2 year old daughter constantly masturbating

[~Ash~]

Make sure you tell her there isn't anything wrong with it though, just that it's meant to only be done in her bedroom. So every time you see her do it tell her she has to go somewhere private if she wants to do it.

This is what I did also. When DD1 was little she would do it a lot but she would twist her legs around each other and tense them up and down to do it. I just always said that it's ok if she wants to do it but she has to go into her room because it's private - to start with she would always go to her room but after a little while she would choose to stay where we were and stop doing it. She used it mostly as a relaxing thing and before she went to sleep too.

[Tanya]

One of mine was the same, could have written the same post! I have a photo of her on the trampoline asleep in the assumed position *rolls eyes* I remember at a party there were kids running around chasing each other and she decided to stop and lay on the floor and off she went.

They do grow out of it... Mostly.

[goddessofdawn]

Thanks all. I googled last night & freaked myself out (yeah, I know)... Dr Sears website mentioned that preoccupation with it might mean behavioural problems
I woke up at night thinking of her other issues - she finds it hard to play by herself for any length of time, really.
She does use the ipad a lot & watch tv because she is very "intense" - very active, a climber, a daredevil... All these things make me wonder if I have failed her. I don't always know how to handle her & I really hope this fixation isn't
linked to some kind of psychological problem

Becsuse the article mentioned that if they withdraw from people in order to masturbate, that is worrying... She does that at my mum's house - excited about going to her nana, but when she gets there, she gets down on the floor & starts....

[2CheekyMonkeys]

i'm sure its just a normal phase. however if you are worried then you might want to have a quick chat to a gp or other professional. :-)

[goddessofdawn]

If only I had more faith in the various GPs I've seen... might mention it at her 3 year appointment if it's still going on. (With the mchn I mean)