I stopped looking at the developmental charts a long time ago, so I'm not exactly sure where "undressing" falls age wise on the charts, but Colin is slowly starting to accomplish some of these skills. He is REALLY into the self help skills of taking off his clothes, particularly his shirt, and working on the pants and the diapers now too. He uses his shoes against us in the car because he takes those off with ease (even the ones with laces) and often chucks them at us in the front (to be funny, not mean of course).
We took it as a sign that maybe he was more ready than we thought for potty training, but we have seen no change in terms of his undressing and being put on the potty. The response we get is the same, that he will go, but we still don't see much in terms of his telling us he has to go.
Some days we literally can't keep the clothes on him and thankfully, we have not come across a scene that I have read about on some of the other blogs (regardless of whether or not the child has special needs) where the child has left some nice presents all over. Please help us if it ever gets that bad because Colin's poop is not something that would be a fun present to find given that he only eats dairy. I don't think i need to explain any more...
While yay! Colin's accomplishing some self-help skills, it is difficult to teach him the difference between when it's Ok to take off the clothes, and when it's not.
I definitely get a chuckle each time, but let's home we get the reverse skill too where he can easily put the clothes back on...
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Thankfully we never had any of those "scenes" at our house, either. Whew! Samantha didn't really tell us she had to go consistently until she was nearly 5. But she may have, except for the fact that we were prompting her every 10 minutes or so! Even now, she goes on such a schedule (eg. "Okay, Sammi, we're going to go to Gramma's house now - get on the potty before we leave!") that who knows how often she'd actually tell us she has to go? She has a bladder of iron anyway. But she *has* been fully potty trained (day and night) since right before she turned 5. It probably could have happened sooner, but we gave up trying very hard. LOL
Sorry I laughed out loud! Love, Nana
Makes me laugh! Beau can't get his shirt off but pants down he can. I've only found a couple surprises in his crib over the summer but since put him in one piece jammies! He's the same. Not pleasant poop :) Good luck on potty training. It's sure a chore!
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