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Okay, this may seem like an odd question, but bear with me, Marlow is my one and only, so I don't know what's normal for her age!
She is 21 months, and the other night we were watching So You Think You Can Dance, not something we normal watch, but it was on. Her and I were sitting on the couch reading a book, or at least, I was reading a book lol. And the dancer was doing flips and rolls.
Then all of a sudden she climbed off of the couch and did a perfect sommersault in the middle of the living room floor. Then another, not so perfect but a good go of it, then another, and another.
Now she does them all day long. She will start at the bottom of the hall, where her room is, and sommersault to the end, then get up and walk to her chair for breakfast. She will be playing and randomly start doing them.
What I'm wondering (besides is my kid crazy!) is that is this normal?? Can she hurt her neck this young? She does tuck her chin, as soon as I realized it wasn't a one time thing I spent some time showing her how to roll properly. And she knows not to roll by the stairs. And her landings can be a little hard, flat out on her back, but she usually just get's up and laughs, then does it again.
Sigh, I think I'm raising a monkey!
She is 21 months, and the other night we were watching So You Think You Can Dance, not something we normal watch, but it was on. Her and I were sitting on the couch reading a book, or at least, I was reading a book lol. And the dancer was doing flips and rolls.
Then all of a sudden she climbed off of the couch and did a perfect sommersault in the middle of the living room floor. Then another, not so perfect but a good go of it, then another, and another.
Now she does them all day long. She will start at the bottom of the hall, where her room is, and sommersault to the end, then get up and walk to her chair for breakfast. She will be playing and randomly start doing them.
What I'm wondering (besides is my kid crazy!) is that is this normal?? Can she hurt her neck this young? She does tuck her chin, as soon as I realized it wasn't a one time thing I spent some time showing her how to roll properly. And she knows not to roll by the stairs. And her landings can be a little hard, flat out on her back, but she usually just get's up and laughs, then does it again.
Sigh, I think I'm raising a monkey!
My son would also do forward and backward rolls before he turned two--I figured I should just bring him to gymnastics. He is now 2.5 and he can do a handstand with no help, he does forward and backward flips on his trampoline. He can do flips into the pool (he can swim by himself with no help from adults or swimming devices--arm floaties, bubbles etc). I will say that he is off the charts advanced with all his gross motor skills.
So I think you might just have a little gymnast on your hands---I would sign her up for gymnastics it sounds like she would do great!!!