I was sitting on the floor with my legs straight and he got on top of one and started rocking back and forth like a dog would hump. He is not even 2 yet! what should i do if that happens?
2006-09-09 08:10:45 · 18 answers · asked by cluelessclumsyblonde 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
i dont want him to grow up with the idea that masturbating is bad... i grew up like that and it was terrible. When i took him off my leg he started crying. He doesnt exactly understand what "do that in private" means yet...
2006-09-09 08:14:54 · update #1
Haha. Okay, obviously very few of these answerers have taken a developmental psych course recently.
Babies do that! Even though the sexual urges aren't there yet, they still get pleasure from touching themselves. Many, many babies and toddlers masturbate. It's just something that they do.
When he does it, just distract him. Grab a toy and wave it in front of him, or give him an allowed snack, or set him in front of his favourite movie or tv show. But don't punish him! Punishing him will give him the idea that he's done something horrible.
2006-09-09 08:27:05 · answer #1 · answered by ChiChi 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
To be blunt, it felt good. The baby didn't think of it as something sexual, it was just something that felt nice to him. If it happens again, try not to discipline him or make a big deal of it. Just remove him from your leg and give him something to play with to distract him. This is totally normal with kids, so try not to make him feel ashamed. Now, he's too young to understand things like masturbation, but when he gets older, let him know there is a time and place for things like that.
2006-09-10 09:57:38 · answer #2 · answered by Alicia L 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
clarify to her the seen privateness. tell her that she would be waiting to be granted privateness along with her suggestions and masturbation if she respects the privateness of others, i.e., no longer touching boys or men that come over. tell her it is impolite and he or she needs to end. actually, a great form of little ones, even youthful than yours, are curious (at her age, it is extra approximately curiousity than intercourse) and elect to comprehend what different human beings's genitals appear like. lower back, privateness. additionally, tell her that it is superb if she masturbates IN inner maximum, no longer in front of different human beings, and to bathe her hands after doing so. i do no longer see why her mattress room might scent undesirable, nonetheless. My little sister used to place a toddler doll under her blouse and take it out, claiming to have had a toddler. the belief of a toddler interior somebody is rather exciting for little little ones. It additionally has to do with the reality that a great form of girls elect to be mothers, and that our society is so intercourse-crazed that makes childrens act like this. tell her that she shouldn't teach her genitals to different human beings because of the fact it is impolite. it could additionally be that she's attempting to get approval or love from doing this. supply her hugs extra, tell her which you like her. good success!
2016-12-12 05:29:12 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My best friends little girl "rocks".. She lays on the floor belly down and rocks from side to side. They realize it feels good, but don't know why. They are curious little people!! Show him something else that feels good, like get him off your leg and if you have nails, give his little back a scratch or something like that.. Something that is normal for him. Don't make him feel that what he is doing is wrong. Just divert his "pleasure attention" to something else that feels good but isn't in our minds "sexual".
Good luck with your little humper!!!
2006-09-09 08:30:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT!!! You should tell his parents so that they know what is happening if it arises again. Tell him "No" sternly and take him off your leg. He probably doesn't even understand yet what masturbation means and if you make a big deal of it, then he will do it and do it and do it until told otherwise. Distract him with another toy, food, or play something else but don't let him think your mad.
2006-09-09 08:30:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
A child of that age isn't able to comprehend the concept of masturbation. Don't take it personally. You will also find that toddlers, especially boys, will run around pulling on themselves if they get the chance, but not so much for how it feels as for the fact that they're fascinated with their appendages.
2006-09-09 08:13:51 · answer #6 · answered by desiderio 5 · 9⤊ 0⤋
Children are curious, I watch children whose parents take bible classes. When I turned to take care of one child I viewed another doing something very similar. When her parents came to get her, I didn't say a word. I just left it alone and as of today, she doesn't do it any more. (The only thing I did was discourage the act,took away the teddy bear and left her to cry).
2006-09-09 08:23:03 · answer #7 · answered by ~Jessica~ 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
my niece does that too. we are sexual beings from birth, and when little ones discover it feels good to touch themselves there, they are going to do it! they don't know they shouldn't do it in front of others though, and since you are not going to get him to stop now that he's found this new "sensation", at least try to get him to understand he can't do it around people.
2006-09-09 08:46:42 · answer #8 · answered by Queen D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK,,,wake up, if you're babysitting then you should know alittle bit more about babies......he wasn't masturbating....give me a break...all kids that age, boys and girls would have just been playing,,,,very innocently I might add. To him, your leg was, in his little limited mind, a rocking horse, a toy car, ---look at his toys, especially those that he can ride on,,,,GROW UP AND GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER!!!!!!!!
2006-09-09 11:33:16 · answer #9 · answered by smt1967 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
You shouldnt be babysitting if you have a nasty little mind like that you little pervert. A baby doesn't know what humping or mastubating even is. I hope this is just some little punk wasting people's time and not a legitimate question. He was jsut having fun maybe his parents put him on the leg and bounce it up and down like a ride. Seriously get your mind out of the gutter, and find a new job.
2006-09-09 08:15:06 · answer #10 · answered by Lyoness 3 · 6⤊ 7⤋