article_snippet.sent: But from a very early age, Jacob began rejecting Jacob gender.
article_snippet.sent: Then named Mia, Jacob would insist on changing Jacob clothes 10 to 12 times a day, in an attempt to find something Jacob felt comfortable in, before Jacob parents bought Jacob a blue 'doggy sweater' that Jacob wore for six months straight - often over girlier dresses and tutus.
article_snippet.sent: Then, shortly before he turned three, Jacob declared Jacob a boy.
article_snippet.sent: Finding the right wardrobe: From a young age, Jacob preferred to wear boy clothes; when his parents still dressed Jacob as a girl, the frustrated toddler would change outfits up to 12 times a day .
article_snippet.sent: While this made things easier when just family was around - his older sister eventually stopped teasing his about not being a 'real boy' - things were still hard at school, where Jacob didn't engage with Jacob classmates.
article_snippet.sent: Jacob's parents explained that Jacob's parents son's behavior wasn't just that of a typical tomboy.
article_snippet.sent: Not content to just 'pretend' to be a boy, Jacob, then still called Mia, hated Mia body and would say things like: 'Why did god make me this way?
article_snippet.sent: Trying to fit in: While he was still perceived as a girl, Jacob would only open up around he family and had trouble getting along with Jacob peers .
article_snippet.sent: Mimi and Joe let Jacob wear a Prince Charming costume, and when strangers called Jacob handsome Jacob 'just glowed'.
article_snippet.sent: Jacob mother said persistence, consistence, and insistence are the hallmarks of a possibly transgender child - and Jacob was demonstrating all three.
article_snippet.sent: Jacob was elated, telling His parents, 'I want to be a boy always.'
article_snippet.sent: Playing the prince: On a trip to Disney World last year, Jacob (pictured right with Jacob sister Ella) was thrilled when strangers mistook Jacob for a boy in Jacob Prince Charming Costume .
article_snippet.sent: Happy kid: Since transitioning, Jacob has come into Jacob own; Jacob socializes and shows affection more since Jacob has started to feel more like Jacob .
article_snippet.sent: Mimi says Mimi and Mimi husband didn't expect the 'seismic shift' in Jacob's behavior and personality that she and her husband experienced, but a boy in his Prince Charming Costume completely came out of a boy in his Prince Charming Costume shell.
article_snippet.sent: Watching how the change has affected Jacob has allowed Jacob parents to see Jacob as Jacob sees Jacob. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Now attending a school where everyone knows their son Jacob as a boy, Jacob is the happiest and most outgoing Jacob has ever been .