s/o what was the thing you or your kid did late or

[sonrisa]

couldn't master?

I've never been able to cartwheel. DD still puts weird things in her mouth. Yesterday she bit into a raw onion and then looked so sad.

[eb777888]

David was a late talker and had some fine motor skills delays (motor skills are totally caught up now).

My mom says I was a late talker as well. I had no idea until recently.

[eb777888]

I can't whistle.

[ElizabethBennet]

My kid didn't talk at all or babble till she was close to 18 months old. She screamed and grunted but made no progress from about 12 months on. Speech therapy was awesome for her and now she talks all.the.time.

[JamaicanPineapple]

I can't whistle.

It's not too late but DD2 didn't walk until she was over 14 months old. I was fine with it

[luckyval]

It took me forever and a day to figure out how to tie my shoes without the use of bunny ears. And I still can't whistle very well

My kid hasn't grasped the concept of microeconomics yet, but we're working on it

[lauralala]

My kid - who is almost 4 and has no other motor issues - still turns his spoon upside down before it reaches his mouth half the time. Then he gets upset that he dropped his food and his clothes are dirty.

I just have to assume at this point that it will work itself out before college.

[VillainV]

It's not really concrete, but I was really late to develop emotionally. I just had a hard time dealing with things and couldn't figure out why, and it resulted in low self-esteem. I understand myself a lot better now, but I was solidly into my teens before I started to develop emotionally on pace with my peers.

[daisyheadmaizie]

I cannot cartwheel or whistle. DD gets great joy out of the fact that she can do both(well, her cartwheel is a work in progress, but she is improving rapidly) when I cannot.

[papie]

I can't whistle.
I can't dive.
DH can't cook. (lol)
Anna can't ride her bike properly on her own even with the training wheels, but I think it is lazyness, she says it is too tiring.

[papie]

I also can't cartwheel actually.

[bornbaker]

H can't whistle.

Em refuses to feed herself or hold a bottle (she's 8 months). But I suppose there is still time for this - she just doesn't show interest.

H says I can't drive...

[BlackCanary]

I can't whistle. And it took me awhile to tie my shoes.

[cleo29]

I was never able to ride a bike without hands. One handed, yes, but not hands free.

[TrickyBob]

I didn't talk for a long time, I knew how to talk - I just didn't do it.

I learned to tie laces (drawstrings), by myself, at around 7. My parent's tried and tried to teach me and I just could not do it. I still remember wearing red draw string sweat pants (thanks older brothers..lol) and trying to tie the strings all the way down the hall way and I FINALLY did it. I opened the garage door and ran outside to tell my Mom.

[Deleted]

I can't cartwheel.
Took swimming lessons this summer but I am still not a natural.
Can't do handstands in the water, either. (Not that I tried recently.)
Can't dive.
Can't really cook well.

[Alyssa]

My daughter didn't fully walk without grabbing onto anything until she was 18 months.

My son is 17 months and taking a few steps and grabbing onto furniture. He still crawls 90% of the time. My son also is barely talking, just saying "ba" for ball and "ba" for bye. I'm not that worried at this point. I think he'll figure it out on his own.


I never grasped mathematics, if you look at my transcripts, math always brought my GPA down. I'm a real visual person, I need lots of diagrams and color coding so long equations would just turn into a jumbled mess in my head. I could only remember formulas if I turned them into a song.

[lpcats]

Aug 15, 2013 11:53:40 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Sometimes I think of trying to see whether I can still do a cartwheel, but then I find the thought too terrifying to pursue.

I do this every few years and manage to pull all the muscles in my arms and legs.

[CurlyQ284]

I can't whistle.

SD2 is pretty much dependent. She can't really do anything without SD1 or one of us helping her. She's 10.

"I need help turning on the showwwwwerrrrr".

[Deleted]

My kid says "her" instead of "she" .

Like - "hers said I could play with it"

We've corrected him a million times. It just won't stick. I'm hoping pre kindergarten will knock it out of him. Lol.

[eb777888]

Oh yeah. David never held his bottle. NEVER. I love telling the story of sitting in the middle of the mall, cradling an enormous 35lb one year old while giving him his bottle, lol.

