chickenpatty Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Usually, every night after dinner, dh & the dc have wrestle-mania in the livingroom. I'm usually in the kitchen cleaning up, trying to stay as far from the laughing, shrieking, howling, rough-housing, etc... Frequently, someone will come crying to me because their nose got bonked or hair got stepped on or some other minor scrape, but I'm always wondering when/if someone is going to end up with a broken bone or something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ria Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 No. We've never allowed any type of roughhousing indoors. And no tackling type of stuff outdoors, either. Sports, yes. Karate, yes. Ria (mom of 5 boys, ages 11-19, and one dd, age 19) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillary in KS Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 No serious injuries here. When I was little we wrestled with my dad, and there weren't any serious injuries there, either. I think Dads are pretty good at the beatings. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Yes, but it is usually Dh when he gets hit where it counts;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Yep. My boys love to roughhouse. After dinner they often engage dh in a game of roughhousing, or, their favorite "the tripping game". It brings all 6 of them so much joy. I try to bring some sense into it "um, if you do that you're probably going to get hurt", but I think it's like talking to a pile of puppies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Dh and ds often stage wrestlemania on our bed. When ds was smaller it was inevitable I would hear someone go "ow" and then followed by "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Most of the time "ow" was coming from ds. Now that they are both older :glare: dh is the one saying "ow". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I only have two girls so it doesnt get too violent over here LOL. But I'VE been the one whose gotten hurt. I was wresting with DD (then three years old) and her teeth got me in the nose.....HARD. I heard the crunch of the skin as the teeth broke the skin. EWWWW!!!!! I seriously thought it was broken or something like that. It was sore....with two perfectly carved teeth marks on the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Yes, me. Almost always it is me. And even when it isn't tickle time. Yesterday I got a knee in the eye trying to help dd put on tights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMW Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 That reminds me of one evening when I was 10 and my dad threw my mom over the side of the couch. She knocked her top tooth out - clean out!! She was a waitress and always smiling and she had to wait several days for her tooth to be made and put in. She felt humiliated. Poor ol' dear momma. One of my sons got tossed off his dad's back wrestling around in the living room and split the back of his head open on the window sill. It was about a 1 inch split. Yuck. I hate rough housing and don't allow it at all inside. The kids have to take it to the grassy front yard and even then I am a fussy mom over every bit of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I have had to lay down the law on this one big time. My dh and the kids absolutely LOVE wrestling. They do so on the bed or on an old mattress in the attic playroom. They all want it to be wild, crazy, with no holds barred. However, the kids were getting hurt sometimes (nothing ER worthy but still). For this I suggested restraint a few times before I pitched a screaming fit and ORDERED them to live by some common sense rules. Then the next concern was for dh--the kids were getting older and heavier, and I feared they would crack a rib sometime divebombing him. There again I set the rules firmly, but their father didn't want to have to live by those rules, so again I pitched a screaming fit and ORDERED them to live by some common sense rules. I don't go postal on many things, and I do love to hear them enjoying each other so much, but it is important to me that they enjoy the wrestling without ending up in the ER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 No serious injuries. My dh is pretty gentle with them. The worst injury we've ever encountered during rough play was somebody complaining that they got hit in the face with a pillow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 No blood yet but I assume it will happen eventually. I am not terribly worried. I know where the nearest ER is... DITTO :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Rough-housing time with dad is some of the most precious time in a child's life. Be grateful your husband has it in him. This bonding activity is vital, and will never be forgotten. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mktkcb Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 My dh isn't the tackling type....he has a bad back, and just isn't into roughhousing. HOWEVER, I have very good friends, who, when their oldest ds was about 6 had a wrestling match that ended up bad. Dad was wrestling with ds, had ds's legs between his, flipped over somehow the wrong direction and broke ds's leg.........ds yelling "you broke my leg!!! you broke my leg!!! wouldn't stand on it etc. but wasn't screaming in pain or anything, so they parked him on the couch to sort of wait and see, since there was no swelling or anything. THE NEXT DAY, he still wasn't volunteering to use it at all, but still no swelling, so df finally decided to take ds in. It ended up being a really bad spiral fracture of the shin bone, similar to what soccer players sometimes end up with. How to make parents feel like dirt, huh? But this kid has a really high pain tolerance. All that to say....yeah, you can get hurt wrestling around. Not too common, though. Cheers! Kayleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusyMum Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 No serious injuries here - just the usual bumps, bruises and (for me) ringing ears! :) My boys adore their romp with Daddy and my husband is very good at gauging how far to go. If someone gets a serious injury then they may be on the sidelines for a few weeks but the romp will go on. I think it is a very valuable formation as it teaches kids (especially boys) how to get all excited and het up but to still retain control. If my eldest goes too far the romp stops. I have really seen him grow in his self-control, especially when angry or upset. It also teaches them how to turn off that excitement and settle down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 yup, ds5 has a head like a bowling ball, and often he gets laughing so hard he flings it backa dn I get hit in the face. The other times is usually because one of them caught my nail or something and got a scratch. Of course we see as many injuries when we dance too, like when I was being a doofus last night "disco: dancing with dd and knocked the baby right over with my hip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-FL Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Not really. Dh keeps good control over the pack. The worst we had happen is that dd2 threw dd1 on the sofa & broke the wood in the sofa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Ggggrrr. This is such a sore point with me (rough-housing). In GENERAL, when rough-housing with Daddy, injuries are minor. . .(*see note below) However, boys can't seem to understand that rough-housing it ONLY to occur with Daddy, and when they rough house with each other the injuries are more serious. (Thankfully, though no ER trips due to them.) Note: However, when my oldest was just 2 he and Daddy were rough-housing and resulted in my oldest losing a bottom tooth, and an emergency run to the dentist. If anything, it taught DH to be more careful while rough-housing. . .but I'm not so sure he actually learned that. No, on retrospect I think it was DS1 that learned not to get Daddy too riled. (And I believe he has passed on his wisdom to his brothers.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Rough-housing time with dad is some of the most precious time in a child's life. Be grateful your husband has it in him. This bonding activity is vital, and will never be forgotten. Bill :iagree: (and that is twice in one week that I have agreed with you! :D ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Border Collie used to get herself very very worked up with DH would wrestle with the boys! I don't allow any rough housing inside EXCEPT the wrestle time with Daddy, which my boys absolutely adored. Now that they are 11, they really are too big, and I think DH is worried about getting hurt himself. He goes for runs a couple of times a week with one DS and plays tennis with the other, and that has to do. I don't remember anyone ever really getting hurt, but I had a "take it to Daddy" policy when someone thought he was hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralloyd Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 My dad did this with me. Now My husband and my dad do it with my children. I'll even join in, if it's a tickle war or pillow fight :). My dad was a wrestler in high school and college he taught me a lot of things, that helped me to not be afraid to defend myself. Yeah, sometimes a child gets slightly injured, but nothing serious. I think if you ask your dc they would say it's worth the fun time they have with dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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