Hello, Baukjen here.

I thought children developed an opinion on what they wear when they approach the teenage years. However my own children are going straight against this theory, My eldest, Oliver (5 years old), now refuses to wear certain perfectly normal shoes and clothes because of remarks made about other children's clothing in the classroom (girly, its what 'office people' wear etc). My middle child, Sebastian (3 years old) will only wear what Oliver wears otherwise there is a major argument every morning. So I have started, already a year ago, dressing them like identical twins, something I always did not like but now do to avoid the arguments and tears, And then there is Pippa, two years old. In the last week she has become a fashion obsessive. The past two mornings she disagreed with the outfits I had laid out, asked to wear other ones and this morning rummaged through some cupboards until she found her pink sunglasses (they are a party accessory but she is convinced otherwise) which she promptly put on her head as a hair band, It is close to freezing in London and there she is walking about as if she is in LA. I had no idea it started so early (and am convinced I was not at all interested until I was pre-teens). I know from Vanessa that her daughter, Isabella, too loves the whole dressing up process. It's all very different to how we remember it but it may be just getting older and forgetting what it was like to be that age. But still...