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What age could your DCs dress/undress themselves?

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pulapula · 25/02/2008 15:17

DD is 3.2 and is fine about getting pants on/off, pulling tights/trousers up and down when she goes to the loo etc.

BUT we still do the rest, as she kicks up a fuss and says she can't. Should we convince her to try/show her how or is it ok to keep doing it for her?

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Othersideofthechannel · 25/02/2008 19:36

I would keep doing it for her. She'll let you know when she is ready. Otherwise it'll just turn into an unnecessary battle.
DD is also 3.2 and does the same as your DD and get her trousers on. She also sticks her arms through the sleeves when I have popped a top over her head.
But she doesn't always want to do it.
DS could dress himself except for buttons age 4 I think.

OneHandedTypist · 25/02/2008 19:45

DC r hopeless, all nearly 5 b4 they could dress selves., dd6 still struggles w/ buttons & tights.

meandboys · 25/02/2008 19:52

ds1 was getting dressed by himself at 2.6 (which included putting on socks and shoes too)but ds2 is 2.9 and has only just managed to start pulling his pants up

pedilia · 25/02/2008 19:55

DS2 is 3.5 and started getting himself dressed properly just beofre Xmas, he could get undressed from about 2.5.

DD is very good at getting undressed she is 14 months

mckenzie · 25/02/2008 20:00

My DS (now nearly 7) can dress himself but is quite lazy and makes such a meal of it that occasionally we end up helping him.
DD, nearly 3, has been dressing herself on and off for ages but only when it suits her!

pulapula · 25/02/2008 22:54

Sounds like i shouldn't be too worried then. It was only when at a playgroup and one 2 yo girl had dressed herself (although her top was back to front) that i worried DD was being slow/lazy. I always ask her to get undressed at bathtime and she just stands there til i've finished undressing her baby brother! In the morning its a bit of a battle to get her dressed but i guess not worth pushing her til she's ready.

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ja9 · 25/02/2008 23:02

ds has just got the hang of it although still cannot do buttons. he is 3.5 yrs

BoysOnToast · 25/02/2008 23:06

gentle encouragement and nothing more if shes kicking up a fuss. she'll get bored of it before you do.

ds1 dresses himself, without any 'teaching' or prompting from us... prob from about age 4y. ds2 can do it, but just likes help. nowt wrong with that IYAM. hes only 3yo for goodness sake.

LyraSilvertongue · 25/02/2008 23:06

Both DSs could do it by about age 2 but didn't want to. They're 5 and 3 now and dress themselves, although the younger one protests.

slim22 · 25/02/2008 23:15

DS nearly 4 can do bottoms and socks and shoes (no shoelace).
Can just about manage pulling T-shirt on but not off. Definitely resists any attempts at buttoning/unbuttoning.

RosaIsRed · 25/02/2008 23:26

I am ashamed to admit that I was still dressing DD1 when she was nearly eight. Otherwise she would have stayed in her pyjamas for the rest of her life.
DD3 is five and can dress herself but I often dress her on school mornings as she is, er, not a morning person.
DD2 has been dressing herself happily and sensibly since the age of three. Thankfully.

Rachmumoftwo · 25/02/2008 23:28

Mine can both dress themselves and have been able to since before they started school. But if I leave it completely to them, it is amazing what they end up wearing!

readytopop · 25/02/2008 23:36

ds is 4 in 7 weeks and can dress himself when he chooses. I usually end up doing it weekdays, otherwise it is 8.45 and we need to be out of the door, and he is just deciding to get on with it. However he frequently comes home from nursery on PE days back to front, today it was trousers and shoes

dd is just 2 and can do pj's herself (tried to remove shitty nappy this morning, it's another story, but have been washing skiddy clothes and bedlinen all day, bless her she tried) She can do other bits, t-shirts, trousers, etc, and currently has a sock and shoe/welly obsession

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