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when did your DS start dressing himself?
So I have a DD who is 7. Being a girl, she was very interested in picking out her own clothes and dressing herself by 3. My Son who turned 4 in July can change his own pants/shorts and underwear but he is still unable to put on or take off a shirt. My DH thinks that he needs to start trying harder. I keep telling him that DD took to it at the age she did cuz she is a girl. Should my DS be able to change his shirt by now?
Re: when did your DS start dressing himself?
I have a girl and wasn't that interested until 4. Now, at 4 1/2 I can give her an outfit and walk out of the room in the morning. But if I'm in a rush I will do it for her.
I'm not sure if your son doesn't have the ability or just not the interest. I'm sure a little gentle teaching and patience could teach him the skill. Sounds like something Dad could do.
Girls mature faster than boys.:)
Is your son okay in all other ways? Knows his colors and can put together sentences that are on target with his age?
DS was late 4's / closer to 5 when he started dressing himself. DD was definately dressing herself by 3 1/2.
DS has OT issues, so maybe it was a fine motor skills issue in his case. Also, he never cared what he wore, where DD wanted to pick her own clothes.
I also have a son who never seemed to care about that whole "I do it MYSELF" thing.
When he was around 4, like you, I realized that I had been dressing him like a baby for FAR longer than I'd had to dress his older sister. Like your son, he could totally do it himself -- he just liked having me do it. Being a boy or a girl and "loving clothes" has nothing to do with it. I just have one kid (DD) who likes being independent and hates people in her personal space, and one kid (DS) who enjoys being babied.
I dealt with it by laying his clothes out for him on the floor in the morning, and telling him he could have his breakfast when he came out fully dressed. I didn't make a big deal out of it. I just said, "I'm busy, and you can do this yourself. Come on out when you're dressed." Then I just walked out of the room.
He griped about it a little, but he wanted breakfast, so he had to get his own clothes on. Problem solved.