Hi there
My daughter is 6 years old and for the past few months perhaps once a fortnight she’s been telling me she gets a “nice feeling” in vagina while she’s sleeping. I’ve questioned her about it and she says she is just dreaming and all of a sudden she’ll get the nice feeling down there. I’m guessing this is a wet dream....
I’m just a bit confused as I only thought young boys got wet dreams, and not even as young as 6!
She is my only child so I have nothing to compare this to and I certainly don’t ever remember having this feeling as a child.
Can anyone else shed some light on what my daughter is experiencing? Obviously just want to know it’s nothing to be concerned with but she assured me it doesn’t hurt, it feels very nice.
Thanks
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This is simply a biological response, similar to how/why little boys get erections. Increased blood flow (which happens frequently in our sleep or when we wake needing to urinate for example, both which are probably reasons for your daughter experiencing this) in the area makes the 'nice feeling' it's not sexual, merely the body functioning as it should. Nothing to worry about!
Wet dreams are something else entirely and do happen to boys only, after puberty has started and they are producing sperm/semen.
Nothing to worry about at all.
Also women can have orgasms in there sleep.
I realise that but my daughter is 6 not 16...
We are all born with the ability to experience these sensations, a girls vagina/clitorus can be stimulated just as an adult woman's can (the same for boys and their beloved penises). Thats why kids can't keep their hands out of their pants lol.
I doubt her dreams would be of a sexual nature, she wouldn't even associate these feelings with sex/orgasms.
It is completely normal, don't worry 😊
Maybe having a talk to her about these sensations would be good though. Explain that it's normal to have them and it's perfectly OK to enjoy them but it's something we enjoy in private and help her understand it's a very personal thing that you don't necessarily need to share with people (I could just imagine my 6 year old telling everyone she knows that's all 😂😂).
No one prepares you for this aspect of parenting lol.
PS. Don't confuse wet dreams and sex dreams (she doesn't have the required anatomy for those).
I remember being able to feel horny at that age, but no orgasm. I had no idea what an orgasm even was and when I would hear things about sex I thought that was what it felt like. I don't remember having dreams that young though, I didn't have wet dreams until i was an adult and they were combined with sleep paralysis, really strange and scary.
Off topic a tad but sleep paralysis is truly horrific, the first time I experienced it I thought I was dying. It's a very strange phenomenon!