At Adeline's 18 month appointment in Jan. the doctor gave us a list of developmental things children should be learning between 18 and 24 months. One of the things on the list said something along the lines of "help your child learn to undress themselves." So being the naive new parents we are, Rob and I have been encouraging Adeline to try to undress herself when we change her diaper or when it's time to get in the bathtub. She usually gets the shirt stuck over her head and she can never get her feet out of her footy pj's on her own. But she tries and it's funny to watch. We learned the error of our ways today when Adeline would not go to sleep at nap time. We could hear her talking and playing. When we went in to check on her and try to get her to sleep she was standing butt-naked in the crib, pointing to her clothes and diaper on the floor--and there was a big wet spot in the crib. So a word of advice to parents whose kids have not learned to undress themselves yet...don't teach them! They'll find out on their own eventually--if you're lucky, maybe even after they're potty trained!
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Yeah, I have come to learn over the span of 6 years raising my children this far is that doctors don't know everything, especially, if they don't have a child of their own. Children will learn all things in due time (unless there are developmental delays but your gut instinct will direct you on this). Just leave them be, let them be, and enjoy EVERYTHING they can't do while you can. For example, I am in NO rush to have Karter on his hands and knees crawling and he's 7 months. Both my other two were crawling by now, but I'll keep him immobile as long as I possibly can. ha! Yes, you have some cute kiddos. :)
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