Itchin for a bitchin
Hankerin for a spankerin
Floatin for a slit throatin
Jonesin for a bonesin
as in “breaking one’s bones.” Get your mind out of the gutter.
No children, but I’ve seen the term used that way before. I vaguely recall that I came across it by chance while looking for something else, probably on Wikipedia.
Only heard it in terms of looking for (usually gay) sex partners, or teens driving around. Never would have associated it with toddlers! :eek:
I am in Denver and yes, I heard it used that way. But only when I had children of the age to be doing that. Not before, and not since (until now).
Yes, I heard “cruising” as referring to near-toddlers walking while holding on to furniture around 30 years ago. I didn’t realize it wasn’t a common use among parents now.
What? It is common, as we’ve all stated.
Ditto – I’m in the south of England, and know of no ‘cruising’ tots, but I’ve not been to every part of Portsmouth, admittedly.
There is even a movie starring Al Pachino called Cruising, he is a cop posing as a gay man to infiltrate a gay club and catch a serial killer targeting the patrons!
Yes, even before we had kids.
Nope - the term is used here in SA too. And with millions of hits on Google if you use the right search terms. I think if you specify baby or toddler and exclude boats, ships and sailing, you get much better results.
I knew that, yet the song from Midnight Cowboy is what I thought of initially.
Now? My oldest is 20 and it was common already then.
Its a movie with Al Pacino.
It has nothing at all to do with his later work, ‘Scent of a Woman’…
Was a common term 30 years ago when my two kids were learning to walk, and still is today.
Highway 100!
I’d never heard the term myself. I got a totally different impression.
I’m picturing two kids walking down the street with a chair in their hand, or maybe two kids with a small couch or table between them.
It didn’t make sense, but then, kids have always done things that don’t make sense. Why did we all walk around college with our Converse All-star laces untied? I have no idea! Kids walking around with furniture would just make me go “Ho-kay”.
I have a four year old and never heard of the term although I don’t read parenting websites or mommy-blogs either. I always called/thought of it as “assisted walking” and he was out of the phase soon enough that I never needed any other term.
Never heard it before now. I don’t have kids, but have never heard the term used by my friends and family who do.
Seems like an odd term to use for that behavior. I wonder how it came into use.
I have heard it. Definitely heard it roughly 5 years ago (southern US) from a parent-friend. I think I already knew what it meant then, though.
Non-parent in Texas, and that’s the term I’ve heard for that style of walking among young toddlers. Helps with their balance, reduces the amount of falling/bleeding/screeeeeeeeeeeaming.