Mother's Marketing Role

It's all about the sugar on top. How hard is it to get a three and a half year old to do anything? I didn't realize how creative I needed to be, to get a little person to get out of bed, get dressed and eat some breakfast....

In the past few weeks I am also seeing more and more how strong my genes have flowed into my first born. Let's call her "mini me" for today's turn of events. She has built on not only a love of pink - pink cups, plates, lollies and not to mention clothes and shoes, but now in particular in the clothing department a love of skirts and that's "skirts only!" thank you very much. We only want to wear skirts and once we have them on we don't want to take them off when it's PJ time.

I have explained the practicalities of shorts and jeans for the play equipment at kindy and the park but no we would prefer to wear skirts. I have explained that all of our skirts are lovely and we don't really want to get paint on them but no we still want to wear a skirt. It's absolutely freezing outside? No I want to wear a skirt, and you know what I don't need that jumper, slippers or dressing gown you bought me either... I'm not cold and I just want to wear a skirt and t-shirt!

One morning I had a breakthrough, how about putting on these leggings and shirt and then wear a dressup dress or skirt over the top - wow now that's a good idea! That worked for one day.

How about wearing these new shoes (hand me downs) with your warm warm trackies they match don't they! Ohh yes Mummy that's a great idea. My daughter has a love of all shoes watch out Carrie (SATC)!

I am seeing a pattern here. I just need to find out what appeals to this three and half year old demographic, put in a few hours on this target market get my whities (white lies) up to scratch and I'll have her eating all of her dinner, wearing all of the clothes in her wardrobe (not just the skirts & the pink stuff) and maybe a few less bribes (icecream and freddos) I warn her she'll become a high maintenance little girl, but she shows me how thoughtful and sweet she is whilst she is playing with other children or listening to a story.

I adore my princess - she really is the sweetest thing. Even if things need to be twisted to sound more appealing once in a while.