Does it bother you when people throw babies in the air and catch them? - Page 2

[blazer]

My kiddos both loved it!

[Ironica]

Originally Posted by Kiddoson

LOL true but if they hit the ground on accident from 5-6 feet they could get hurt. that's what I mean by fragile.

nak
but in that respect, they're less likely to sustain a serious injury than a child a year or two older taking the same fall, due to differences in skeletal structure (more cartilage, less bone).

[ashleyhaugh]

we toss my ds up, and have for a while (hes 7 months)he has had great control from the beginning..... dh and i will actually stand apart and toss him back and forth. he loves it. he also likes it when dh carries him with his arm straight up and ds belly down on his hand- makes some people nervous, but dh has a good hold on him.... theres more, but i dont want to give anyone a heart attack

[lerlerler]

You would call CPS on me then...

My DS would ONLY sleep if he was almost violently bounced in my arms... I always thought of shaken baby syndrome. But he was colicky and well// it WORKED.


To this day, if he wakes up and I don't want to nurse him, I JUMP up and down on the bed and he valms right down

[knowerofnada]

It makes me cringe when people do this with young babies because they can severely injure the baby's neck. DD is 6 months old and this is definitely still too young.

Like a pp said, I think it's fine for kids one and older, and I did start doing it with DD#1 around this time.

[newmama8824]

I don't throw ds up in air, I just kinda, toss him but not out of my arms reach, too hard to explain. Anyways, it doesn't scare him, he likes it!! As long as they have head & neck control and it isn't scaring them I don't see why not.

[QuestionGal]

Originally Posted by lerlerler

To this day, if he wakes up and I don't want to nurse him, I JUMP up and down on the bed and he valms right down

This made me laugh out loud

[mamallama]

My 11mo baby is 26lbs--my upper body strength prevents much of a "throw." At the height of his ascent, he's barely out of my fingertips.

He loves it.

I can see the difference between laughing from sheer pleasure and laughing from pleasure/fear. He's afraid of swinging too high on the swing. He laughs, but I can see that his pleasure is mixed with fear, so I slow him down.

When I toss him, there's no fear.

Dh is the only other person who is allowed to toss him. I don't trust other people to make the pleasure/fear judgment. I also don't trust anyone else to always, always, always maintain enough control to catch him.

[Redifer]

Originally Posted by mamallama

My 11mo baby is 26lbs--my upper body strength prevents much of a "throw." At the height of his ascent, he's barely out of my fingertips.

He loves it.

I can see the difference between laughing from sheer pleasure and laughing from pleasure/fear. He's afraid of swinging too high on the swing. He laughs, but I can see that his pleasure is mixed with fear, so I slow him down.

When I toss him, there's no fear.

Dh is the only other person who is allowed to toss him. I don't trust other people to make the pleasure/fear judgment. I also don't trust anyone else to always, always, always maintain enough control to catch him.

I could've written this!

DD LOVES to be "thrown"... at her weight (same age and weight as yours), I literally don't have the strength to throw her. But I lift her up and kinda bounce her a bit... man does she LAUGH!

But only DH and I do it.

The other favorite things my kids have always loved is when I lay down on my back with my knees bent up to my chest, sat them on my ankles, and bounced them around like a rodeo. They giggle so hard they start hiccuping. Or same thing, I'll lay them on my shins on their belly and lightly 'toss' them by bucking my hips... more crazy giggles.

I'd never do it if she started crying... that wouldn't be cool. But most of the time, if she's extremely tired or just miserable, that's the only thing that will make her STOP crying and get a good deep belly laugh so she can relax, is bouncing/tossing.

[Sage_SS]

All of my girls LOVED being thrown in the air as babies, and they still love it now. I've never seen anyone do this if it scared their baby.

I don't think babies are as fragile as alot of people think they are. When they're thrown into the air, there's no damage to their necks unless they're being thrown very forcefully. And when they're caught, they're bouyed into arms, not just stopped suddenly. The whole motion is pretty smooth.

[dubfam]

Originally Posted by knowerofnada

It makes me cringe when people do this with young babies because they can severely injure the baby's neck. DD is 6 months old and this is definitely still too young.

Like a pp said, I think it's fine for kids one and older, and I did start doing it with DD#1 around this time.

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[BF124497]

Originally Posted by knowerofnada

It makes me cringe when people do this with young babies because they can severely injure the baby's neck. DD is 6 months old and this is definitely still too young.

I've been doing it pretty much daily since DD was 3 months old, and I'm pretty sure she's injury-free. We see a chiropractor regularly, and he's never noticed anything odd with her neck. I suppose if I caught her really abruptly or wasn't paying attention, I could do some serious damage, but I'm confident that won't happen.

I think most people know their babies pretty well, and have a good idea of what would or wouldn't harm them.

[LotusBirthMama]

Originally Posted by knowerofnada

It makes me cringe when people do this with young babies because they can severely injure the baby's neck. DD is 6 months old and this is definitely still too young.

Like a pp said, I think it's fine for kids one and older, and I did start doing it with DD#1 around this time.

Well, in the 10+ years of parenting and regular baby throwing I've never had anyone severely injured. I'll take my chances.

[sunanthem]

No, it doesnt upset me. A child that feels comfortable being tossed by their parent is confident and trusting of their parent; they know its for fun and they develop trust this way. And my kids were holding their heads up by 6 months, if they werent I wouldnt have. Of course, the older they get, the higher they want to go. I still have to toss my 5 yo when I've tossed the 2 yo; its only fair, (but not as fair to my back and shoulders)

[alegna]

Why would it? Every baby I've ever seen tossed loves it. As long as it's done in a careful manner with respect to the baby's current development, I don't see any problem.

-Angela

[~Katie~]

DS is almost 8 months and 26ish pounds, so I don't do too much tossing in the air but DH does. I think its fine as long as they have good head and neck control.

[the_lissa]

My DP does it. You should see the acrobatics he does with them. They love it. They laugh. They are not scared. No one has been injured.

This thread is funny.

[acp]

Originally Posted by Arwyn

See, I don't think babies are especially fragile. Once they have some head control, and if they like it, and none of their parents objects, I don't see the problem. Movement - bouncing, swinging, short hops of free fall with gentle landings - is good for babies.

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I honestly don't see the problem. I've never seen someone do it to scare a baby, and all the babies I know, DD included, love it. We started doing it with her once she had head control - maybe around 3 months?
The only problem now is that at 26 lbs, she's getting too heavy to throw her up as much as she'd like

[nikag]

Originally Posted by ~Calla~

Because it bugs me out. I would never do that why make a young infant or older for that matter scared?

Why do people (of all ages, shapes, and sizes) go to theme parks and ride the roller coaster?

It's dangerous. It's scary. But it's FUN.

[Arwyn]

But roller coaster rides generally aren't dangerous. They're pretty safe, if not as safe as staying on the ground. But they allow us to play with the idea of danger and fear in a really fun way.



I actually don't toss much, but we do helicopter baby: holding his torso, we swing him from one shoulder to the other, he does a 360 rotation. LOVES it. Loves it loves it loves it!