https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 08:01:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828469 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:10:53 +0000 loveisstrange 1828469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She picks her own clothes if I present choices. She tries to dress herself... I wouldn't call it successful. Lol. She normally ends up with a shirt down around her waist like a skirt or something. She's 2.5 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828440 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:05:43 +0000 plantains 1828440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellocupcake: those boat shoes are amazing! Love them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828434 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:02:56 +0000 hellocupcake 1828434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since 19 months...she's only 20 months...she has been super successful at putting on socks and shoes. She changes her shoes randomly throughout the day :) other than that. No luck with pants or shirts :/ </p> [attach=3124/14/nao20y.600x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828408 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:57:52 +0000 Mrs. Chocolate 1828408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 4 year old can undress himself on the bottom and put on his bottoms (albeit backwards half the time) He can somewhat take his shirt off and put one on but its a struggle sometimes. Its hard to be patient when we are rushing around but on days we have no where to go I try to let him go as slow as it can be. He can put his sandals on (albeit on the wrong feet some days) so when the fall starts we will have to work on socks and real shoes I guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828388 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:55:09 +0000 RsMom 1828388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO has no interest in picking out his own clothes, he doesn't really care if he wears them at all. I do encourage him to undress for bath time or put on his pants in the morning. He still has troubles getting shirts over his head or putting both of his legs in one hole. He's 27 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828326 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:41:34 +0000 Weagle 1828326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're not at this point at all. She doesn't even try to undress herself. She really likes having clothes on. No interest whatsoever. She's 27 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828311 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:37:30 +0000 bunnylove08 1828311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 23 month old picks out her own clothes but does not dress/take off her clothes herself. She tries to she gets stuck. We are teaching her to pull up and pull down her pants and pull ups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828297 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:34:18 +0000 ValentineMommy 1828297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 18m, and "helps". He puts his arms right through the arm holes and he will left his legs one at a time for pants. Nowhere near ready for him trying himself though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828288 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:32:11 +0000 plantains 1828288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: It really is the best. I am very squeamish and I never thought I would be able to laugh so hard over poop. Life is is funny sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828281 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:30:57 +0000 plantains 1828281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: @mediagirl: that makes waaay more sense. DH went to the appt and relayed this info to me so it is very possible that he got it wrong. He thinks she should be reading by now so anything is possible with him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828269 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:28:48 +0000 .twist. 1828269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: @plantains: I am laughing so hard at both your stories. HILARIOUS. Parenthood is so wonderful, isn't it? I'm so looking forward to a story like one of these, myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828266 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:27:47 +0000 mediagirl 1828266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: Oh God. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828265 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:27:41 +0000 cascademom 1828265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He can take off his shirt at 2 years old. He helps in putting on his shirt, but beyond that, not much. I think in a few months, he'll get faster at it. With him, motor stuff comes later than language. We've met the criteria for language with him at 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828258 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:27:07 +0000 plantains 1828258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: @mediagirl: thank God for you guys! I was worried that I wasn't being proactive enough getting her to do it! I figured she will do it in her own time so why rush her? It seems crazy to me that a two year old would dress themselves! </p> <p>Now undressing on the other hand, she has on lock. Especially when I don't want her to. Like in the middle of cross country flight so that she could pull a piece of poop out of her diaper and hand it to her Dad. Amazing :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828253 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:25:13 +0000 mediagirl 1828253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@808love: @Mamaof2: I think 3 1/2 sounds more reasonable for an expectation!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828246 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:24:42 +0000 Mamaof2 1828246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: At 2 our Ped wanted he interested in trying to dress herself - not successfully doing it alone </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828243 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:24:13 +0000 mediagirl 1828243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: wow, really? If that were the case, my kid (26mo) would be naked all the time. Haha.<br /> @autumnlove: M has successfully gotten her shirt over her head....and stuck. That's as far as she's gotten. One day at naptime, she must have been annoyed with her shirt. We heard this shrieking coming from her room. Went in, shirt over head, still on arms. Straight-jacketed herself. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828229 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:21:14 +0000 .twist. 1828229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@808love: At least he's never topless. Can't say the same for his butt. ;)</p> <p>@plantains: At TWO? wow. That seems so early. Our 7 &amp; 10 year old's can barely dress themselves! ;) Granted, their mom does almost everything for them still. But WOW. two. We have some work to do at our house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828226 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:20:46 +0000 plantains 1828226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was wondering this too. At our two year apt, ped said she needs to do it herself now. All I can think is that I will never leave the house on time again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828223 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:20:26 +0000 808love 1828223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: lol! Baby steps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828221 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:19:59 +0000 Mamaof2 1828221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@808love: same here DD is 3.5 and she picks out her clothes, underwear, and socks and dresses herself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828217 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:19:11 +0000 .twist. 1828217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So far, all he does is not fight me to put his arms through the arm holes. The legs are an entirely different battle.</p> <p>ETA: 1 year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828214 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:18:01 +0000 808love 1828214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO can choose and put on her full set of clothes without me looking at 3 1/2. She has been slowly building up to this since around two. I think she got an article on before two but nothing consistent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828194 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:45 +0000 autumnlove 1828194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo started undressing herself at 2 and dressing herself about 3 months later! We still help her on work days because she is really slow at it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-successfully-dressing-themselves#post-1828187 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:10:43 +0000 mediagirl 1828187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Curious! I know this is another thing that each child will do at their own speed. I'd love to hear sibling experiences, too - if they started around the same age or not. </p>