Power Struggles

One of the things I detest doing with Scarlett is getting her dressed. Just about every day, we have to battle over it. She almost never wants to get out of her pajamas and massively overloaded overnight diapers so I have to struggle with her to get her dressed. Everytime I mention that she needs to get dressed, she either refuses or just take off running. This morning was no exception. I hate doing it but I have no other solution than to just strong-arm her and force her to get dressed. She usually fights me and even though it's all fine after we are done, she kicks and cries during the process like it's the worst thing I could do to her. Well, I felt so bad about powering over her to get her dressed this morning (in front of her grandma, nonetheless) that I used the "gentle" approach this afternoon after her nap. I even enticed her by telling her that we're going out to get ice cream. Despite how much she loves ice cream, it took me almost an hour to convince her to get dressed and go out for ice cream. I'm definitely not using that approach again. It's not efficient, practical, or effective. I don't get it. What is it about getting dressed that's so horrible? I thought most toddlers love to go out.