You know you have a hypermobile child when...

[BlackeyedSusan]

... you say:

"Dd take your toes out of your armpit; they do not belong there."

[ari11]

when aiming for a football he kicks himself in the nose!!

[imip]

When dd kneels on the floor, arches her back and lifts her feet to touch her eyebrows with the toes. I don't even know how to describe it, but it makes my stomach churn!

[BlackeyedSusan]

I had to tell asd child to stop kicking himself in the head today.

I used to freak out friends at school by w sitting and then lying down on the floor with legs still in that position. it would seem that that is not normal.

[mumsnit]

DD can turn her body around and look at the back of her feet her trunk is the most hypermobile bit but agree the w sitting is also a bit cringy.

Does anyone else's hypermobile child also have weak vocal chords? DDs voice has gone by the end of the day and it often sounds like she's running out of breath when she's talking.

Zzzzzz we're currently in talks with school that when DD says she's tired....shes really tired!! Often they don't listen and make her carry on going in PE which is so harsh

[youarenotkiddingme]

Black I can still sit like that now!

[BlackeyedSusan]

tut tut youare

so can I

[IcedVanillaLatte]

I can still bite my own toenails. Is that not normal? (Very mild hypermobility here.)

[IcedVanillaLatte]

(I'm aware it's not normal to want to.)

[IcedVanillaLatte]

Hey, I just tried the armpit toe thing! Either leg to opposite armpit is easy, but left leg to same armpit is hard (right is okay). Will have to remember that next time my feet are cold.

[IcedVanillaLatte]

Exactly zzzzz - toenail-biting isn't much of a stretch; would've thought most people could.

[BestIsWest]

Just discovered I can tuck my thumb behind my knuckles thanks to zzzzz.

I have come late to the discovery that I'm hypermobile (aged 53) but it explains a hell of a lot of things.

I used to do the W sitting and lying down too, up until my 30s. Explains why my knees are knackered now.

[ouryve]

We had a toenail biter, too.

The other one sits with his knees somewhere up by his ears

[IcedVanillaLatte]

I'm not saying I do bite my own toenails…

[IcedVanillaLatte]

Is this what you meant, by thumb behind the knuckles, best? Once you said that, I gave it a go, but have to hold it in place (:() to keep it there long enough for a photo. (Terrible phone, several seconds' delay, by which time, the damn phone's slipped :(). I can't say it's the most pleasant-looking thing I've seen my hands do.

[BestIsWest]

Yep, that's it.

[PermenantLurker]

I'm probably being over sensitive here, & being unreasonable to spoil your lighter mood, but I'm feel a bit creeped by hearing my disability/the effects of my disability on my body as gross & stomach churning etc.

Probably me being unreasonable, but may be it might be worth thinking about it case it slips out in front of your kids?

I know we need to laugh rather than cry, but I know if anyone discussed my children's asd or effects of their asd this way it wouldn't be ok

Like I said sorry if I'm being over sensitI've, it's just grating on me

[IcedVanillaLatte]

Sorry, Lurker. I think your feelings are valid and I don't think you're being oversensitive. It does cause problems, too - obviously mine's very mild, but it has caused knee problems that stop me running, among other things. I don't think it's gross, so much as… kind of funny-looking?

My friends and I do laugh about some of the weirder-looking things I do because of my ASD, too but I guess the important difference where you're coming from is between laughing at yourself and laughing at someone else. I loved it when I was a kid and I could gross people out with body contortions, so I think it really depends on the child and their feelings about it.