Jonas is now three and 2 months. I am still waiting for him to want to dress himself, pick out his own clothes, help set the table, put on socks and shoes, etc. I am one of those people that do things very quickly so it always has just been easier for me to dress him and be done in 2 min. Well, this morning since we had time and we were not going anywhere I thought I would enforce the pick out your own clothes and put them on yourself. This all started about 5 til 9:00. Here I sit at 9:36 and we are FINALLY done!
It took him 15 min just to pick out the clothes. Now in his defense his chest of drawers is very tall. I had already warned him he was going to have to get his stool. I told him he needed underwear, pants, and a shirt. Not hard right? After saying that 5 times. I finally went in his room. He had at least opened a drawer but claimed he could not reach. I said just grab a pair of underwear. He got it no problem. Then I told him to grab a shirt, again no problem. A pair of pants, no problem. So then we had to undress and redress. He did this all on his own as I watched. (oh, you CAN do it?) So the last thing was socks. THAT was fun! But he did it, 90% on his own. SUCCESS! Now I just know if I want him to do it I have to plan for about 30-45 min of frustration on both parts. It does get easier right?
I also have to praise his clothing choice. It all matches! :)
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Good job Jonas!! There are a lot of grown men out there that can not pick out their own clothes!:)
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