GIVEAWAY: $100 Gift Card to Fawn Shoppe
After Mazzy and Harlow's modeling debacle two weeks ago, you would think my daughters' days in the cutthroat world of children's fashion would be over. Nope! Someone decided to give them another shot.
Fawn Shoppe, an online children's boutique that sells designs from all around the world, deemed Mazzy and Harlow their new muses and had me pick out some pieces for them to wear.
And by "wear", I mean "put the clothes on their bodies", a concept which has become increasingly difficult for Mazzy to understand.
I selected two outfits for each of them. Tops and bloomers for Harlow and two dresses for Mazzy.
When they arrived, I put Harlow in a deliciously delicate Amelia blouse with matching pink bloomers. She may have thrashed around on the changing table so the act of "putting on clothing" took several more minutes than necessary, but in the end, I know she was glad to be fully dressed.
Mazzy immediately fell in love with a purple halter dress from Stun. We went to the MoMA for the day and she danced and pranced around like she owned the place.
I breathed a sigh of relief that this modeling gig would go much better than the last.
NOTE: Never breathe a sigh of relief when you are only halfway finished with the task at hand. Especially when it involves a three-year-old.
The next day, I put Harlow in a simple white Amelia blouse with buttons down the back paired with ruffled Rickshaw bloomers.
After almost passing out from the cuteness, I presented Mazzy with a gorgeous bouquet print dress from Rachel Riley.
MAZZY: I want to wear the purple dress.
ME: But you wore that yesterday.
MAZZY: I want to wear the purple dress!
ME: But look how pretty THIS dress is…
MAZZY: I WANT TO WEAR THE PURPLE DRESS!!!
This is the point where I can a) learn to pick my battles or b) fight with Mazzy until she wins. Both results are the same. One just seems like I am making an intentional parenting choice.
I decided to pick my battles. So, Mazzy wore the purple dress once again.
I figured the next day Mazzy would suddenly fall in love with the Rachel Riley dress and all would be well.
Nope. Day Three was a repeat of Day Two.
I decided to let it go for a few days. I didn't mention the dress at all. Just left it hanging up in her room in case she had a change of heart. She didn't mention it either.
Finally, I thought enough time had passed where I could bring it up again and maybe Mazzy wouldn't remember she ever had an issue with it.
DAY SEVEN
ME: Hey, Mazzy.
I said all casual like.
ME: Want to wear the pretty flowered dress today?
MAZZY: The purple dress?
ME: No, this BEAUTIFUL white one.
I motioned elaborately to the dress like I was showing off a Jaguar at a car show.
MAZZY: No.
ME: But it's SOOOOOOO PRETTY.
MAZZY: No!
ME: What if you just put it on, let me take a picture and then you can put on something else?
MAZZY: NOOOOO!!!
Alright. The last thing I wanted to do is get into an argument over something silly. I contacted Fawn Shoppe and told them about my dilemma. They said, not to worry— all moms can relate to their daughter refusing to put on an item of clothing.
I hung the dress in her closet, sadly shut the door and prepared to write the post regardless.
Then something amazing happened.
DAY FOURTEEN
Mazzy ran up to me holding the dress in her hand.
MAZZY: Mom, do you know why I don't want to wear the dress?
ME: Why?
MAZZY: Because there is a tag on it.
ME: What? Really? I can take the tag off.
MAZZY: OKAY!
I snipped the tag off.
ME: Now you'll wear the dress…?
MAZZY: YAY!!!!!!!!
I am about 105% positive that the existence of a tag had nothing to do with Mazzy snubbing the Rachel Riley dress for two weeks. But, sometimes things happen in the brains of preschool-aged children that adults just can't understand.
Mazzy whipped her pajamas off and put her hands up in the air so I could pull the dress over her head. It looked adorable.
Then she danced and pranced around like she owned the place.
And, of course, the next day she asked to wear the dress AGAIN.
Love the clothing from Fawn Shoppe? You're in luck! They are having a big sale on their summer clothes, they've got all new fall stuff to check out and they are offering Mommy Shorts readers 20% off everything! Just use the code FAWNSHORTS at check-out.
