7Yr Old Getting Dressed in the Morning

When my 3 girls were little we had the same issue for a bit. I started setting the timer. For whatever reason, it really set them into motion...I never even said what would happen if they weren't ready. It worked.

I use a timer for almost everything. I can ask my son(6) to get dressed 5 times and he still won't do it. If I set a timer for 5 minutes, he is usually done in 3.

explain to her that she is big enough and its her responsibility to get her clothes on since you have other things that you have to do in the morning. Set a timer so she knows how much time she has to get dressed so that you can leave on time and if she doesn't make it than she goes to school in her PJ;s
I did that ONCE for my son and boy oh boy was he embarrassed
but he never did it again. He thought that I wasn't serious but I sure was. I didn't even bring his clothes with me so he had to stay dressed in his PJ's
Give it a try, and see how it works.
Someone gave me this suggestion and I loved it. So I tried it. If she is that strong willed you might have to do it acouple times until she realizes she is serious.

My daughter strong willed. I only give you two choices and you decide choice A or choice B and if you can't figure it out in 5 minutes I pick. I can't deal with the stressful morning.

Could it be this is her reaction to your recently being single? This might be the thing that she feels she is control of. Or can it be there is something going on at school and if she doesn't get dressed she won't have to go to school?

With that said, let her know that if she is not dressed by a certain time, she will go to school in her pajamas. Stick to this to otherwise she will think you are just all talk. Also, so that she won't be sent home, you could pack an outfit (without her knowing) and bring it with you. As you wouldn't want her to get sent home from school.

Whatever you decide to do, I hope it works for you.

Many blessings.

Let her wear her pajamas to school! She will only do it once!! Don't let her engage you in a battle in the morning. It will then become part of her routine.

See if getting dressed at night might help her more. Alot of children are not morning people. I do childcare and have children come in as early as 3:30am. Because it is so cold out now, the parents have them dress for bed in what they will wear the next day. SOme people might find this gross, but in todays hustle and bustle world no one can afford to be late for work. seems so much easier on the kids. My teenager still sleeps in her clothes and she has tons of PJs. It's no difference then taking a nap in your clothes

I don't know that I have any advice for you but my 7 yr old is the SAME way. Today she told me that 2 kids said she wears an outfit (that she wore yesterday) a lot. So today when the what to wear fights began, she was even more picky. THe thing that gets me is she has a closet full of clothes that she will not wear. She doesn't like turtle necks or any top that has ruffles (even tiny ones) and so on. The kids that told her about the one outfit btw was her older sister and the neighbor boy. Of all people, her sister wears the same 2 pairs of jeans over and over. Maybe we could go through all of their clothes and pick out which ones they like and then put some outfits together for them to chose from. I don't know about you but I can't remember being that choosy when I was that age. I do remember 1 brown polyester outfit that I thought was very ugly and hated wearing but that is all. I had no where near the clothes that my daughter has so I didn't have much choice. I do need to tell you that my daughter has a lot of hand-me-downs from friends and family, hence the reason for so much. SHe does complain about that too. But these are like new clothes that are still very much in style. Maybe you could find another mom with the same size child and do a swap. My daughter is so tiny that this would be difficult for me but with my child, whenever she has anything new she is very excited (as long as she likes it. I guess the best thing to remember is that "this too will pass"

I make a game with my son... he's not strong-willed, he just dilly-dallies! :P

At five years old, I let him pick between two outfits and then get them ready in my room - not his as he becomes lost in his toys.
I also promise him play time if he is done in time as after he is dressed, we brush his teeth and comb & style his hair; then he gets his feet rubbed out (I'm a CMT/Reflexologist, so I do this to boost his immune system). As long as we have time left on the clock, then he can have a few minutes to chill out. It works great!

Does she pick out her clothes or do you? My 5 yr old daughter likes to pick out her own clothes. I have her clothes arranged in her closet for her to make it easy. Play clothes are separate from school clothes and I just tell her what she needs for the day ex.: Today you need pants, a t-shirt and a sweater/sweatshirt and socks. She started caring what she wore at age 4 and it just wasn't worth the struggle. Since most of her pants are just jeans, she can match any shirt to them. There have been days where she doesn't match, but I figure the Kindergarten teachers have seen it all before!!! Also, does she watch cartoons in the a.m.? Don't let her do anything, even come out of her room, until she is dressed.