My DS is 2 and 5 mos and is just beginning to assert his independence and try it himself. Moreso than getting dressed, he wants to undress. DD was the opposite and wanted to dress herself before she attempted to learn to undress herself.
I'm just looking for an average age range and of the child attempted to dress or undress him/herself first.
My older son is four and has been dressing himself since he was about two and a half. My little one is 23 months old, and he expresses a desire to wear a specific article of clothing sometimes, but he does not yet dress himself at all.
My dd was picking out her own clothes at the age of three and her outfits matched, and so did her socks, shoes and hair things... she is six now, and she still match when she goes out... I wouldn't even send my two year old out in something like that
Quoting Karen_S:DD may end up a stripper, because she could take off just about any clothes way before 2. That girl can get nekkid like nobody's business :-)
I think it was a little over 2 that she started wanting to try to dress herself. Whether she needed help depended on the kind of clothes...if it was all stretchy stuff she could pull on, she was great, but buttons and zippers and small snaps took longer.
She's now 5, and proudly dresses herself every morning, including picking her clothes. Last Friday, she chose a short magnenta and white flowered dress, light blue and white flowered shorts (a different floral pattern) and a pink and purple striped sweatshirt. Seriously. I figure as long as it is weather-appropriate, it's her body and she can choose...though I can't help making some suggestions about things that go together...usually ignored.
my daughter will be 2 in Feb, and can put on panties, pants, her brothers bigger socks, and her shoes.....not always correctly
My youngest boy is 5, still needs help, but he is special needs. Has trouble coordinating movements.
My oldset boys were probably around 3 when I could hand them their clothes and they would dress....
My older daughter started trying when she was almost 3, didn't get very good or consistent with it until around her fourth birthday. My younger daughter started trying around her second birthday, she's not quite 2.5 and still isn't very good, but she likes to pull her pants up and put her shoes on, lol.
my kids were undressing at about age 2. They could dress themselves when they were three with the exception of buttons and tying shoes.
DD was 2 1/2 when she was dressing ( with help ) and undressing started earlier.
Quoting Anonymous:
How old were your kids when they started zipping and snapping?
My 3 yr old zips up her coat.
leaving baby alone while i do laundry?
- epoh
on Nov. 17, 2012 at 6:51 AM