LizzyBee Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibbyl Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakitty Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2legomaniacs Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 I used to do that all the time! Mine, thus far, haven't thought of that or they would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 YES, several of our kids do this in several of our door frames. They find it great fun. I could post pictures! Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tara~ Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Baer Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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: \ 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pqr Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Peek a Boo Cute kids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMomof4 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat19 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 I did this when I was younger and now my dd 11 does this :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Our two youngest boys do that. They spidey on just one side and also put hands on one side and feet on the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 We have family friends who so that. I admit it was a shock the first time they were climbing my walls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connie1961 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobotGirl Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 I did that! I also was climbing trees like mad:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 My youngest (now 12) has been doing this for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 yep, all 3 of my boys have done this. Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I did it when I was young, my dc do it. It's fun!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staci in MO Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 My littlest one did that all the time. I used to do it when I was a kid too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phathui5 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdie Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpeach Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 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. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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