Charlotte91 - I wouldn't stress. Wait til you have a little boy who gets an erection when you're changing him, or bathing him! Our first noticeable one was at about 2 weeks old!
He often gets them & is always naked, so the girls know all about it... (He thinks his 'big pecker' is hilarious)
Hands are always there. Just get into the habit of making sure hands are clean before & after. They do grow out of it... (Or just learn to do it in private...)
I think every little child goes through this, it is their body, and it is normal and natural to explore it. I think as parents it is our job to teach them when it is appropriate to do this and when it isn't.
(in saying that...I havent got any experience in this at all - from a parent pov, so understand if you just ignore my input =P )
Gosh, you wonder what's going through their head sometimes, haha. I just say 'ouch, not too rough, you'll hurt yourself' or something but I've never actually had them putting stuff up there.
Charlotte- she's just checking out what she's got down there. The same as when they discover their hands and feet! It's no different to her, she's just exploring. Don't stress about it
DD1 has done this. I explain to her that part of my body is very sensitive and to look after it properly I try to be as gentle as possible, I don't put things there that don't belong, I don't use soap etc. (This will sound odd)... Then I say to her, any time I need to touch my vagina, I make sure I touch very softly so I don't hurt myself, like this (then I gently touch her arm). Gosh I hope I don't sound like a weirdo, but I'm not touching myself in front of her nor am I touching her. Anyway, she started touching herself more gently and not putting things up there (like food, and lego). At that age (and any age, really) it's not wrong for her to touch her vagina, we just need to teach them what is appropriate and what isn't.
Not really helpful but I find it funny that my DD tries to see what it is she's touching but she leans forwards too far & topples over and she still can't see because she's such a porker lol! She hasn't tried to put anything in there though. I will have to watch her, I think!
I like Rivlas's idea of putting undies on her during nappy free time.
With DD1 we used to play a game of "Hands up in the air" to try and keep them out of her nappy and associated regions. She eventually grew out of it but it was pretty funny.
DD1 did that for ages. I can remember she put a fork in her vagina once so I just kept telling her it's hers and she needs to be careful with it. DD2 recently put a dummy in there and ran around the lounge, it took a lot not to laugh. I just maintain the word gentle and don't make her feel bad for touching her vagina.
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Gosh, you wonder what's going through their head sometimes, haha. I just say 'ouch, not too rough, you'll hurt yourself' or something but I've never actually had them putting stuff up there.
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