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My daughter runs funny – doesn’t swing her arms

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Linkat
 
Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 10:01 am
It is quite comical actually - she is like the woman on Senfield who didn't swing her arms. She will run with her arms straight out and slightly behind her. Whenever I see her I nearly pee my pants. We told her to swing her arms and she would run faster and that only made her running more comical as it is not in the rhythm of her running.

Is this something a four year old out grows or am I subject to a lifetime of laughing?
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Chai
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 10:16 am
arms out and slightly behind her.....like Jack McFarland in Will and Grace?
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Doowop
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 10:17 am
I wouldn't take her swimming just yet, if I were you.
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Linkat
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 10:18 am
Chai wrote:
arms out and slightly behind her.....like Jack McFarland in Will and Grace?


Never saw that - but it sounds like her style of running.
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Linkat
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 10:18 am
Doowop wrote:
I wouldn't take her swimming just yet, if I were you.


Ha Ha - she has already started swimming lessons. She does that right though.
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Dorothy Parker
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 10:20 am
I need to see this.
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Montana
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 10:21 am
That's cute Laughing
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 10:25 am
Since running is a natural action, she'll notice at some time in future that such includes the swinging of the arms. :wink:
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roger
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 10:26 am
I'm not sure this is cause for conern, or not. I've seen troops do this at a double time, but it's really an unnatural move.

I've made up my mind. If it doesn't change in a few months, I'm going to be conerned.
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Chai
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 10:32 am
Linkat wrote:
Chai wrote:
arms out and slightly behind her.....like Jack McFarland in Will and Grace?


Never saw that - but it sounds like her style of running.



yeah...it's a super girly type of run.

Like in those old technicolor movies where the woman runs across the room into the mans arms. like she flying into his arms.


How is she at throwing an ashtray or candy dish during an argument? they did that alot in old films too.
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Linkat
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 10:36 am
Chai wrote:
Linkat wrote:
Chai wrote:
arms out and slightly behind her.....like Jack McFarland in Will and Grace?


Never saw that - but it sounds like her style of running.



yeah...it's a super girly type of run.

Like in those old technicolor movies where the woman runs across the room into the mans arms. like she flying into his arms.


How is she at throwing an ashtray or candy dish during an argument? they did that alot in old films too.


We don't have any of those (ashtrays or candy dishes), put she is great at throwing almost anything else - especially when the target is her older sister.
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Coolwhip
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 10:38 am
Maybe she has learned from the wrong examples, do you have any uppity relatives that don't lower themselves to swinging thir arms while running to their mercedes?
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Chai
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 11:13 am
Linkat wrote:
Chai wrote:
Linkat wrote:
Chai wrote:
arms out and slightly behind her.....like Jack McFarland in Will and Grace?


Never saw that - but it sounds like her style of running.



yeah...it's a super girly type of run.

Like in those old technicolor movies where the woman runs across the room into the mans arms. like she flying into his arms.


How is she at throwing an ashtray or candy dish during an argument? they did that alot in old films too.


We don't have any of those (ashtrays or candy dishes), put she is great at throwing almost anything else - especially when the target is her older sister.



so...after she throws something at her sister, does she kind of collapse with her face in her hands, and shriek "Don't LOOK at me! I'm a Monster!"

linkat....sorry to tell you this, but your 4 year old daughter is a gay man.
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Linkat
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 11:23 am
Jeepers now how will I explain that to my husband.
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littlek
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 06:42 pm
Linkat - yeah, it's probably a phase. Like some have said, it's a girl run. She probably saw it on tv.
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Chai
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 07:23 pm
Don't try to sugarcoat it littlek....linkat's eventually going to have to get used to having a homosexual son.
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 07:29 pm
I'll have to agree with Chai on this one.
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Chai
 
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Reply Mon 30 Jul, 2007 07:45 pm
gus...do me a favor and go over to that thread where that kid is trying to figure out how to shrink a cotton T-shirt.

Say something useful like "oh for the love of Mike"

that was pretty funny.
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Linkat
 
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Reply Tue 31 Jul, 2007 09:42 am
Chai wrote:
Don't try to sugarcoat it littlek....linkat's eventually going to have to get used to having a homosexual son.


May not be so bad - she will probably like shopping and have good taste.
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Tue 31 Jul, 2007 09:46 am
Are all four year-old girls gay men? Am I in for it?
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