What is it with toddlers and nudity? Are yours the same? My little treasure will always opt for her Birth Day Suit over anything else. She is gradually understanding that it is mostly best to NOT take your clothes off on the bus, at the park, at the supermarket. But getting them on her in the first place is the great challenge…
That is, unless the clothes have Peppa Pig on…
Ramona is in love, obsessed, head over heels with this snorty character.
I can’t say I mind too much, Peppa is feisty and bold and the leader of her little animal gang. There are worse role models for a tot.
This love has also gifted me a clothing strategy. I am way too cheapskate to buy Ramona Peppa Pig memorabilia, the two t-shirts she has are from the charity shop. In order to get her wearing other items, including warm tights and jumpers (these days a t-shirt isn’t quite enough) I employed the use of Iron On transfers. WHAT A CANNY TRICK! I can pop them in subtle places, like ankles and arms, and can put them on non-pinky items, and Ramona throws these clothes on with utter delight!
A few weeks ago Peppa Pig herself got in touch, sending us, in a bright pink envelope that snorted when we picked it up, two family tickets to the Peppa Pig Live show. I gave one away to a lucky old reader, and we took Ramona’s little pal Rudi along with us one afternoon just before Christmas.
Ramona was pretty gobsmacked with disbelief when we got up to Piccadilly Circus. She carried the promotional leaflet around with her all morning, not knowing what it meant but just thrilled that she had a bit of paper with Peppa on it. I wasn’t excited at all, nope, not me. (Ah, I totally was, I couldn’t wait to see her face when all her favourite peeps popped up on the stage, when she was just happy holding a leaflet…)
I was a bit unsure of what to expect, would it be a bit intense or a bit frenetic? Ah, sheesh, I hate to gush… but it was completely magical. A whole theatre of toddlers face to face with their favourite talking pig.
The show is so creatively done, using puppets and song and some gorgeous effects. The kids were captivated. Ramona sat on my knee the whole time, bobbing up and down with excitement, clapping randomly and pointing at every single thing that happened, dancing to the music and laughing at funny little George. There is something SO special about seeing a whole crowd of kids having a collective, joyful experience, singing together and shouting with elation!
We saw it about 3 weeks ago and every other day she will wistfully sigh “Me, watch Peppa with Rudi” and will then give a little giggle in memory.
So, thanks Peppa for helping me get Ramona dressed every morning and for giving us such an enchanting Christmas afternoon.
(Ah, crumbs, I am being grateful to an audacious fictional hog. That is motherhood for you.)
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It could be worse! I am just glad that she didnt strip off in the middle of the show! Then she would have been the star! My dd decided she want to strip to see Santa! Now that was fun! Running round the garden centre looking for a semi naked girl in the freezing cold!
I just laugh because it is so funny, she does does it without warning! I am sure she is going to be a stripper when she is older.
She also did it in the middle of a hot shopping centre, declaring she was too hot to every passerby. So here I am bump and all trying to dress her!
She likes to go to the mens toilets as well! If she is with daddy or her brothers she demands they take her, as mummy is carrying a balloon and the baby is inside! I have tried but she asked was I in a balllon when I was in there?
Kids are so funny you have to laugh or you would just scream!
Yes, ALWAYS best to laugh inside (although not towards them else they have yet ANOTHER motivation for stripping off!) I try really hard to not make a big deal of it, but I do feel so bad when it is SO cold outside!
Just discussing this nakedness thing with a friend about their kid, over the weekend someone actually slowed down in their car wound down the window and yelled at them to put a coat on her. I’d like to see THEM try. It’s not that we don’t feel bad already…
AH! No way! Unbeleiveable, exactly, as if we are not fully aware how terrible it is
Feeling the Peppa Pig love : )
I must admit to doing a similar thing with spiderman and clothes! anything that helps : )
Ah, glad I’m not the only desperate mama out there!