Clumsiness - how many drinks can a kid knock over ffs?

[willow2]

Title says it all really. DS is 6 and 3/4 and his ability to knock a drink over at a hundred paces is driving me up the wall. Are all boys this clumsy and, if not, is there anything I can do to get him to become more spatially aware?

I wouldnt of thought there was anything you can do apart from putting drinks out of his way. DO you have any other concerns about his spatial awareness?

Is he going through a growth spurt. They usually become very clumsy if they are growing quickly as they need to adjust to their new size.

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why how many are you up to?

my ds aged 12 has really clumsy days but i think due to his age apparently it could be hormones flying around

hopefully your little lad isnt hormonal yet!

I don't think he is particularly clumsy in any other area - at least not obviously so, whereas demolishing drinks is a daily pursuit. He's pretty good at things like Lego and Megabloks, so would have thought that meant that his hand/eye co-ordination can't be that bad, although handwriting could be better. What other areas would be pointers that there was a more general problem?

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I'm really clumsy and am forever mopping up drinks I've spilled/knocked over. Ds is much better than me! If it's at all relevant, I was good at lego as a child and am good at map reading so seem to have OK spatial awareness in some situations - just not about where my own body is in relation to door frames/furniture/crockery. So your ds isn't alone!

Ball sports , cycling, running around with his friends ? Can he do something one side without mirroring with the other (crossing the midline so stand on one foot raise opposite hand and move it slowly across) Have you had his vision and eye tracking checked recently ?

Well, he likes playing cricket, can kick a football, can sort of ride a bike. (But that's our fault as the bike we bought him was too big and it was only when we borrowed a friend's bike at the end of the summer that he got the hang of things.) He's good at karate, so must have some balance, and runs around like a nutter.