If you want to buy the stuff Mazzy and Harlow wore, it's all here.
GIVEAWAY
For a chance to win an $100 gift card to Fawn Shoppe, follow the rules below.
1) You must be both a Mommy Shorts facebook fan and a Fawn Shoppe facebook fan to enter. Then answer the following question in the comment section below:
What is the one piece of clothing your child loves that you wish you could get rid of?
2) For a second entry, follow Mommy Shorts on Pinterest and pin the Rachel Riley dress at the top of this post with the hashtags #babyclothing #giveaway. Then leave a comment saying you did so.
3) For a third entry, tweet about the giveaway and leave a comment you did so:
"Enter to win an $100 gift card to Fawn Shoppe via @MommyShorts http://bit.ly/16Cs5kA"
Winner will be announced Friday August 23rd.
Good luck!
UPDATE: Congratulations to Chohertz! She's going to try and wrestle away her daughter's "My Little Pony t-shirt that has been washed so many times one of the ponies has peeled off" in exchange for some designer clothes. Please email me at ilana@mommyshorts.com to claim your prize.
I’m new to your blog. I absolutely love it and I think your kids are adorable!! Mazzy is hilarious and looks gorgeous in both dresses.
ugh. my dress-only daughter for some reason has this redic kermit the frog tshirt. i wish it would go away.
the purple flannel pajamas that are about 1,000 years old
This terrible Santa clause dress that her great grandmother sent her. it’s hideous but she adores it!
i tweeted! 🙂 @lillian_b
What is the one piece of clothing your child loves that you wish you could get rid of? The too small pajamas my son still insists squeezing himself into for bed/nap time.
My baby is not yet 8months old so she basically wears what I put on her. But I can’t wait for the day I can throw out her cloth diapers, and her be potty trained! 🙂
Not that I want to get rid of ALL pajamas – but getting her out of pajamas can be quite a challenge!
I’ve learned that even the terrible licensed things are ok because they convince him to get dressed in the morning. But some combos don’t work great with the lime green pants.
My son is only 8 months, so he doesn’t pick out his clothing yet, but we have a super preppy romper that was a gift that I wish I could get rid of (but my mother likes to dress him in).
P.S. Thank you for your blog. It’s so refreshing to hear real stories about motherhood!
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I tweeted about the giveaway!
i also pinned… but it was tricky to figure out how to do so? i didn’t see it pinned on your boards, so i just pinned a pic from this page? hopefully that was the right thing to do. 🙂
I’m expecting my first child (a girl) in 4 weeks and the only thing I’m not a fan of is the pale pink outfits. I LOVE the little adult look!
We are on an athletic clothing kick — if I could throw them all away so we would wear button shorts, etc I would be way happier these days.
Get rid of? For my boy – the too short jeans with the HUGE hole in the knee. (Just one knee; the other is super-strength and will not bust!) For my little girl – nothing yet 🙂
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I pinned!
Oh goodness. My 3 year old daughter has a pair of purple too-small-for-her-anymore ankle boots she refuses to let me get rid of. They were so adorable at first but now trying to squeeze them onto her feet is a battle. Ugh! They might just disappear at nap time very soon! Boots? What boots?
I can only pick one?? Ummm…she’s 3 as well so, we have a lot of mismatched pink. However, her favorite thing to wear is her 2T Old Navy pink and silver striped leggings with a hole in each knee. It’s a nightmare.
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Daughter has a t shirt with Day of the Dead skulls on it. It glows in the dark. Do you have a mental picture yet? It’s also too small. So it’s now a belly shirt. That has skulls on it. That glow in the dark. Ugh. I’ve actually thrown it out. She found it in the trash and fished it out saying, ” Phew. That was a close one. My shirt almost got thrown out.”
Ahhh those dresses are gorgeous!
What is the one piece of clothing your child loves that you wish you could get rid of? a Rainbow shorts jumper suit that is black in the background and FADED as if it were 10yrs old, and the straps always fall off her shoulders so she’s always having to pull them back up but rather tries weird contortion shoulder moves, than use her hands to do so.
