My 19 month old grabs her breast everytime I take off her shirt, is that normal?

Question

Each time she is shirtless she grabs them, I am worried because we go around my family and she does it and they look at me funny! She's an only child and I am a singled mom, she doesn't go to daycare nor a sitter, so I doubt if someone is messing with her, but what could this be and how do I break it?

Answer 1

Children are naturally interested in their bodies. There is nothing shameful or wrong about that. As long as it doesn't seem like she's grabbing them b/c they are irritated or painful.

If your family is giving you looks, you might kindly inform them that this is developmentally normal and even healty.

You might be glad you don't have a boy. LOL.

Answer 2

That's normal, she's discovering her body - and is only just now noticing that she's got them. You're lucky, my daughter learned the word "mole" (she calls freckles "moles") before she discovered hers, and upon discovering them, she was constantly trying to lift her shirt and yell "MOLE!" *grin*

But it's a phase, and they get over it once they've investigated everything they want to know about them. If you're worried, you can tell her "no", but just be sure you don't say "bad" or she might develop a body image problem.

Answer 3

This is totally normal, she's at that age where they notice little things about their body that they find interesting. If it's embarrassing you, then you should just pull her hands off when she does it and tell her "no." My daughter is just a little older than yours and when she started using the potty, she starting trying to touch her "teetee", I guess since it was right there. I just told her, "no, don't touch." And eventually she lost interest. Your daughter will get past this phase eventually. Then she'll find some other embarassing thing to do! Good luck, and don't stress about it!

Answer 4

Yes , you make her cold taking her shirt off .
And why does she have to run around shirtless ?
If you are self conscious about it around family, put a shirt on her instead of trying to force some unnatural behavior because an adult is feeling weird.

Answer 5

Sounds like an inherited female instinct

Answer 6

You are lucky she just grab hers mine grab mines, and every time i whip her little stuff when she was a baby she laugh and small at me. No their is nothing wrong with that

Answer 7

I have boys so I don't know if this is normal but she is a toddler don't worry about it.

Answer 8

when she does it, tell her no and put her hands down... she will understand after a whille