Do you know any adult who still does that?

[Sweetomine]

One of my friends and his brother still walk the stairs in their house on all four.

They're both in their mid twenties.

They seem to think it's completely normal and everyone does that!

Is it?

Haha I still do this and I'm almost 40.

This exactly.

Yeah i do, it's so much quicker and feels like it requires less energy. I don't think about it, it's just how I naturally would do it. Obviously I don't get the inclination to do this in public as there, the stairs are usually much shallower than your average house.

DOWN on the other hands is absolute madness 😂

I used to do when DD was little , slapping the steps with my hands to make a noise and pretend to be a bear .

Now she's 20 and I;m old enough to know better , I still sometimes thump upstairs shouting " BEARS "

But not down, thatls weird !

Those of you who do this:

1. Do you have a small backpack to take anything with you that you would have had in your hands - eg ipad or phone?
2. How do you come downstairs? Backwards on all 4s or on your bum?

Hahaaaa woops! Forever wishing mumsnet would give us an edit button 😂😂

Hands and feet rather than hands and knees, on occasion. Only going up the stairs. In my 50's.
Some days walking takes too much effort.

No but I really want to try it now! When DH is at work tomorrow though not in front of him

1. It's just sometimes for a bit of fun. Obviously, don't do it when I have stuff in my hands.

1. I walk normally. Or run usually.

I can't believe people are so baffled by a bit of whimsy.

and how the gravity wont take over?? so you slide on your belly and end up with broken limbs or even neck??

I had really steep stairs in my old house. So I did this. It was a victorian terrace but my current house is too although bigger so maybe that's why it's not as steep. I like yo have fun where I can!

No, that's weird. I slide down the bannister.

Occasionally do this going up the very steep stairs between our first and second floor, especially when very tired or ill and quite a bit when pregnant. House is very old, stairs are too narrow for a hand rail and it sometimes feels safer. Never done it coming down.

It's not unusual somewhere like the Netherlands where stairs are steeeeeep.

When transporting stuff upstairs on all fours, I place it 2 steps ahead, then catch up, repeat. Better than doing 2 trips.

Sit in a pillowcase and sled my way down 😂

I usually walk up the stairs normally but do occasionally go up on all fours just because it’s a little bit more fun. As far as I am aware there is no age limit on fun!

I do this and I'm 43

Up on two feet down on a tea tray. I wish!

I do it going up my stairs, they are very steep and I have chronic pain in my right leg so this is by far the best and quickest way to get up the stairs in my house

I do it now and again. It's like a treat

Sometimes I do this but not as the norm.
I do push off, lift my feet off the floor and glide down quiet aisles in the supermarket with my trolley quite regularly though and I'm 41.

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This looks too difficult! Up only for me 😆

You mean they come down backwards, like a toddler?

Oh yeah I do this often, because why not.

I do this sometimes but only going up, it freaks my kids out if they see my head pop up at the top of the stairs 😂

Who goes down a stairs like that though? even little kids don't do that, they just bump down on their bums.