Izzy is 22 months and apparently should be able to: ''Taking off her own clothes: While this may lead to lots of chase-the-naked-toddler sessions, it's a key accomplishment and your child will learn to do it sometime between 13 and 20 months''

Well I am glad she hasn't learnt it! Shoes and socks is all she removes (mind you they say 'At 27 months, she'll probably be able to pull off her shoes'....but that's easy!!)

Caitlin is almost 18mths and she can take off shoes (depending on style, she still strugles with ones that are buckled on well), socks, trousers and jackets/coats/dressing gown... provided they arent buttoned.

Once I went into her after a nap and she had one arm out of her t-shirt but that was a fluke. I dont believe that most kids can remove a t-shirt/jumper themselves by 20mths! Id also be shocked if they could unbutton a vest between the legs and take it off.

Iv been googling milestones lately too for speech, physical things but its so confusing as most sites say dif things or are so vague so as not to worry parents. Id love a general list that HVs go by. Caitlin got a check at 4mths & I think the next one not due until her pre school check at around 4. Totally up to me to judge how she doing, though I suppose im the best person to do that! I think its appauling though that some kids can go unchecked for problems until they are 4 (eg if mums in denial, emotional abuse occuring.)

Thomas is 25 months and other than socks and shoes he doesn't really bother about taking his clothes off. He takes his bottoms off now and then but usualy brings them straight to me to put back on, although he is now trying learn to put them on himself which can be highly amusing to watch .

I remember reading the exact same 'milestone' when Thomas was 22 months and thinking 'erm? nope! Thankgod!' one milestone I'm not too worried if he bypasses

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Count yourselfs lucky girls, i go up the check on Tayla about half hour after ive put her down and sometimes shes naked (well still has her nappy on!) as she takes her pjs off
My mum said my cousin was obsessed with being naked when she was younger and thinks Tays going to be the same, she also HATES getting dressed, i have to pin her down

i have a nekkid child too!

Caitlin must have read this thread last night! She seems to be proving a point this morning and has taken her jeans off about 4 times

Pmsl terri & awla - snoopy, once bean figured out a certain pair of joggers were easy to pull down he continued to do so about 4/5 times - highly delighted with himself

When in the car we take shoes off as they just get pulled off / chewed (and obv the soles are a bit grubby so prevents yuk-licking) - the socks stay if it's a short journey but he soon pulls them off when he's had enough (5/10mins)

Callum takes his shoes and socks of as soon as they go on or we go out in the car when its time to get out theyre both missing which a pain in the bum x and sometimes he running around and his trousers will be missing but thats just occasionally he has tried taking tops off but gets stuck x

Im not gonna read anymore if this milestones thing anymore it really worries me x

I read by 18months if your child is still putting toys and things in there mouths, spinnig wheels then theyre could be problems wtf!

haha Carla...well Izzy has serious problems then cos she still eats playdoh!

I went to get Amelia out of her cot when she was 15 months and she was starkers! Luckily she rarely does it when she's not meant too but when I start to run her a bath she's naked in the blink of an eye lol x

we already have to battle elijah into clothes, as you put one leg in trousers he pulls the other one out and it goes on forever while he giggles and then gets more and more annoyed maybe he still has time to grow out of it!

My LO's 2yrs old and he doesn't take his own clothes off. He did try and take his tshirt off yesterday but brought his arm out of the sleave and put it through the neck hole..and was mighty frustrated cos he was trying to do the hokey cokey at the time
He does take his pants and nappy off when he wants 'poo-wee-wees!' though.

LisaGandAmelia wrote:

I went to get Amelia out of her cot when she was 15 months and she was starkers! Luckily she rarely does it when she's not meant too but when I start to run her a bath she's naked in the blink of an eye lol x

Thats Isla!! As soon as the 'Baff' is being run....everythings off!

H only takes his shoes/socks Off x

Chloe keeps trying to take hers off when we're out, I remember going round Tesco in the summer and she just had a dress on, and when I turned round she'd taken everything off

lol carla....spinning wheels???oliver loves wheels . im the same though, i give up reading milestone things cos theres probibly always something your hild will be later at doing

as for the original q, oliver always takes his bloody shoes and socks off,pain in the bum when we have to get out the car at school but as for clothes, he doesnt really bother much, iv been in his room after a nap and he's taken his trousers off but thats about it tbh x

pmsl - bean must have picked up on the vibes of this thread, the trousers came off today and he was getting mardy when the legs were getting caught up around his slippers so was enlisting mummy's help finds being nekkid hilarious

who writes these milestones?
They are all bollocks because all kids are different.

Some get naked young, some talk young, some walk young, some do other stuff...
who cares?

My view is as long as they can walk, talk articulately, dress themselves, use a toilet themselves and eat politely by the time they go to school it doesn't matter what order they do stuff in.

Daniel has no interest in undressing himself either. he does take his shoes off though. I am waiting for him to be interested in stripping before start to potty train him.