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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you tried dressing him in his clothes the night before?  [/quote]

We did this with my older kid from age 3 to 7(ish). She slept in her next day clothes. It was zero issue as part of the bedtime routine, but it was an epic battle in the mornings.

My second kid, now 5, spends most of his time indoors at home in his underwear. Fine. He know he has to put clothes on to go outside.

I pack up clothes that are not seasonally appropriate and put them on the top shelf in the closet to avoid the constant conversations about wearing the preferred winter clothing when it’s 100 degrees outside. Still today he asked if he could wear pants, but since they’re not available he wore shorts without complaining. [/quote]

Coming back to add that for my older kid, whose behavior was very similar to your description of your child, we eventually figured out that she really has a hard time with change. As she got older we learned that even something like a sub at school for a few days could result it making it hard to get ready to leave the house. She missed some fun weekend activities because she refused to get ready to go do them (and I refused to fight to do them).

When she was little, things like getting dressed the night before helped, and we did things like move her toothbrush to the powder room downstairs so she didn’t have to go back upstairs to finish getting ready. That was also a big improvement.

But once we figured out that there was more than just exerting her independence going on, that this was the way she was expressing that she was pretty distressed in other areas, it was also sometimes helpful to try to address that. Things like “Something really doesn’t feel good to you right now.” Or “I think maybe you’re feeling really yucky inside” could help her regulate and cooperate. Or if I knew of things that she may perceive as a change, even if was very minor to me, I’d comment on that. “I know it’s been so hot lately and we haven’t been able to play outside in the afternoon like we usually do. It can feel bad when things are different like that” or whatever. 
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