I’m a short out of shape woman. I can still pick up a kid that size. Can’t carry them far but I can.
It’s about the heft. You gotta get like this momentum and use your arms in two locations. Around the armpits and the other under the butt.
The other way is if you are going to rest them on your hip. You have them face you directly. Hand under each armpit. Hoist. And again. Get momentum. So there is help pulling them up. And also the kid has to know they need to wrap their legs around your hip.
I guess I dont know for sure if this works for men. As they don’t have hips that can stick out like that. ?
Kids can also do this thing I call the noodle. They go all limp. It makes them impossible to pick up the way that guy is doing it. You absolutely have to do the first method I mentioned.
I don’t even have kids. I’m an auntie. And I used to babysit when I was younger. Which is why I decided to never have children.
Yea, I’m not going to bother looking into this guy at all, but I immediately thought “this guy can’t possibly have kids”. Anyone with kids knows that the regular pickups stop before they reach this kids age. I’m not saying no one could or should pick this kid up, I’m just saying that none of the kids in my life that age expect to be picked up with any regularity, and if someone went to pick them up I’d imagine they were extremely close relatives and accustomed to doing so.
I have made it my goal to pick up my kids as long as they want and I am capable. I will train to keep up if possible. I pick them up at least once a day to keep at it. They are turning 6 and 8.
Not just for my health. That’s the least of it. It’s for them. And for me. Picking them up for a big ole hug is the fuckin best. And I hope it imprints my love for them in their minds.
His handler was probably backstage over the headset, being like, “Code red, code red, he’s trying to pick up the child. I repeat, he’s trying to pick up the child.”
*chucks headset on floor “what the fuck is this idiot doing?!”
That is not a “pick up” sized kid.
Not the way he did it.
I’m a short out of shape woman. I can still pick up a kid that size. Can’t carry them far but I can.
It’s about the heft. You gotta get like this momentum and use your arms in two locations. Around the armpits and the other under the butt.
The other way is if you are going to rest them on your hip. You have them face you directly. Hand under each armpit. Hoist. And again. Get momentum. So there is help pulling them up. And also the kid has to know they need to wrap their legs around your hip.
I guess I dont know for sure if this works for men. As they don’t have hips that can stick out like that. ?
Kids can also do this thing I call the noodle. They go all limp. It makes them impossible to pick up the way that guy is doing it. You absolutely have to do the first method I mentioned.
I don’t even have kids. I’m an auntie. And I used to babysit when I was younger. Which is why I decided to never have children.
But yeah. The “hoist” or “momentum” is necessary.
Yea, I’m not going to bother looking into this guy at all, but I immediately thought “this guy can’t possibly have kids”. Anyone with kids knows that the regular pickups stop before they reach this kids age. I’m not saying no one could or should pick this kid up, I’m just saying that none of the kids in my life that age expect to be picked up with any regularity, and if someone went to pick them up I’d imagine they were extremely close relatives and accustomed to doing so.
I have made it my goal to pick up my kids as long as they want and I am capable. I will train to keep up if possible. I pick them up at least once a day to keep at it. They are turning 6 and 8.
Not just for my health. That’s the least of it. It’s for them. And for me. Picking them up for a big ole hug is the fuckin best. And I hope it imprints my love for them in their minds.
His handler was probably backstage over the headset, being like, “Code red, code red, he’s trying to pick up the child. I repeat, he’s trying to pick up the child.”
*chucks headset on floor “what the fuck is this idiot doing?!”