I was also distressed by the term (Australia), but I think that's been covered. One more thing to consider is whether your child is hypermobile and/or has low muscle tone. This can really impact on their body awareness & control, that plus gifted and, shall we say "quirky" thinking, is a recipe for what you have described. Not that I have three of them or anything.
My youngest child is exceptionally prone to clumsiness unless giving her body her full attention - so she's highly UNLIKELY to have serious accidents climbing trees, falling off things, etc and has had less emergency room visits than her sisters (in fact none, compared to the middle child who was an ER frequent flier). BUT she falls off her chair, over her own feet, over other people's feet, walking from kitchen to dining table.... Her nanny, her father and I seem to be the only people who are aware of this because most other adults see her where she IS concentrating on her body and thus seems fine, but it really did take us a long time to realise we didn't need to be terrified every time she ran, or walked the top of a fence, given how incapable she is of just walking without incident.
Last edited by MumOfThree; 08/05/14 06:29 PM.
