What are your rules about throwing stuff in the house?

I mean anything - balls, toys, food...what are your house rules?

Thanks!
Jude

He can roll a ball in the house. No throwing toys or food. He hasn't thrown food in a while but that's because we really started "listening" when he was done. So if he threw food we said, "okay I see you're done" and cleaned up.

I make an exception for catching bean bags pretty much like the ball (underhand, low throw and only when someone is going to actually catch it). I'm a GCM momma.


Marielle


Ian - born 10/03
&
Ryan - born 01/06

[KrisM]

We have "water balls" made for the pool that he is allowed to throw in the house. Nothing else is thrown. Other balls are only rolled. He does like to throw other things, but he is warned once and then the object is put away.

[Marisa6826]

Balls can be rolled. Nothing can be thrown. Period.

-m

[lisams]

Rolling balls inside is allowed (and it's a soft Gertie ball). We have bean bags that I let her toss into a basket, but they are in a closet and I bring them out when we can play together. Nothing else is allowed to be thrown for safety reasons. Thank goodness we're past that stage!!

[slknight]

We do throw balls in the house. Nothing else though. And balls can't be thrown *at* things (like the dog or the tv). They can only be thrown to someone (like Daddy) and DS must say "Ready?" before he does it. We had a problem with him throwing balls at us when we weren't expecting it. I should note that all of these are pretty soft balls. We live in a very small house, but it's a ranch so it has a long hallway. DH and DS have spent hours playing "baseball" in the hallway with a soft bat and soft ball. I don't think we could make it through our long winters here without doing that.

We have a toddler basketball hoop in our living room, so uh, yeah. We allow throwing in the house. :)

Charlie is so into throwing and balls I can't imagine having a rule forbidding it! We have a bunch of those ball pitt balls, and direct him to those for his throwing needs.

We quickly confiscated any ball that wasn't safe in the house. We have reinforced that the only things that are ok for throwing are balls. If he throws something else, we take it away and say "____ is not for throwing. Balls are for throwing." Now that he is older, he has to put the flung toy away himself. That has seemed to work. He rarely throws anything else now.

He used to fling food off of his high chair tray, but that has stopped now, thank goodness.

[kaylinsmommy2]

>We have a toddler basketball hoop in our living room, so uh,
>yeah. We allow throwing in the house. :)

Hey, we have a basketball hoop in our master bedroom! :) DH grew up with a nerf basketball hoop that hooks over the door.

I think the rule will be soft/nerf-type balls only. No food, no toys, etc.

Caroline
mommy to Kaylin 6/5/04

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[s7714]

>We have a toddler basketball hoop in our living room, so uh,
>yeah. We allow throwing in the house. :)

Same here. But honestly my DH and any male family members who come over are more apt to be caught throwing the ball from across the room trying to score a basket than my DD is. She still prefers a human catcher vs. a net. ;)

We have tried to teach our DD that it's o.k. to throw soft things, but we don't just restrict it to ball shapes. Reason being is that we don't want her encountering a hard ball (like at a park or playdate) and thinking that it would be o.k. to throw it simply because it is a ball. We also employ the no throwing at animals, people, etc. rule.

Jennifer
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[JElaineB]

We allow DS to throw soft balls in the house if he is playing catch. He and my DH play a game they call "bonker ball" where they throw 3 nerf-type balls at each other and "bonk" each other. They have a great time together!

Jennifer
mom to Jacob 9/27/02