Do you play wrestle with your toddlers?

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Ours have all loved it but I was talking to another mum friend about it yesterday and she was shocked.

Obviously it's always on my bed and not until I'm confident they can support their heads and let me know if they don't like it or have had enough

Yes, proper wwe style take downs, I like to win

Nope would worry they'd start it with each other/other toddlers and end up hurt/hurting someone else.

All the time! If you Google 'benefits of roughhousing' there are loads of reasons why it's good to do

Yep. They wrestle each other so it's nice to give the little ones a chance to win from time to time.
All our kids love rough and tumble play

Mine are now 8 and 15, never wrestled other toddlers or old ladies in the street

No. It can lead to arguments/fighting. My brother's children do it and it always ends with one crying.

Yes. It’s fun.

Yes I did all the time. They have never wrestled anyone inappropriately.

Yes i did

They didnt generally wrestle each ither as it usually ended badly but i still playfight with them

Ds2 when he was very little used to say 'do you want me to go hard in you mummy ' which still makes me sniggger

Plus i will get a cuddle anyway i can

I did play fight with ds1 the other day and his boyfriend decided to join in and that did not end well at all!!!

Dh and ds still do it. All the bloody time. Ds is nearly 12. He’s never, ever been fighty with his friends or random people in the street.

My friends husband did this with their boy. Result was a child who thought this was ok and ‘practised’ on other children

Other parents were less than pleased

No.

Don’t want them copying with others. Don’t think it sends a good example of interactions with other people.

Not myself but both DD and DS play wrestle with DH every day. The 3 of them love it and it's like they need it. It's not like fighting at all! Mine have never ever done it outside the house.

It's lovely to see I am funny about being touched so I don't take part. I sit on the sofa and gaze at them lovingly spend the evening on mumsnet

My teens wrestle ds 3. He is adamant he is John Cena.
They also box with him wearing gloves +gum shield!

I tickle fight my 4 year old. Is that the same?

I never did, just never thought to. My two DSs do All The Time. Drives me mad.

No.

No I don't. That's my husband's job! :D

They love to play wrestle, there are definite boundaries, i.e. no real hurting and certain people like Granny are out of bounds.

I prefer to launch kiss attacks.

I did, I still try to, but with my DS now being 18, he can hold both my wrists with one hand!! (when did this happen! he's not ickle any more)
The other day, he moaned about having too much change in his wallet, so DH and I tried to get it, we failed badly My DNiece came into the room wondering what all the noise was about and walked out laughing at our failure

I don’t initiate any kind of play with my DD that could be used on other children at nursery and seen as violent. She’s picked up some awful behaviour from there. I actually have a nasty scar on my face from her scratching me and she’s also burst blood vessels biting me. I think my DD would either get angry or scared if I wrestled with her. It works for some children though everyone is different

my dad always did with us, sometimes it went too far and he’d end up icing his balls at night because someone did a roundhouse kick 😂 my partner does play fight with our dd but it’s all highflyer moves with very softened blows but she always wins, currently the reining WWBreeze champion. (that’s her nickname)

Submariner Certain people like Granny are out of bounds 😂😂😂😂
I bet she's thankful for that!

No, I think it's... weird and akin to tickling.

I've seen other people do it and then express suprise that their little darling gets into trouble at school for it. Duh.

Yeah all the time, mostly in the context of games etc. I read an article years back about the benefits, so decided to just go with it. We’re quite physical with them, carrying and throwing them on the sofas etc. Bit of fun really, we do teach about personal space and when it’s appropriate.

No, don't have any particular ideological objections but I hate that sort of thing. I also hate being treated like a climbing frame or bouncy castle and am quite firm about it.