When they begin to feel older they want to dress themselves to demonstrate their independence and autonomy and impose their own will. There are some things that parents can do to make their homework easier. learn to dress alone. After three years, they begin to undress but still need help to dress; at 5 or 6 years they do it alone.
Buy clothes that are easy to put on and take off, avoiding ties, buttons, closures or complicated mechanisms for them. Since they are still too small to combine the colors, if you want to prevent your child from going out into the street made a clown, place the combinable clothes on a shelf that is within reach. Do the same by putting there the garments of the corresponding season of the year, so you will not wear a sweater in the middle of summer. That way, they can choose their own clothes.
Many children take the taste and change several times a day and even impose their own tastes and hobbies making them take away some garment they do not like. But it is normal that there are some clothes that you like more than another. We can make them practice the technique of dressing with dolls, singing songs or dressing at the same time as us to learn order, first socks, t-shirt, and so on. It is important that we congratulate them when they dress alone and have a lot of patience.
A good trick for the coat to be placed alone is to put it open on the floor, so you just have to put your arms in the sleeves and pass the coat over your head. They have fun and make them feel independent ... and we avoid tantrums when it comes out.
