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To ban DD from bringing drinks and food out of the kitchen

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Tezacat · 15/01/2017 21:55

DD 13 is downright clumsy, she's always been the same (low end sensory issues I suspect). She doesn't know her own boundaries as far as her personal space goes, she will spin, kick, dance and bang and bumble about with no regard for walls or furniture. She's just not careful, she'll bang down on furniture, stamp up the stairs and place her hands and face on walls, doors, windows etc and as she's now taken to wearing make up I regularly find lipstick and orange hand prints all over the house.
I've just completely lost my rag as for the umpteenth occasion ive gone upstairs to find brown drips all the way though the hall and up the stairs to her bedroom from her coffee she was carrying earlier. This isn't the first time it's happened, she's incapable of carrying a cup without spilling it, she fills it to the brim - same with food - she'll take a biscuit or cake and not use a plate, usually she'll sweep it of the kitchen with food in hand whilst doing some dance kick or twirl with no regard for anything.
I'm so fucking fed up with her at the moment, she's so full on - really she should be out with friends burning off energy but apparently no one goes out any more. Instead she burns off her energy twirling around the house in full disco make up making a sodding mess everywhere she goes. It's the complete disregard for our home I rage at. Everything is old but well looked after and I can't afford new carpets and furniture all the time.
AIBU to force her to stay in the kitchen every time she wants a drink or snack? I've told her this today and apparently I'm treating her like a child...Hmm

OP posts:
KanyeWesticle · 16/01/2017 09:30

I use a lidded cup with straw for water, and a travel mug for hot drinks. You can get 'grown up' not baby ones. I'd start with making those the only cups that leave the kitchen, and making her clear up her own messes.

Eeeek686 · 16/01/2017 09:35

No medical advice but I'm clumsy also as am always rushing around and easily distracted (having two under 4 doesn't help with either) and I have long given in to drinks only in spill-proof/thermal cup.... It's saved many a spillage, and keeps hot drinks warm for longer which is awesome for the easily distracted! Grin

TaraCarter · 16/01/2017 10:03

She might like something like taekwondo. Like dance, it would be an outlet for wanting to do high kicks and the splits, but unlike dance, you don't end up feeling you should have signed up at 4 to get anywhere. Even if she has innate problems with coordination, that doesn't mean she can't get better at all. Believe me, I know, as that kind of clumsiness runs in my family, to the extent we have plastic crockery! Activities like dance and taekwondo massively improved it, although it's still there.

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