Hi guys ! It's almost Friday !!!

So, I have a question. Currently I have 3 children one 2 year old boy and 2x 20 month old boy and girl. I also have my own a 3.5 year old and my 20 month old. By January I will have 2 more 12 month old. So I will have a very full house.

I would really like to get my toddlers as independant as possible without pressuring them of course. I am currently teaching them to wash hands, to undress themselves when we come from outdoors and putting their clothes away. For the most part they are responding well but I find that some especialy my boys are sometimes not really responding. Do you have any tricks you use to get your kids as independant as they can be ? What else do you get them to do on their own ? The two little 20 month old girls are not potty trained but they are using the potty here and there when we change diapers so hopefully potty trainning will come easy when they get there. The 2 year old boy is nowhere interested at this time.

As for my own 3.5 ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG ! She knows how to dress herself and she can ... but most of the time she will fight it and ask me to do it. I ask her to try and then tell me if she needs help and the I go to her when she does. However, somedays I am really in a rush to get them out the door ... how do you get them to cooperate whitout turning into world war 2 ? I understand that she sees me dressing all these other small kids and she wants the same attention but I need her to understand she does get attention in some otherways and it's fun beeing able to dress yourself.

So thanks in advance for any advice you might have to offer