[lauralala]

Add me to the no cartwheels list. I also can't ride a bike very well. I can do it, but I can't imagine ever wanting to do it for fun.

[cleo29]

Aug 15, 2013 12:01:32 GMT -5 CurlyQ284 said:

I can't whistle.

SD2 is pretty much dependent. She can't really do anything without SD1 or one of us helping her. She's 10.

"I need help turning on the showwwwwerrrrr".

I would stop helping her. 

@lazerus24, C does the same thing with her/she. She also says "last day" instead of yesterday.

[CurlyQ284]

Aug 15, 2013 12:04:48 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Aug 15, 2013 12:01:32 GMT -5 CurlyQ284 said:

I can't whistle.

SD2 is pretty much dependent. She can't really do anything without SD1 or one of us helping her. She's 10.

"I need help turning on the showwwwwerrrrr".

I would stop helping her. 

@lazerus24, C does the same thing with her/she. She also says "last day" instead of yesterday.

We do. I tell her "its the same as yesterday!". I've been really pushing her this summer to be more self sufficient but SD1 sneaks around helping her or trying to cover with things she's supposed to do. I've tried telling her to let SD2 figure stuff out but she doesn't want SD2 to be mad at her. She did a few loads of laundry by herself so little bit of progress!

[cleo29]

Aug 15, 2013 12:09:56 GMT -5 CurlyQ284 said:

Aug 15, 2013 12:04:48 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

I would stop helping her. 

@lazerus24, C does the same thing with her/she. She also says "last day" instead of yesterday.

We do. I tell her "its the same as yesterday!". I've been really pushing her this summer to be more self sufficient but SD1 sneaks around helping her or trying to cover with things she's supposed to do. I've tried telling her to let SD2 figure stuff out but she doesn't want SD2 to be mad at her. She did a few loads of laundry by herself so little bit of progress!

Yikes at her fearing her sister being mad at her. I mean, she shouldn't have to go around feeling that way and SD@ is too old to be carrying on like she is. Stay tough! And I am guessing at some point, SD1 will tire of always "helping" her little sister.

[Deleted]

Aug 15, 2013 12:04:48 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Aug 15, 2013 12:01:32 GMT -5 CurlyQ284 said:

I can't whistle.

SD2 is pretty much dependent. She can't really do anything without SD1 or one of us helping her. She's 10.

"I need help turning on the showwwwwerrrrr".

I would stop helping her. 

@lazerus24, C does the same thing with her/she. She also says "last day" instead of yesterday.

So does DS!!

He calls neighborhoods cities.

So when we go to my moms, and pull in he always says we are in grandmas city. Lol.

[Marle]

It takes me a while to tell my right from my left. I blame it on being a lefty.

My kid? He is perfect.....
Seriously he has more social challenges than anything else because he's an only child. Also I thought by now he'd have more rhythm. But it seems he got daddy's genes on that one.

[itsme]

My teen can't do a somersault or a cartwheel. I have failed her as a parent.

[picaflora]

I can't do anything gymnastics related
I can't dive, and I'm not a strong swimmer (despite years of swimming lessons, but didn't start until I was 6)
I can't roller skate
It took me until I was 9 to ride a bike without traning wheels

I swear I wasn't sheltered - my older sister can do all of these things. My dad is HUGE in "safety first!" and "be careful, don't get hurt" and apparently I REALLY took up on that. I'm not good at being a risk-taker either. DH calls Dad and I "safe kids" or the "safe kid syndrome".

[looseseal]

I can't whistle, and for the most part can't swim either. I am completely uncoordinated, and the freestyle stroke always ended up with me trying to take a breath out of my armpit while inhaling a mouthful of my hair. Humph. Also, I don't care what my swim instuctor said, I wasn't trying not to float, I just couldn't figure it out. I did not exactly like being the only high schooler in my class in the beginner part of the pool.

My son has been slower to pick up on counting and numbers than he has on other things. But, he's only 3 so I'm not worried and I'm sure there will be plenty of other things to add to the list as time goes on.