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Posted: Nov 02 2007 at 12:42pm | IP Logged Quote LLMom
Does anyone else have children that stand on their heads? Not all of my children have but at least 5 of them have gone through a stage at around age 4-5 where they stand on their heads on the couch. Gaining a new perspective on the world? Just curious as to whether others have kiddos that do this.

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Posted: Nov 02 2007 at 12:46pm | IP Logged Quote amyable
LOL! My 7yo, 4yo and 2yo are always doing this!

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Posted: Nov 02 2007 at 12:54pm | IP Logged Quote PDyer
My son did the head stand thing, but my daughter didn't. My son likes to be upside down for some reason; periodically I'll find him with his head on the floor, upside down with his back resting on the couch cushion, legs flopped all over the place, reading.

The picture explains it better than I can

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Posted: Nov 02 2007 at 1:19pm | IP Logged Quote Philothea
My three year old does that all the time. It's his preferred couch-sitting position.
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Posted: Nov 02 2007 at 2:32pm | IP Logged Quote lapazfarm
My kids don't really, but I used to a lot when I was a kid. I used to love being upside down and looking at things that way, imagining myself walking around on the ceiling, stepping over light fixtures and doorways...
Yes, I was a weird kid.

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Posted: Nov 02 2007 at 2:35pm | IP Logged Quote amyable
lapazfarm wrote:
My kids don't really, but I used to a lot when I was a kid. I used to love being upside down and looking at things that way, imagining myself walking around on the ceiling, stepping over light fixtures and doorways...
Yes, I was a weird kid.


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Posted: Nov 02 2007 at 3:23pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G
WOOOO! I thought it was just my all-boy 8yob! He's always rolling on his head and doing gymnastics on the floor -- especially during exciting parts of a family movie -- which means he gets yelled at by the others for being the way.

Seriously ... this is the one who also used to chew his fingers (and clothes), but seems to have stopped (thank goodness as his shirts would be SOAKED !)

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Posted: Nov 02 2007 at 9:43pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
oh most of mine do this at one time or other..

Itty bitty Miss just turned 11 mo was just standing next to me with her hands and head on teh floor peeking through her knees

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Posted: Nov 02 2007 at 10:34pm | IP Logged Quote JenniferS
Yes. My almost nine year old ds still does it often.

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Posted: Nov 02 2007 at 10:34pm | IP Logged Quote joann10
All mine have done this at different ages. Actually, my teenage s lay upside down on the couch to do their hair. They say that it is the only way to get a perfect ponytail.
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Posted: Nov 03 2007 at 12:24am | IP Logged Quote Erin
Only from 4-5?All my dc do this and for much longer than that. Picture me at reading aloud time with various children listening with their heads on the lounge and their feet up on the wall

Joann, I'm still trying to picture the hair one

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Posted: Nov 03 2007 at 6:21am | IP Logged Quote LLMom
Well, 4-5 is the age when they begin (usually) and some of mine have only done it for a year or so and others continue on for years.

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Posted: Nov 03 2007 at 10:10am | IP Logged Quote Barbara C.
Well, my daughter likes to hang upside down on the chairs and tables, too, but usually she is just setting herself up to do a back flip. I don't know what possessed me to put her in a gymnastics class when she was 3. It's been non- stop flipping, tumbling, and head standing ever since. At least in class they teach her how to do it without injuring herself. Her little sister tries to do it, but just can't get it yet. We'll have to start her in class soon, too.

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Posted: Nov 05 2007 at 10:20pm | IP Logged Quote Jess
My oldest 2 dds do this too, especially the 9yrold dd. She reads like this all the time. I always think it would give me a headache

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Posted: Nov 05 2007 at 10:40pm | IP Logged Quote KackyK
My 8yold ds (soon to be 9 this week) does it while on the couch while he watches football...we say "whatever"...he's part of the scenery too!

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