Re: co-sleeping is "bad"



"Welches" <debbie.welchNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:yHgQj.15824$244.15014@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
LOL. I'm not sure what is the jungle jim-is it what I'd call "monkey bars"? But we've got a sort of dozen circles 4' up that the child steps from one to another (gap about 8") holding onto the top of the circle. It always amused me to see #2 skipping across these at 18 months, in front of the 4yo boys whose dad's had just told them they were too young to do it. She only has one hand so she had to balance herslef well before she moved her hand, but really the main risk was that if someone tried to help her she's have a foot stamping strop up there.
Debbie

It's a matter of the parent knowing the child, I think, and not parents being too permissive or cautious.

For example, DS as a 3yo had horrible balance and never seemed to have a sense of where he was in relation to his surroundings. He would fall from chairs onto his head on tile floors to the point that I had him sit only in toddler chairs; and he'd still fall and hit his head, because he couldn't remember to sit properly and would forget the that he was sitting sideways, lean back and fall. He fell over a babygate and broke his arm. He fell from everything you could imagine. There would be no way I would let him on monkey bars at that age. And parents would think I was overprotective and that's why he fell so much because he wasn't allowed to learn from his mistakes; but he'd have died if I let him.

DD, OTOH, has amazing balance and dexterity. She could climb anything and she's never fallen, even as a toddler. I wouldn't mind letting her try the monkey bars whatever her age. For her, I would be accused of being overly permissive.

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