Please, I am very serious. We take good care of our kids, and they are usually with loving family or babysitter when we are at work, but lately my 22 month old girl will take a stuffed animal or blanket or other soft object and really hump it like crazy. It looks sexual, and that bothers me. She has never seen anything sexual, and is too young to know anything like that. Is there something wrong? Should I be worried, and what should I do?
2007-08-14 14:52:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Relax. It's perfectly normal. She probably did it once by accident and found out it feels good. When she's a little older you can explain that it is something to do in private, not in front of others.
2007-08-14 14:56:39 · answer #1 · answered by EC Expert 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yeah i wouldn't worry too much, i have seen something like that before...the girl was about 5 and she used blankets or her toys and would hide under her bed and start humping it, lol. but she had a really "rough" family and i think she saw stuff like that from her parents or her parents didn't care if she watched anything like that on tv but dont worry if shes 22 months old and hasnt seen anything sexual then i dont think she knows exactly what shes doing, it will pass by eventually...
2007-08-14 15:03:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL my daughter is 7 months. She started doing this a few weeks ago. She bounces when she is standing too. I think she is just having fun, discovering new things she can do. There isn't any type of physical contact, so I don't think it's the natural toddler development yet. She thinks is the funniest thing.
2016-05-18 00:18:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're really being serious...
Its actually normal for toddlers to do this sort of thing. It feels good. Their bodies are just a wondrous world for exploring, how to use them, what they do, how things feel and effect them.
Just tell her not to do that, "honey, stop doing that, go play with that toy over there." Dont make a huge deal out of it.
Its a lot like how little toddler boys will fondle and grab themselves all the time.
Tell her not to do that and just divert her into some other activity.
2007-08-14 14:58:44 · answer #4 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of, Thanks for asking such a wonderful question. I have been dealing with this now for 8 months with my almost 3 year old daughter. I have read alot about it...but it is comforting to know I am not the only one. My daughter doesn't really "hump" things, she puts either her hands or a small stuffed animal between her legs and interlocks them and just lays there like that. It used to be a problem because she would do it in front of people. After reading up on it, we decided not to scold her for it, as you do not want her to grow up thinking it is wrong to touch her own body and get fulfillment from it. She has picked up a nickname from her playgroup buddies for her area: Biscuit. LOL. Believe me, I have tried to get her to not use that word, but to no use. So now, we explain to her that if she wants to "play with her biscuit" she has to do it in her bedroom. (which has brought many other issues: Like me asking her if she wants to play with puzzles, and her responding: NO mommy, I want to play with biscuit...lol) From what I read, it is normal. Just like boys play with their pee-pees, girls also find joy in playing with what God gave them. Take care!
2007-08-15 07:58:22 · answer #5 · answered by LayLooLaRose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter went through a phase like this and my friend's daughter did also. Personally, I think it's perfectly normal as shocking as it is. We told our daughter that this is something she should do in private and left it at that. We didn't want to make it a big deal. I wouldn't worry too much.
2007-08-14 14:57:56 · answer #6 · answered by MG 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say she is just gettin a feel of her surounding!....when i moved to this area 7 yr ago i met a little that did that and they took her to a person to evaluate and they siad it was normal and dont worry about......but you can maybe ask a doctor or something!
2007-08-14 14:59:44 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've read that it's normal..my 18 month old touches herself when you take her diaper off (she says "this?", asking 'what's this?' cuase she's learning the diffrent parts of her body.) and my mother (three daughters) and other experts say that this behavior is normal. they say kids like to explore their bounderies and thier bodies.
i say it's normal...we just think it's graphic cause we live in a society that glorifies everything sexual and has lost the value of the human body and it's natural beauty.
we read way more into these behaviors than our kids mean...
-hbb
2007-08-14 15:20:52 · answer #8 · answered by hot black babe 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's possible she saw this behavior on TV or some other source. I doubt at that age she knows what she is doing. If it worries you take her to her pediatrician.
2007-08-14 14:57:24 · answer #9 · answered by Jade 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're really concerned, talk to her doctor. But I dont think it's anything to worry about
2007-08-14 14:59:07 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