Does anyone else have a kid who does this?

[LizzyBee]

This is something I've never seen another kid do, even though there are some all-boy boys (and girls) in my extended family. My youngest dd, age 7, climbs door frames. She braces her hands and feet on the door jambs and then climbs all the way to the top and back down. Sometimes, she kind of turns sideways and wedges herself so that she's half-sitting, half-lying in the doorway.

 

So who else's kids do this? My kid can't be the only one. :001_smile:

[tibbyl]

I did this, and I have witnessed all my children doing it. It is lots of fun and relatively safe as far as climbing scenarios go.

[nakitty]

yep...I did it as a child and I have taught the spidy skill to my children as well... also climb hallways....and pretty much anything else that is stationary and can hold their weight. :lol:

[Jennifer in MI]

Yes. My 7 (nearly 8) yo boy does this. My dd2 seems to be following in his footsteps. I just had to tell her to stop climbing the fridge!!

[Mom2legomaniacs]

I used to do that all the time! Mine, thus far, haven't thought of that or they would.

[milovany]

YES, several of our kids do this in several of our door frames. They find it great fun. I could post pictures! Lol.

[~Tara~]

Yep yep

All of mine do to some extent...but the 9 yr old is the expert. I'm going to have to rename him on my blog "Tree Frog" :p He's also the one who jumps off the balcony ;)

 

My 2 yr old..well, he sure TRIES to climb the doorframes, but as you can imagine, his wee little legs and arms don't help him much. teehee But it's sure fun to watch. :D

[Peek a Boo]

oh gosh yes!! Mine all do [or try] this! I have pics of my 2d ds in his spiderman costume hanging from the top of the doorframe.

 

In fact, he has figured out how to scale the stairway via the walls w/o touching the stairs :eek:

 

i just count it as PE ;)

 

and here ya go --i added a couple pics from 2003 :D

[T Baer]

This is something I've never seen another kid do, even though there are some all-boy boys (and girls) in my extended family. My youngest dd, age 7, climbs door frames. She braces her hands and feet on the door jambs and then climbs all the way to the top and back down. Sometimes, she kind of turns sideways and wedges herself so that she's half-sitting, half-lying in the doorway.

 

So who else's kids do this? My kid can't be the only one. :001_smile:

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We did this and more. Behind our house separated by an alley was 2 tall brick warehouse buildings that were close together. We used to shimming up the building and get to the top and jump from one building to another...until we got caught. Now as a Mom, I would never let my son do this.

[LizzyBee]

Thanks, ladies. I feel better knowing it's not so unusual. All of my kids climb lots of other things, but the youngest is the only one that does door frames. Of course, she's also the child of whom I wrote in a Christmas letter a few years ago, "Katie is not walking yet. She runs, hops, skips, climbs, and jumps, but she never just walks." :lol:

[pqr]

Peek a Boo

 

Cute kids

[Peek a Boo]

Thanks, ladies. I feel better knowing it's not so unusual. All of my kids climb lots of other things, but the youngest is the only one that does door frames. Of course, she's also the child of whom I wrote in a Christmas letter a few years ago, "Katie is not walking yet. She runs, hops, skips, climbs, and jumps, but she never just walks." :lol:

 

 

yeah....i hear that one! lol

i swear i gave birth to mountain goats.

here's another of my oldest [again, back in 2003, lol]

he's the one in the orange shirt.

[TXMomof4]

Yup, my 8 yo does this. Makes me crazy! We'll be standing in the hallway having a conversation and I turn around to find I'm looking at her belly. Plus, she goes barefoot all the time and her feet leave nasty brown marks all over everything!

[kat19]

I did this when I was younger and now my dd 11 does this :001_smile:

[Remudamom]

Our two youngest boys do that. They spidey on just one side and also put hands on one side and feet on the other.

[Starr]

We have family friends who so that. I admit it was a shock the first time they were climbing my walls!

[Mommy22alyns]

If my girls had half a chance, they'd be doing that! Especially Becca... she never "walked" either, she just took off running and hasn't stopped since!

[Connie1961]

My son use to do this when he was young also. Now he is so much taller (and older), it wouldn't be much of a climb before he made it to the top!!!

[Harriet Vane]

Both my kids can climb both doorways and hallways.

 

My dd is tall and she has actually, also, figured out a way to climb the large opening leading into our living room. This is what usually REALLY impresses people, because the opening is quite large and dd has to practically do the splits to climb it.

[RobotGirl]

I did that! I also was climbing trees like mad:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[JFSinIL]

My youngest (now 12) has been doing this for years.

[Rose in BC]

Of course at his age I threaten him with "now that you've run your dirty feet all over my walls, you'll have to wash them".:001_smile: (The walls that is.)

[Sasharowan]

My dd8 does this. Her dad showed her how. Although her legs aren't quite long enough to do the sideways with the back on one side climb.

[Mandy in TN]

yep, all 3 of my boys have done this.

Mandy

[Lolly]

I did it when I was young, my dc do it. It's fun!!!

[GailV]

This is exactly how my 8yo has spent her summer -- climbing up the door frame right next to my computer desk. I took pictures the other day and was planning a blog post about it.

[Staci in MO]

:glare:

[2cents]

My littlest one did that all the time. I used to do it when I was a kid too. :)

[melissel]

This is something I've never seen another kid do, even though there are some all-boy boys (and girls) in my extended family. My youngest dd, age 7, climbs door frames. She braces her hands and feet on the door jambs and then climbs all the way to the top and back down. Sometimes, she kind of turns sideways and wedges herself so that she's half-sitting, half-lying in the doorway.

 

So who else's kids do this? My kid can't be the only one. :001_smile:

 

Oh gosh, I remember doing it as a kid, and my DD5 does it now. She recently discovered it and has the perfect spot in our kitchen doorways. I always thought it was pretty normal.

[phathui5]

My seven year old does it all the time. I have a picture of him doing it in a Spiderman costume when he was four or five.

[Suzanne in ABQ]

Oh, that's my boy! Put him in a Spiderman costume, and the kids becomes a climbing fiend! Two years ago, we were visiting my IL's during Halloween season. I had to keep pulling him down from the doorways, and off the banister, because I was totally stressed thinking that his grandfather would catch him! I have great pictures, but I don't know how to post them here. :glare:

[Ferdie]

Yes, my children taught the neighbor kid how to climb door jams and the Mom wasn't too happy. But her ds taught my kids how to slide down the banister so I guess we are even.

[Sweetpeach]

Absolutely -- they just figured out how it works this winter -- I thought maybe too much math and they decided to climb the door, as an escape.

 

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