As I remember from Corwin’s younger days, getting him dressed was a problem of putting clothes on. He would cry and struggle as I tried to put on his pants or shirt. Charles is generally the opposite. He rarely gives me any trouble with putting on clothes. What he doesn’t like is taking them off. The big struggle in the morning is getting his night shirt off so that I can put clean clothes on him. It seems to be the shirt in particular, as Charles has no problem running around in just a diaper, which leads to conversations like
Dad: “Charles, you’re not wearing any pants”
Charles: “Why?”
Charles has also become adverse to soap. Generally when I give him a bath I drop a little bit of soap in to the water in order to get some extra cleaning done while Charles is soaking. Charles has never been fond of the subs that result, but lately he’s become almost phobic about it. Because Charles doesn’t like baths anymore, he’s generally crying the entire time anyway, but he bats at the suds to keep them away and looks in horror at any limb that gets soapy. Mom tells me that if she puts soap on him he’ll grab a washcloth and scrub it off immediately. I’ve always heard stories of boys being “allergic” to soap and water but I thought those were just metaphorical.