are your kids in anything

[Monkeygirlsmom]

Else? like any other sports or Music or church???

my kids do dance as well as Gymnastics!!
there dad is Almost starting to want to FORCE them to try soccer or softball!! they show VERY little interest!! I am all for it if thats what they want!! but It doesnt seem like it!!!

[JBS]

I have a 22 month old and a 3 week old, both girls. My older daughter does gymnastics, of course.

As far as the future for my girls, I agree with both you and your husband. Multiple activities are a good thing, especially team sports (I don't consider dance or gymnastics team sports). I don't think they should do something they don't like...but they don't know if they like it until they have participated in at least one season.

My girls will not be able to quit part way into something like soccer or softball. They will finish the whole season, just like my father required from me. I will give them several choices to choose from...they will choose one (or I will help them)...they will participate the whole season.

If one of the choices turns out to be the favorite...I will have no problem with them dropping gymnastics. I don't care what my daughters do, but they must do something. I feel it is my job to expose them to many activities so they may make an educated choice for their future. Maybe I'll have a gymnast...maybe a motocross racer...maybe a doctor...maybe a F/A-18 pilot...or maybe just an ordinary person. Whatever...but they will have many experiences to choose from.

Edit: Activities could include things besides sports (ie. music, IT (computer) classes, fine arts, etc.)

[bogwoppit]

Well, my kids ski, snowboard and ice skate in the winter, but that is always a family or friends activity. They have done ski lessons, but both girls had to decide at around seven to do ski racing or gymnastics. They wanted to do both, but financially and time wise that was not a reality.

They swim in summer and play outdoors a lot. I cannot imagine putting them in any other sports right now, there are just not enough hours in a week, They only train about 8 hours a week, but oldest DD and her 14 yr old brother spend two hours a day on a school bus, leaving at 8am and returning at 5pm. Rural living at it's best.

Also not many options availble here. My beloved son does no organised sport as ice hockey and soccer are not his thing.

[hammy]

I was a gymnast and a rock climber. For quite a few years I also did swimming during the summer, and I loved it. Eventually, in my opinion, it got to be too much for me, so I quit swimming. I had teammates who did gymnastics and softball at the same time, or gym and track, etc. Most of them only did 2 at a time if they did another sport.

[gym law mom]

My daughter did some figure skating--declared it boring, swimming and a little soccer before settling on gymnastics. Now, we can't even mention anything else. Its certainly eaisier to let them try other activities when they are young and before they get on team, but its a good time to see if the interest in gymnastics is really there. Now, that she practices 14 hours/week, its impossible to do another sport or after school things since practice starts right after school. I am insisting that next year, she do band(its a class during the school day) to just get to know other kids and try something else.

[medic3188]

my daughter deos karate, cheerleading and brownies

[laurameer]

M is only 5 1/2 so gymnastics is her main afterschool activity. She does go to Awana clubs at our church on Sunday eves. But with full-day kindergarten and gymnastics, that's about enough at her age.

My older son, 11, has been in martial arts since he was 5. He also takes golf lessons and Awana.

It's always a balancing act between getting them exposed and involved in different things and overscheduling them so they can't play and be kids. The dilema of modern motherhood!

[blantonnick]

My 15 month old loves to drink milk, bounce on her butt on the trampoline, and watch her Baby Einstein videos....what a life

[littlegymchampsmom]

My dd is also in dance and plays t-ball (last year she tried soccer) and she participates in our youth ballet. She was in the nutcracker last year and will soon be in Peter Pan - she really loves the ballet. She also begged me to do a spring cheerleading program while her brothers play flag football and I gave in, it is only a few weeks so I don't mind so much, but between getting ready for dance recitals, the ballet , t-ball practice and then gymnastics - well April and May are pretty busy this year... at home she loves to practice or "create" routines for me to watch (usually to Annie, wizard of oz or Hannah Montana - lol) ... and her most fave of all is playing w/her STICKER books - she is nuts about stickers ... My sons play f-ball, flag f-ball, my youngest son plays baseball and they weight train... My older son would love to get involved w/karate in some form, but right now is enjoying T & T. sounds busy, but we still have plenty of time on our hands to just hang out and watch a movie or play games

[Monkeygirlsmom]

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Originally Posted by blantonnick My 15 month old loves to drink milk, bounce on her butt on the trampoline, and watch her Baby Einstein videos....what a life

sounds like a good life to me!!!