big smile on her face and handed them to me.

I bet we do this again tomorrow.