15 Month Old Girls......wrestling

Okay, I have no idea what happened or what changed........and no we don't watch wrestling at home so I don't understand why my girls keep doing this. One of them will be laying on the ground and the other one will jump on her side ways and just start laughing and then later on......vise versa. Also, one is walking and the other one comes from behind and pulls her down by the shirt and once again one will laugh. Half the time they both laugh and the other half the time, I have one crying. Is this normal for girls - to "play" like this????

I do discipline them by separating them, lightly spanking them or doing time out in the play-pen (without any toys - they just sit in there).

But I just need some reassurance that girls at this age, can be this rough and not just boys. OMG!!! :umm:

 

I can't fully respond on this one because I have boys that have wrestled with each other since they could crawl to get to each other. But I have a friend who has twin girls, and another friend who has boy/girl twins and they all love to wrestle with each other. I was thinking it was a "twin thing".

When my boys started this wrestling thing, I would first try to separate them especially when they were sitting on each other. I soon learned that they were not going to stop this behavior and I needed to let them work it out. They would mostly laugh and whine, but as soon as someone started to cry, I would step in and separate. I would just try to distract them at that age with something else to play with. IMO, it wasn't fair to discipline because they were both choosing to wrestle, it just got out of control for one of them.

Now they still wrestle, but they have a better understanding of what "hurts". But they also have a higher tolerance for discomfort, especially when they are having fun. So I will let them go.

 

My girls do this too, and honestly, I don't discipline them. I separate them if it looks like one girl is getting hurt, or if it's making one or both of them upset. I also explain that they have to be careful and not hurt each other. I don't think what they're doing is wrong. Wrestling and rolling around and falling down is fun for kids, so as long as they're not deliberately trying to hurt one another, I see no problem with it.

 

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My girls do this too, and honestly, I don't discipline them. I separate them if it looks like one girl is getting hurt, or if it's making one or both of them upset. I also explain that they have to be careful and not hurt each other. I don't think what they're doing is wrong. Wrestling and rolling around and falling down is fun for kids, so as long as they're not deliberately trying to hurt one another, I see no problem with it.



I totally agree with this statement. This is how I do it. My girls wrestle almost every night. Most usually they like it and will run away and play and laugh but sometimes one of them will not be in the mood and then I will try to seperate them, but I generally don't do anything. It is one of the sweetest things I think. The other night Hope wasn't really wanting to wrestle and Grace was and Hope would keep running away from her. Well Hope can walk alot better than her sister and it was really upsetting Grace and she would cry. Hope went to Grace and patted her head and sat down in her lap so that Grace could grab her even though Hope didn't want to. I guess she didn't want to see her sister upset.

 

Just last nite my girls decided to bear hug each other then fall to the floor together, laughing all the while. I thought it was so cute until DD hit her head on the hardwood. I didn't even have time to think that far ahead while I was watching them thinking "what are they doing...oh no!" Anyway, I can see this going into more of a wrestling match for sure. It's fun to see them start to really interact more. They played hide and seek around a chair for about 10 minutes yesterday too.

 

I kinda wish mine would wrestle! My DS would love to.... he tries to hug, wrestle, kiss, etc., DD all the time and she hates it. She can't stand it when he touches her. This could be because he also bites her regularly.

 

I have two older children and the twins are boy/girl and they're 2, and they all love to wrestle with eachother. I think its ok as well, until someone gets hurt. I just try to prevent it from getting to that point. I tell them to 'calm down' a lot b/c my 4 yr old son thinks everyone is as tough as him.

 

Mine wrestle a lot too. Normally it's all fun, and they laugh hysterically. If it seems like one is getting tired of it or upset, then I will tell the other to leave their sister alone. But I never discipline over it. They think it is tons of fun.

 

My girls have been doing this for months!! I let them go! The only time I intervene is if someone is biting, pulling hair etc.

 

My girls just started this. Most the time they are okay, once in a while someone cries and it gets stopped. My DH thinks he is going to have the first Lady WWE tag team champions!

 

Mine just started this too. Baylinn - who weighs 6 pounds less than her sister - is usually the instigator. It usually starts with Baylinn trying to hug and kiss Breena and Breena laughing and trying to get away. It is the cutest thing so I let them play until someone starts to get upset.

 

I let em' rock and roll till they hurt each other. I do sometimes tell Martin to be gentle with his "best friend" (that's what he calls her) but they rolled around invitro, so it's probably normal for them! :laughing:

 

Thank you ladies for your reassurance. I guess - I will lighten up and let them play around....and only intervene if one of them is being hurt. LOL!

Thanks again!!!

 

i have B/G `twins and oh yes they love to wrestle. i usually get DD start to cry and then i separate them. they will pull on each others shirts to knock each other down and DS will actually sit on DD and tickle her. DD laughs so hard but i don't want him sitting on her so i tell him no sitting on your sister sit on the floor. sometimes when he is walking by her she will push him and it will all start all over again. i let them do it but to a point. so they don't get hurt. so i just step in and play with them and they stop beating on each other and beat on me. it is fun

 

Mine are boys but I usually let them wrestle around til someone gets hurt and then they get separated. I figure they have to learn when enough is enough. ardon: I think girls do it too because they just think its funny.

 

Mine wrestle too! Usually it is accompanied with hysterical giggling, but eventually one gets upset and I have to go pull them off of each other

I love having twins!

 

My girls wrestle all the time too. It's funny most of the time, they like to sit on each others heads :lol:. I really only intervene if someone starts screaming.