How A Child REALLY Dresses Themselves

A few days ago, my friend was lamenting the fact that her almost two year old son is not developing as quickly as her other friends kids of the same age.  Apparently one of her friends was bragging that her two year old dressed themselves and her son...does not.

We all tried to comfort our friend that her son was okay and she was not a failure as a parent and he would, in fact, dress himself one day and would graduate from high school and probably college and go onto be a successful adult.

And we also told her that her friend wasn't completely honest in her description of how her child dressed himself.

So, Jen....this blog post is dedicated to you.  This is how real little kids dress themselves.

First, it appears that Mary Mayken  did a great job putting on her clothes.

But, upon further inspection, one will notice that she put her pants on backwards.

Pockets in the front.

Zipper in the back...

Oh wait.  But that's not all.  She also put her shirt on backwards.

 

And the only reason that her Twinkle Toe Shoes are on correct is because Ken put them on her and tied her shoes.

If he had not helped her, those would have been on backwards as well.  She has been known to wear her shoes backwards.

So, Jen, don't worry about your little man.  He's fine.  Your friend is crazy.  This is how a four year old really dresses herself.  You can only imagine how well she did when she was only 2!

And yes, I did take her to lunch with my friends dressed like that.  Because by the time I realized that she had everything on backwards, her shoes and coat were on and we were late.

If she were the first child, she would have been changed.  But she's not so she wasn't.  :p

Yeah.  Aunt Kem rocks like that!