it might be socially unacceptable, but....

Occasionally Eli puts his pants on backwards. The other day I pointed it out to him and he said he wanted them that way. He also says that when he has his shoes on the wrong feet, and unfortunately I worry that it is his prideful way of stubbornly refusing to change. But maybe I'm over-thinking it...

Anyway, I figured, why not let him wear his pants backwards? They will last longer because he can wear out the knees on both sides.

5 comments:

paulls said...

Jackson wears his pants backwards almost daily, and often his shirts too. When I tell him, he just says,"no they're not." I don't fight the issue. It's not hurting me and he's happy! Kids are great.

Alison said...

Jamin intentionally wears his shirts backwards a lot. I figure it's fine to let them have some harmless self-expression. Who knows? We could be avoiding serious rebellion in ten years by giving them this choice (at least, that's what I tell myself when resisting my OCD).

Laura said...

But he sure is cute!

meredith c. said...

i used to do it on accident all the time as a kid... i wore a lot of stretch pants, lol. anyways, i turned out alright! im glad you let him wear them backwards :)!!

Danny and Jill said...

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