s/o: Do some or all of your children climb the walls/doorways in your home?

[mama2cntrykids]

Ok, I can see how you'd be able to climb a doorway, but a wall? How?

 

And, no, they don't. My oldest is 10.5 and 100 lbs though, so probably not a good idea anyway:001_smile:.

[AndyJoy]

I have never heard of nor seen such a thing! Now I can't wait until dh wakes up so I can ask if he ever did it.

 

You know if you ask him, he might say yes and decide to pass it on! Just sayin' :D, you might want to consider if you're ok with that, lol.

[EKS]

My children don't, but I used to.

[ravinlunachick]

You know if you ask him, he might say yes and decide to pass it on! Just sayin' :D, you might want to consider if you're ok with that, lol.

 

Naw, my rule-following-ness has totally rubbed off on him! :lol:

[Mama Geek]

I expect her to start any day. She climbed up her stroller and got on top of the table yesterday.:tongue_smilie:

[Mrs Mungo]

Ok, I can see how you'd be able to climb a doorway, but a wall? How?

 

If a wall is skinny my son can hold on to the edge of it and climb up. If a hallway is skinny, then my son can put his hands on one side, his feet on the other and walk himself up to the ceiling that way.

[Mommy22alyns]

Ah, Youtube. You never fail me! ♥

 

 

 

 

 

:001_huh:

 

Rebecca is NOT seeing those. It would be dangerous! :lol:

[Sasharowan]

We currently live in a log home with cathedral ceilings in the great room, and the first thing Dh did when we moved in is to put up rock climbing handholds on the tall wall in the living room. They blend into the wall so nicely that no one ever notices them until someone (man or child :D) starts climbing them. We also have a few trap doors, a hidden room and two hand swings (that - yes - hold a grown man) hanging from the log rafters. I was a little skeptical at first (I grew up in a "don't touch anything" house), but Dh manages to do these things so that the house still looks very nice - plus already having the "rustic" look to the house helps out a lot!

 

My dd11 says she is coming to stay with you. She would love a house like that.

[mchel210]

Haaa...Cute Poll. My little one is the only one that has done this. She used to climb the door frames all the time! She loved doing that. I dont think she ever climbed the wall...but she has climbed the outside of my stairs.

 

She used to climb up when she was a less then a year. A little booger. She couldnt climb my stairs since I had a gate...so she climbed up outside rail.

 

Recently, she climbed the bathroom door again. What a monkey. :lol:

 

She is now a super strong 8yo. LOL. She loves to do pull ups! I have a bar hanging for her in my downstairs bathroom.

[Word Nerd]

It was a passing fad in our home earlier this year, but they haven't tried it recently and I'm not going to remind them!

[K&Rs Mom]

Mine do it - they're so proud when they finally touch the ceiling for the first time! I don't think anyone taught them. They also wash the walls & doorways because they do this. ;)

[SonshineLearner]

I LOVED doing this when I was little; I just saw my son (8) do it the other day. I think it might have been the first time he did. Our doors were better for it; climbing was a huge part of my life when I was little! I loved being up in the trees... on top of my shelves in the closet. :)

[angela in ohio]

:confused: :blink:

 

Yep.

 

No one is alowed to have their hands or feet on the walls here. Climbing is an outside activity.

[abbeyej]

My little sister did this from the time she was a toddler. She'd scramble up the side and hang from the trim around the door-frame. ... My kids couldn't do this if you paid them. ;)

[Margo out of lurking]

So, do your children do this?

 

NEVER. They value their lives. I'm the mom whose mantra was, "Please don't touch the walls," when their little friends would come over. I could never stand when ANYone did that. Ds has a new friend who touches my walls. I can't believe I have to tell an 11 year old to not touch walls.

 

But other than that and not allowing them to call me by my first name, I'm really quite nice.

[abbeyej]

"Please don't touch the walls,"

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[Margo out of lurking]

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Originally Posted by Kristine out of lurking

"Please don't touch the walls,"

 

 

 

 

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(I don't know how to include a quote with the message.)

 

Yes, for many years, I told visiting kids to not touch my walls. I can't believe how many kids walked down the hall or the stairs with their hands outstretched, dragging along the walls. You don't touch the walls in my house, just like you don't touch the ceiling.

 

Apparently I surprised a friend of ds's last week by telling the friend, "GET out of my refrigerator. You do not stand in there." The kid is 11.:confused::confused:

[Sparkle]

Oh, yes, my sister and I used to love to do this as kids, and my kids all did it too. They figured it out on their own. DD8 still does it once in a while.

[SonshineLearner]

Funny, I was remembering in gym where we climbed up the rope to the ceiling and touched; not many could do it, I was light and strong and could :) Very competitive on those tests!! Also, the pull-ups and such were fun for me!! I gave myself a headache racing through how many sit-ups that I could do.

[mom31257]

Yes, my son does. I don't think my dd did it until he did, but by then she was too tall, so she would go up sideways.

 

I can't get the link to post as a picture, but you can see the evidence here.

[Lynnette in WA]

I never did it as a child -- I guess I was around the wrong people. But somehow my kids have learned to, and all of them have done it. The older ones have outgrown it, but the 2 younger ones still like to climb the doorways and walls. It does look fun!

[Geo]

My second born son was a true monkey, he climbed everything. My two youngest children haven't been exposed to wall and door frame climbing...but the propensity is there. That's why my boy has gymnastic rings and a swing in his bedroom. I'm older and smarter than I used to be. ;)