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Not much! She's 13 months & attempts to dress herself but is in no way good at it lol she "brushes" her own teeth & can follow a few directions. Maybe I'll start trying to get her to clean herself up after meals like the list suggested!

Okay, my LO is a little behind on self care it seems! He's 18 months and has mastered anything eating related, lol, but that's it! He can "clean" which is whipping a rag around, can throw trash away (and sometimes things that aren't trash!) and he likes to pretend to brush his hair. But dressing himself? Washing his face? Not even close!

Wow I totally suck at teaching self care it seems. LO is almost 3 and barely knows half of what he should know. Jeez. *Sadly walks away*

Lo attempts to brush his teeth ehile i brush mine (i help after). He also tries to brush his hair. He puts his dirty clothes in the basket, and knows where to go for various things so i dont have to carry him. He also has to help clean up when his independent playtime is over and he is getting much better at it (he still needs specific instruction from me..."put the truck on this box" not just "clean up!") He cant dress or undress yet, so thats really it for us. I think mostly you can just teach them and push them a little at a time when you see the things they are capable of and interested in. My lo is 20 months.

LO is 25 months and although she can do most things on the lists, she in a phase where prefers to have people do it for her. She tends to get very upset if things don't' go right immediately, and gets frustrated (that comes from daddy.) So we are working on in, she's very independent always has been "I DO IT MOMMY" is a frequent phrase but it's usually followed up 10 seconds later with "I CAN'T DO IT, MOMMY DO IT NOW." it's a bad cycle we are in, but we are working on it!

LO is 12 months and she helps unload the bottom rack of the dishwasher (hands us the clean dishes), gets her shoes/bib when we ask, carries her toys from room to room, selects books for us to read and turns pages and points out things, moves her highchair (on wheels) out when we tell her it's time to eat and pushes it back against the wall after eating, self-feeds with hands and spoon, drinks from open/sippy/straw cups, brushes her hair, puts her hands under the water and dries them on a towel, points to what shirt and pants she wants to wear in the morning, takes off her shoes/slippers and socks, hands us items that we point to and ask "can I have xyz?", feeds treats to the dog, started mimicking the hand signals we use with the dog and directs these towards the dog. We ask if she wants to help us do something and she gets so excited! My mom watches her once a week and has LO help unload the dishwasher, sort clean laundry for folding (although LO prefers to unfold clothes), etc. My LO has never been a napper and has low sleep needs so l wouldn't get anything done during the day if I didn't find ways for LO to participate in tasks.

@MrsH: Hahaha, that was my first thought too!

From reading this thread, we've started having her brush her teeth when we brush ours (I brush them properly after), having her help clean up her toys while we sing the clean up song, and she hands me things out of the dishwasher sometimes. She tries to brush her hair now, but she can't get the tangles out so I go after and get them.

@Adira: doesn't day care work on these things with him?

R can wash her hands, well her version, we help her. But she can wipe her mouth and then dry them off. We are working on an open cup at home after brushing her teeth, with water in a dixie cup. She also does it once a day at day care. She is great with a spoon and fork, still chooses her hands most of the time. She brushes her teeth, but mostly it is her sucking on the water/toothpaste.

She can take off her shoes and socks but that is all. She can't dress herself otherwise. She knows to hold her arm up to put in the sleeve, but that is all.

@avivoca: yes I forgot! R loves to help me unload the dishwasher. I have to be careful one day she was carrying a plate across the kitchen. Luckily she didn't drop it.