Hi IMs
I have a 19 month old boy, he's always loved to play with his parts lol which I think is normal for a boy, it's a permanent toy after all right?
Now just today he took his nappy off, which he also does a lot! So I thought alright and put it in the bin and got a new one, when I came back to put the new one on him he was laying down on his little couch, with his finger literally in his bum!
What?! Like how do I even address that! He's old enough to understand the simple stuff and he talks quite well for his age.
Just a little note, I know for a fact that this isn't from any form of abuse he spends 100% of his time with me lol.
I guess my question is, what's the best way to handle this if he does it again?
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Just tell him that it's only for private time, in his room. My son used to do this too. They are totally curious, and it takes kids only 3 seconds to work out they can stick their finger up the nose! It's just another space to explore!
Lol! Dont stress too much, hes just checking his body out, just pull his finger out and tell him about bums being for poo and germs etc, but yeah some boys just love their penis's. My son was the same...we would do his nappy up quite tight at night and he would still manage to wriggle a hand down there to play with it and sleep with his hand on it. Hes 9 now and we laugh about it with him