I have a 12 month old and I noticed in the bathtime he will yank on his penis and give himself an erection, when will he start doing it and realize what he's doing?
2006-06-12 09:14:42 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
it feels good ... he is exploring his body it's natural.. just like a little girl touching her self. don't make a huge deal out of it and as he gets older explain to him how that is something that he does during his private time.
2006-06-12 14:50:11 · answer #1 · answered by kimberly 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-29 22:16:30 · answer #2 · answered by jacquelin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I have two girls, 12 and 6 (almost 13 and 7), both have birthdays this March. I also have a younger sister (by 5 years) and boy did we ever fight when we were growing up! She would just antagonize the daylights out of me, and we would literally fight, much to her pleasure and then we would get in trouble. We were as bad as pulling out hair, throwing aerosal hairspray cans and hairbrushes at each other. My poor grandmother had the most patience and knew who was doing what and tried her best to stop it. I didn't want to have to deal with the same issues, so I have taken steps to stop this at first signs. The good thing is that you acknowledge who is the one that is trying to start it. My older daughter has been envious of the younger, has said that she wished that she was never born, she has been very mean to her, secretly, and the little one will tell me about it in tears. I have watched from afar to see who would be the one starting it, and if unsure or no proof of who was the initiator, I put both in timeout until one decided to tell the truth and then whoever finally admitted, had to sit in that much longer of a timeout for making the other be punished for no reason. Now, I don't have problems very often and the ones that I do are kid stuff and they deal between themselves. The timeout thing works great with the "who did it, don't want to take the blame and get in trouble so I will lie about it" problem that parents run into between siblings. Fighting siblings is hard to cope with, but taking care of it while they are younger will save a lot of heartache. If the younger one is the one initiating it, give him a timeout while the other gets to enjoy a reward of some sort (assuming he didn't do anything in retaliation, if he did, he would get a timeout too) They will come to see this and acknowledge it and hopefully stop the fighting and being mean. My older daughter was really mean and cruel to her sister, would say such mean things to her, making her cry of course, I sat and had a talk to her and repeated it, kind of a role play to show the older one exactly how she was making her sister feel. It takes time and patience, but life is so much easier now going into those dreaded teenage years, and my girls love each other. I know this is wordy, but I hope it helps you, Good luck.
2016-04-08 21:45:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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I have a 12 month old and I noticed in the bathtime he will yank on his penis and give himself an erection, when will he start doing it and realize what he's doing?
2015-08-16 13:28:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't be to concerned at this age. Little boys are interested in grabbing things. That is something easy to grab. I doubt he is getting the type of pleasure it sounds like he would be getting. I freaked when I caught my son at 5 playing with himself after asking many males and getting many weird looks (apparently its not good to start a conversation with "when did you start playing with yourself") I found out it is completely normal for little boys to explore.
2006-06-12 09:33:54 · answer #5 · answered by belli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This can start at any age. Little girls go through it too. All he knows is that it feels good, so he does it more. It's perfectly normal.
When you say "realize what he's doing", what do you mean? When will he know its called "masturbating"? Probably when he's older - when either his parents or his school start teaching him about sex. He knows it feels good already. What you teach him about mastubation is up to you, but it certainly OK to discourage the behavior at this age, just don't make a big deal about it.
2006-06-12 09:36:32 · answer #6 · answered by cardboard cowboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all children start touching themselves out of curiosity. he's not feeling pleasure from it. my little boy started doing that, too. when i noticed he was getting an erection, i immediately went and got his father, he said he will not feel pleasure from it until he reaches puberty. it's not the same with a small child, not as many nerve endings or something
2006-06-12 09:25:16 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they start to do that its a sign of growing up! And don't try to doubt me I'm a pediatric doctor and I what I'm talking about. You can't do 2 things. 1) discourage it and make him miserable. Or 2) encourage it and he'll grow out of it. This takes a little time but it works.
2006-06-12 09:59:31 · answer #8 · answered by gtagametap159 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is completely normal. It is not for pleasure. To him, it's just like any other body part such as a hand or his tummy. Don't worry about it. It won't be pleasurable until puberty.
2006-06-12 10:36:28 · answer #9 · answered by Cassie H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Before puberty boys play with themselves just because it feels good, it's not sexual. After puberty it becomes sexual.
2006-06-12 10:00:27 · answer #10 · answered by alluring_bec 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