My daughter went through a no clothes phase at that age too. As soon as we walked through the door she’d start stripping, leaving a trail of clothes up the stairs and through the house. They usually grow out of it.
The thing she wears now I’d love to get rid of are two worn out Pretty Pony t-shirts that are way too small. She loves them, and while they were cute when they were new two years ago, not so cute now.
My 2.5 year old daughter insists on wearing orange, hand me down multiple times, sweat pants, a red Elmo shirt (size 18 mo) and pink crocs. This has been her outfit of choice for about 6 months…sigh.
Followed & pinned 🙂
A Cinderella play dress two sizes too small…she doesn’t even LIKE Cinderella!
well, my twin girls are only 9 months now… so no clothing battles yet but i know they are coming!! at this point, i’m just impatient for them to grown into the next size so they can wear different clothes! 🙂
My nearly three-year-old would wear a flower print pair of “big girl panties” and NOTHING covering them if I would let her out of the house like that. Do you know how hard it is to accomodate her desire to wear this ONE pair of panties, every single day?! And around the house to be pant/skirtless is okay, but this is not a fashion statement we need to make at the grocery store/park/church!
The piece of clothing my daughter loves that I wish I could get rid of?
That would probably have to be all of the dresses she’s ever owned over the last 5 years that are anywhere from 2 to 4 sizes too small that she insists still fit her and squeezes into so they look like t-shirts..with no pants..every day. Or every pair of jeans with giant holes in the knees that she refuses to give up. Or the tutu that fit her when she was 6 months old and she still tries to wear out of the house. I have the pickiest 5 year old ever when it comes to clothes!
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The one piece would probably be some pajamas that are for 18 months. Poor kid’s belly sticks out and her pants are high watered!
#1, I tweeted!
pinned and tweeted! <3
a ratty elmo costume her grandparents bought at a thrift store.
You know, Liliana doesnt have anything that I’m not a fan of or want to get rid of as of yet. I did have a hard time getting rid of stuff that didn’t fit her anymore, like old Dora the Explorer, monkey, and guitar pajamas.
It’s not so much what my nine year old wants to wear as what he will not wear. He will not wear underwear! No matter how soft or seamless.
-free ballin’ in MI
My 5yo boy insists on wearing an orange Hooters shirt that says, “I live with my parents” signed by all the Hooters girls. My ex-husband brings him there all the time to my dismay.
We’re really cracking down on the “you can dress yourself” thing with our 3 year old son, which means he gets to pick his outfits. So far I have had three days of the eye burning orange shirt Grammy got him… I think it just might get “lost” in the laundry for a few days till he finds a new favorite!
Following you on Pinterest, and shared your Pin pic on my Pinterest page!
Arlene S. (Puckersbabe)
my precious darlin’ milliebug refuses to take off her Lilly Pulitzer Clare dress that she wore to her 2nd birthday party last year. I can barely get it off long enough to wash. Hopefully she’ll love Fawn Shoppe’s delightful lil numbers enough to let me retire that one!
My girl is 16 mo. and mostly wears what I choose. Sometimes I’ll pull out an outfit and get the “NO NO NOOOO!” Sometimes it is to just one outfit, sometimes 3. The first time when I proceeded to put the “No!” outfit on anyway, I got kicked in the face…not sure if that was on purpose or just from the flailing protest. When I pick a “right” outfit, she says “YEAH!” 16 months. Sheesh.
By the way, in the 3rd pic of Mazzy in the purple dress, love how Harlow & Mike are both looking down showing off that they have the same hairstyle.
Oh, and PINNED! 🙂
This is my life, every day. My 3-year old, Anna, has a couple costume princess dresses, and she asks to wear one every day, despite the fact that they are getting too tight, make her sweat, and leave glitter ALL OVER THE HOUSE. I would definitely get rid of those if I could! (PS, I’m a MommyShorts and Fawn Shoppe fan on Facebook – entry #1!)
Just tweeted!
Giveaway has been PINNED – entry #2!
Giveaway has been TWEETED – entry #3! (@kgkey925)
I really would like to get rid of her beat up over worn blue tiered skirt. But I have madr it…..three years ago. And it still fits!
