3 Year Old Pretend "Falls" All the Time - Normal?

My friend's little granddaughter does this. She's 5, but she does it every time we visit. It's just for attention. She really likes my son who is her sister's good friend. He's 15 and doesn't always know how to take her when she just walks up to him and stares and then flings herself on the floor like she "tripped". She's just begging for his attention. Last night she had her grandma's high heels on and was dramatically falling down. Once I mentioned her pretty shoes, she all the sudden quit "falling".
It's pretty normal behavior both for boys and for girls.
You can just try ignoring it.
Like I said, in the case last night, the little girl was just dying for someone to notice she had grandma's shoes on. That's all it took. For THAT night.
Guaranteed she will flop and fall over next time we visit. It's a way of showing off.

Little kids can be so dramatic and it's actually funny sometimes.
I wouldn't worry too much.

Best wishes.

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Our son is almost 4 and does the same exact thing. It's definately an "all boy look at me, I'm cute and silly" thing.

My 3 yr old had a phase of doing this. It is to get attention and so long as he is not hurting himself it should be ok. My son has stopped doing it...until he sees someone else trying it and then it starts all over again. If this is concerning you and you wish for him to control himself a little better, you can explain to him how startled or concerned you were when he fell down because you don't want him to get hurt. At the same token, he needs to be mindful of his body and tell him that you will be worried about him getting a boo boo or one day really getting hurt and you might not realize it is serious. When my son gets too excited, I try to change his attention to focus on something else or explain to him that he is a bit too rowdy and needs to calm down a bit.
If you are ok with pretend play......no worries.....it's all part of the process.

Completely normal. Wait til he's playing baseball & football--gets even MORE dramatic! lol

I think he is just being silly.
I have a boy... they are very physical and active.
And can be 'dramatic' as most kids are. Girl or boy.
My son, can be real 'rough' sometimes... not intentionally, but just him being a boy and very physical and active.
As you said, your son does this when he is super excited or happy...

Yo,
I have 3 boys and they did the same thing. I grew up with two sisters so I can relate to the "weirdness" that boys do. I tried to not react to "falling down." Eventually, the boys moved on to doing other things because they weren't getting attention from falling down.

Good luck and welcome to the weird, wonderful world of boys.
K.

My stepson would do this all the time, it was all about attention with him...you could tell, because as soon as he would do it, he would look around to see if anyone noticed, with this look on his face that said, "Did anyone see that?", almost smiling to himself.

My almost 3 year old boy does this too. He is just playing and exploring his world. Just last week my son bit my daughter while they were wrestling. As she was screaming he just said "I eat Sissy". He did have a concept it might hurt her. Just talk about being gentle with others and encourage him to have fun. And do not let him get away with hurting someone even if on accident. Good Luck.