jumping toddlers?

[strangerthanfiction]

Dd, 20 months, is clearly desperate to jump but doesn't seem to have mastered some aspect of it and keeps getting very frustrated at not leaving the ground with her feet. Anything I can do to help? And when did your little darlings launch themselves for the first time?

You know, I can't remember when she finally managed it. She is now 26 months though and can jump - and she could at her 2nd birthday. I just can't remember how long before that it was! Sorry, not much help really.

In turns of helping her, why not hold her hands and help her off the ground a bit - so she gets some success, or get her to jump off of a very low item holding your hands.

It varies - ds 'got it' at around 20,21 months or so, but some children I know have been 30 months upwards. The best thing I found was a little trampoline (Woolworths or Asda have them cheaply!), which really taught them the knack!

Ooh yes, forgot about that. Dd has a trampoline at my parents and loves it. Really helps!

Actually a trampoline sounds like a great idea, I'll check that out. Hulababy I spend hours at the moment lifting her up and down while she 'jumps', my back needs a rest!

Does she do it single footed (ie more like a vertical skip) yet ? That seems to come first. dd jumps up and down stairs two footed now , but usually still lightly holding either my habd or a rail until she nears the bottom.

I think you can encourage it by holding her hands and giving her a bit of a lift when she tries or spring two footed down a step. We'll probably get a small trampoline when we have more space.

How old's your dd, LIZS? No, she's not really doing a little skip she just stands, bends her knees then thrusts her torso up with one hand flailing in the air. Looks very sweet but doesn't get her anywhere!

ds only learned to jump when he was over 3y. He really hadn't a clue what to do, but the trampoline helped a lot.

"I think you can encourage it by holding her hands and giving her a bit of a lift when she tries or spring two footed down a step."

Liz - that's what I was trying to say but less successfuly

dd is 3 at the end of August. She's only really started to jump successfully on the level in the last couple of months but down from a step was much earlier. ds never really jumped or hopped as such until a year or two ago ( he's 6, and has motor coordination problems) now there is no stopping him !

I agree the lifting does your back after a while. Does your dd like dancing to music as that seems to encourage them to skip and jump with less parental input!! Also activities with just above their height which require them to reach up stretching tall, such as to reach a bar or rope to swing on, but she might be a bit young for that yet.

(hb didn't mean to reiterate what you'd already said, got interrupted whilst drafting and posts crossed )

Oh, yes, she loves to boogey. But her two moves so far are the hip sway with or without clap, or the knee bend. No hopping or skipping just yet. She does do a fine range of funny walks - on her toes, kicking her legs up like a German army march etc.

I know 3 year olds that cant jump, dont worry. mY DAUGHTER HAS MOBILITY probs and we were told to teach her to bend her legs when she jumps because apparently this is the main reasons some kids cant do it

Thanks Fio, I'm not really worried yet, she's done a lot of her physical stuff quite slowly in comparison to others. So I'm letting her go at her own pace, it's just in this case she's so keen to do it and gets so frustrated that she can't.

It was quite late with my dd too.
I can't remember exactly when but i remember being a little concerned that her cousins were way ahead physically.
She's 3 now and JUST learned to jump on a trampoline but can now jump fine on the ground.

my dd is 20 mths and not even walking erksssss
she does bounce though without feet leaving the ground...

Hi Angeliz! You been a good mum today?

piffleoffagus, well, apparently I didn't walk until just after my 2nd birthday. Parents were on the verge of thinking I was seriously disabled in some way when one day I just tottered across the room without a blink ...

I found out a little bit of news last night that might explain my moodiness and tears.
(Also why i left my keys in car door yesterday and had to go retreive them from the cop-shop)

It's VERY early days but i have three positive tests here

Good mummy x 2 soon i hope

Must go but hope to chat later++

not bothered dd has one or two muscle laxity issues, she cruises elegantly and climbs as if possessed, I am so not worried, I had an early walker 1st time roung at 9 mths, am VERY ok to wait!
We like the one two ups a daisies with one parent holding each hand.. as babe learns to anticpate the jump they learn to do it automatically with les support each time...

ooh angel big hugs
massive congrat honey pie!!!!!!!!!!
babydust!

Congratulations Angel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

piffleoffagus, are you a strange and mysterious dinosaur?

Liz - please feel free to repeat it - I am rubbish at saying what I want to at times and it doesn't come out as I mean! Like this time.

My DD (now 22.5 months) started jumping about 2 months ago. She used to bend at the knees etc and come up quite quickly but she wasn't leaving the ground ! It took her about 2 months to leave the ground and then a further 2 weeks or so to land back on her feet again.

Only just spotted your mini-announcement angeliz - congrats hon.

NomDePlume, my dd's at the bending knees stage and straightening up but is very wobbly at it. So, tell me, when you say she didn't land back on her feet at first when she left the ground, does that mean I can expect lots of bumped bottoms?

Oooh yes stf !! But luckily the nappy padding seems to absorb the impact