The too short pajama pants!! He looks like a nerdy pirate ha!
What is the one piece of clothing your child loves that you wish you could get rid of? These navy blue fleece pants that are getting too short…he says they are so cozy!
My son, Jordan actually loves getting new clothes and wearing them the second we get them. But something I would like to get rid of is a frog costume his aunt and uncle got him. It’s supposed to snap on the feet but he’s way too tall for it, so it just stays open…kinda looking like a little merman. 😉
My son is only 16 months old so I still decide what he wears. I’m sure the time will come soon enough when he develops some opinion about it though!
I make my daughter’s clothes, for the most part. She does the same thing, sometimes she loves things, other times not so much. My middle boy loves sweaters, even in the middle of Summer he would wear them. But there really isn’t anything in particular, for either four of the kids.
I tweeted!!
My MIL bought my daughter some pink crocs (ugh), she loves those shoes.
A hello kitty tutu skirt in every color of the rainbow!
I tweeted! @k_teigen
ALSO TWO MORE ENTRIES:
#2, I wish my kid would give up her pajama pants that are 2 inches too short!
#3 pinned and tagged and followed on Pinterest
My daughter loves to wear her pink hello kitty long sleeves all the time. Doesn’t sound ridiculous unless of course we live in a tropical climate and she turns into a puddle of sweat every time she puts it on…
Tweeted!
Luckily my daughter is only 9mo so I get to pick what she wears. That means the Pantera onesie her father bought her is at the bottom of her drawer. 🙂
My son has more character shirts than I can mention that I would like to get rid of. We went a long time without him having any Cars, Buzz Lightyear, etc shirts, now that’s about all that is in his closet.
Luckily I have a 9 month old girl who I can still dress in cute clothes!
Thank you for the chance!
I’ve tweeted your give away, and am both a facebook “liker” of Fawn Shoppe AND Mommy Shorts 🙂
https://twitter.com/Tink_143/status/365498232547196928
My son constantly wants to wear his these fleece spider man pjs that have webbing looking things under the arms. He has pretty much grown out of them….his toe sticks out of one of the feet. He also doesn’t care about the 95 degree summer heat.
My daughter insists on wearing a Belle halloween coustume that is stating to unravel and come apart. But she has to be a prinecess.
Tweeted!
What is the one piece of clothing your child loves that you wish you could get rid of? hmmm.. they do a good job wearing dresses, but they seem to choose the old ones that are not as cute as all the other ones hanging in the closet.
I pinned!!
A red, white and blue dress that my daughter wore on the 4th of July. The dress has already faded from the “bwoo dress” request every day my 2 year old sees it hang drying. My washing machine will thank you! 🙂
I wish I could get my daughter to stop asking to wear her Christmas pajamas. I won’t make the mistake of buying obnoxious Santa pajamas again!
My son loves his tie dye Toy Story shirt a little too much. And after buying only boys clothes for 2+ years, I have no complaints about any of my 7 month daughter’s outfits 🙂
Luckily, DS (20mos) doesn’t seem to have any particular piece of clothing he loves beyond obsession, unless you count being naked. He really would rather be naked, but with shoes.
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Tweeted! (Pinterest appears to be down right now, so I’ll get to that in a bit.)
My son is only 19 months old so we haven’t run into this yet. He does, however, insist upon carting his 20-pound handmade cotton blanket around the house.
My daughter only wears dresses. Unfortunately, her favorites are dresses from last summer that are inappropriately short on her, and she insists on wearing them without bloomers or shorts underneath. Planning a stealth throw-them-out project soon…
Following on Pinterest & pinned.
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Tweeted. Daughter loves her t-shirt grandma got her from Washington State. Had to let her wear it to daycare two-days in a row. Stubborn!
Beautiful clothes! My daughter has suddenly become obsessed with wearing a pair of too-small flip flops everywhere. She would scream and refuse to wear them last summer when they actually fit her, but suddenly now that her foot hangs off both the front and the back, they’re her favorites.
