“You can’t wear the same thing you wore yesterday,” she said while wearing the same thing she wore yesterday.

One of my square pegs does not care what he wears and will just put on whatever I lay out for him. The other square peg will either want to wear the same thing for days on end or will change about 5 times a day. Whenever I do laundry, it’s never a surprise by just how much more clothing he has because his basket is always overflowing, no matter when it was last emptied. It’s because he is determined to find the kind of clothing that feels the best. If it’s not comfortable, why in the world would he want to wear it?? And if he find a shirt or shorts that are PERFECT, why wouldn’t he wear them every single day?? I get it! I’m the same way! But I’ll never forget one morning before school, I saw him wearing the same outfit he had on the day before. I told him he should wear something else until I realized while I was telling him this, I was wearing the exact same thing I wore the day before. And I was wearing it because it was comfortable, quick, and not dirty. So I immediately went back on that and told him, “You know what? Never mind, I get it. Wear what you want to wear. I’m doing it, too.” So while clothing is always hard for us because a. I hate laundry and b. the phases of what works and what doesn’t come and go pretty quickly, I’m still going to let him do him when it comes to clothes. It’s just not a battle worth fighting, nor should I. We should all have agency over what we put on our bodies. Especially when we’re requiring them to do things that take them out of their comfort zone (school, friends, etc). And with that, I’m off to do laundry!