krdavis918

thank you - I think this is probably the most helpful post so far. I think I mostly wanted some reassurance that I wasn't crazy. I *know* he hasn't been exposed to something he shouldn't have been and it's nice to know that there are parents who've seen strange things from their kids before. Thank you thank you!

Yes....

His pee pee itchs, he's just wiggling his bum. I can't think of the others. I can tell that he knows I don't approve. I don't get mad at him, just tell him he needs to stop and ask why he's doing that. Then he gives me one of these answers....so I know he knows it's not ok.

Yes - I do feel that this is more of a "feel good" investigation thing, but I don't know how to talk to him about it to make him understand that this is not appropriate without going into too much detail for a 5 year old. I don't think he needs to know *all* the details at his age.

Nope. He only has 1 playmate who is 3 years old other than his 2 year old sister. We have a Nanny that comes to our house to watch him while I'm at work. She's 20 years old and has been watching him since he was 6 weeks old. We don't subscribe to magazines (other than scrapbooking or Ensign/Friend). Our Dog is so old (and neutered) that he doesn't move around much at all (which is how I got a picture of him with a pompom on his head). I do not think this is sexual in any way - more just typical (I like that too)/feels good to him. I just want advice on how to get him to stop doing it without making him ashamed.

We don't watch television at our house, so I can't imagine that he's seen anything like that there. We don't even watch movies very often and if we do, it's either Disney or Elmo. Our door is closed and locked anytime we're having some Mommy/Daddy time.

Hi folks - this is my first post and it's a doozy. I need some advice on what to do with my 5 year old son. He frequently balls up a blanket and appears to be "humping" it. Everything I've tried to find on the internet says this is normal behavior. What are your thoughts? I've calmly told him that he needs to stop and asked him why he's doing it. He gives me various answers such as his knees itch (???!!) and other things that just really don't make sense why he'd be doing this. I need an LDS parents perspective on this type of thing. The rest of the world thinks that masterbation is normal....I don't. Any thoughts??