yeah. I force-dressed DD until about almost 5 years old. Certain days I still do it. We'd have a good month or 3 and then she'd go back to stone-walling.
Things that helped were turning off the TV, removing tablets, writing/drawing up a morning schedule she can look at and checkoff (mentally or physically), giving her 5 mins then 2 min warnings before "getting dressed time" was here, praising her or rewarding her when she did it, even if it was just the reward of TV time or play time.
But again, we had phases where it just wasn't happening.
Post by hopecounts on Feb 17, 2016 12:33:48 GMT -5
Also you could try the lickety split app to see if 'racing the clock' gets her moving. it's pretty cute, we use it for teeth brushing to make sure DD brushes long enough and it works well.
Bribery has worked for me. I have a list of 5 things my 2.5 yo and 4.5 yo must do to get marbles each day. They get enough to fill a cup, they get to pick a dollar store prize out of a bowl (usually 1x per week).
On both their lists is getting dressed in the am. It has worked really well. I went from having to physically dress them to finding my 2 yo in his room yesterday with the light on dressing himself when I went to wake him up.