How much are your 4 year olds doing ??

I wanna know how much are your 4 year olds doing themselves ? My son turned 4 in June and he’s my only child so I feel I tend to baby him a lot.

Are your 4 year olds brushing their teeth themselves, putting themselves to bed, bathing themselves, dressing and undressing, wiping themselves ??

Please let me know… I don’t wanna baby him too much but I also wanna make sure I’m not setting unrealistic expectations of him .

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Kids need supervision brushing their teeth until they are like 8. I brush my son’s teeth at night & also let him take part. We talk through it.
Our ped still asks that we supervise bath time. My son does his best to wash up, but I’ll help too.
I still help with wiping. Not trying to deal with a rash.
We are also still working on dressing. He’s got undressing down.

My daughter has been dressing and undressing herself for about a year, but everything else I assist with.
She is capable of wiping herself and has been doing so at preschool for a year, but at home, it's always, "MOOOOOM! WIPE MEEE!!!" 🥴

My daughter turned 4 in June and she still needs assistance with some things. She can bathe and wipe on her own but I’m still there if she needs it. She doesn’t like brushing her teeth so I have to do it and she can undress and put bottoms on. Still a little rough with the shirts. She went to pre-k this year and I can already tell she’s more independent

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