I wish my daughter would get rid of her long boy shorts! Or at least not try to wear them everyday with super cute tops & glittery shoes! LOL!
I followed on Pinterest and Pinned!
My 3 yr old, Rachel, loves a little black with white polka dots shirt that we pair with pink leggings. It IS cute, but it’s really a Baby Gap size 18 month dress! I’m ready for it to be passed along to the cousins! My little Rachel is just as “assertive” with clothing choices as Mazzy seems to be…. oh the fights!
My littles are actually too big now for the clothes at Fawn Shoppe (though I love pretty much everything they have) – but I know some littles I’d love to bless with a win 🙂 My girls are pretty good dressers overall, but I’d love to never have another discussion with my tween that leggings aren’t pants and skinny jeans require a shirt that covers your bottom and isn’t skin tight…
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Alison,
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who has this discussion that leggings MUST be paired with a shirt that covers the tush. My tween just rolls her eyes at me.
My daughter is 16 months and thankfully, does not have opinions about clothes yet! I do have some hand me down pants that I want to get rid of, but I know as soon as I do she’ll want to do something messy and I’ll wish I had them.
Eldest Daughter (age 8) has this horrible blue sparkly dress that the neck is stretched out on so it slips off her shoulders *constantly* and the skirt is short in front and long in back and the long part has been trampled and snagged into oblivion. and it’s her favorite thing EVER.
Middle Daughter (age 5) Must. Wear. A Dress. EVERY. DAY. I never thought I’d hate her beautiful Christmas dress, but having to fight the same battle daily over why she can’t wear that to the park/in the sandbox/at the bounce house/on the bike/etc. wore me down. So I let her wear it outside, and now it’s torn and stained. AND ITS STILL HER FAVORITE.
Smallest Daughter (almost 2) doesn’t want to wear clothes at all, so I haven’t really had the chance to hate anything in her closet. Yet.
Oh my, oh my! These clothes are what I dream of dressing my child in but cannot afford. So fingers crossed for the give away!
Mazzy looks ADORABLE in those dresses by the way, and those bloomers on Harlow are just too cute for words. You and Mike make some really stinkin cute kids.
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My daughter continues to wear her bathing suit top from three years ago. Its an adorably frilly tankini that looked fabulous on her five year old self. Now its dingy, too tight and awkward. We’ve lost the bottoms so she insists on wearing it with underwear or shorts. I. Hate. It. We’ve reached an agreement that it can’t be worn in public anymore but don’t you know she wears it every other day around the house.
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my son has a pair of blue crocs, that are about 2 sizes too small and I’m pretty sure he lives to wear them. He bathes in them, sleeps in them, and may the Lord help you if you try to remove them. His heel hangs out, and he likes it… *shudders* Talk about picking your battles.
My son’s Elmo swimsuit but only b/c it’s a size 24-month and he is 4 (that’s years old).
My daughter’s My Little Pony t-shirt that has been washed so many times, one of the ponies has peeled off. It’s pitiful…
Luckily, my baby girl doesn’t complain. But she is only 11months old. My son loves a pair of army style shorts that he always puts on. I did like them once. Now I want to see him wear his other clothes. Help.
I’m not a huge fan of character clothing, and much to my dismay, my sister-in-law presented me with a huge bag overflowing with Disney licensed clothing (I would dare to call it an explosion). I can’t bring myself to put my son in anything but the Mickey Mouse romper, so the rest of the goods have been stashed in the back of the nursery closet. I would have returned the whole lot, but my husband enthusiastically washed all of said clothing.
My son insists on wearing “down sleeve” (long sleeve) shirts during the summer and pitches a fit when I try to get him in an “up sleeve” (short sleeve) shirt. My daughter is only 7 months – so she’s not there yet, thank god.
Pinned the gorgeous dress!
http://pinterest.com/pin/134052526381778172/
Aaaaand tweeted! https://twitter.com/DPaape/status/365521367006838784
My baby is less than 2 weeks old so she doesn’t love anything besides eating and sleeping. But, she was much smaller than we anticipated so she doesn’t fit in any of her newborn clothes. I hate all those boring white onsies.