Shopping for Shoes and Socks

If you have been reading my blog , you know that my 3 year old daughter is going through the not wanting to wear clothes and shoes because they feel "yucky". Well we I have been letting her wear her favorite pink canvas shoes without socks, since they are comfortable to her and it reduces one conflict.

Well, now that it is getting colder I have to face getting her to wear a new pair of shoes. My mom bought her two other pairs of new shoes recently and she won't wear either. UGH. I do not know what I am going to find that she will wear, but we have to find socks too. I finally found panties that she will wear SOMETIMES,,, but socks? I don't even like to wear socks much myself so I know what she is going through.

I went through this phase when I was little too. Some people think it is " all in your head" but I can attest that it is not. They have named it now days, and while I hate labels, this one seems to fit. They call it Sensory Processing Disorder I think, and there are a couple of other names as well. From what I can gather it has something to do with your nerves being super sensitive to touch.

I can still remember the physical pain of the sock line feeling like it was grinding into my toes. I don't think I had the problem with the tags so much, but rough elastic,,OMG! Get it away from me LOL. I still don't like tight elastic, but who does really?



Anyway, wish me luck shoe and sock shopping..I will need it!