i am haveing a problem with my daughter and putting her hands down her pull up and exploring her part I know this is normal but i am afraid she will hurt herself or give herself a UTI i dont want her to be ashamed of her parts but i dont want her to hurt i need some advice on how to curb it
I would make sure she doesn't have a yeast infection or something medical first. Yeast can be very itchy. Was she just on antibiotics? If it is just exploration then just tell her she has to do it in private. She can not hurt herself or give herself an infection from exploring her body I wouldn't worry. I would just make sure she does it in private. Good luck!!
Just keep her nails trimmed and clean her hands often. Try to explain that she can only do that in her room where it is private. She is a little young to understand the idea of privacy but you might as well start now.
it's normal. if she hurts herself, she'll stop and it's usually just touching on the outside, so no uti should come of it.
HOWEVER, hands should be clean before exploring.
All I can tell you is that you have to deal with it indirectly or it will get worse. So you have to pay attention to when she is most likely to do it and try to beat her to the punch and engage her in another activity. Kids always explore when they are bored and obviously don't differentiate for propriety. But it's important that even emotionally, you stay calm because she will sense your anxiety about it and do it more just to see when you will break... and not because she's malicious but because she's curious about what makes mommy tick and why. And if you talk to her about it directly, you can use "I" or "mommy" statements. Such as "Mommy doesn't touch herself there right? Let's play with Water!" However, you are right that it is normal especially at her age and her self discovery is important so I wouldn't pursue it too much. She will get past it and observe/imitate that no one else touches themselves like that so she will catch on. Good luck, N
My older daughter was doing this when she was a toddler. I just told her quietly that I know what she's doing feels good, but it is a private thing and if she wanted to do this, she should do it in her room. It worked.
You might think she's exploring but my son would do that as well because he has eczema and that was a really sensitive area for him and got really itchy- make sure to by soft pull-ups with out the nylon and sythetic stuff- that really bothered my son- I even made sure they weren't colorful because those also irritated his skin- use talcum powder - moisturizers- and oils- has worked for me
God luck!
