Humping

[mymilisbatshit]

Not a aibu but looking for some input sorry guys x My dd is 9 months old. She's recently got to that clingy stage where only mummy will do.. when she is with other people or is begging me to pick her up I go to her when she finally gets into my arms especially if I take her face to face she makes humping movements as she cuddles in.. I didn't think anything of it to begin with as it was just seconds at a time but now she even tries to cuddle in and will do it for at least 20 seconds sometimes she makes noise other times she will be silent. She only does it to me and she doesn't do it when she's sat in any seats or harnesses.

What is she doing and what does it mean? I feel a little ignorant but it's such funny behaviour. Is there anything I can do to stop her doing it? My friend said non of her girls did it and I'm embarrassed to ask anyone else 

I was having orgasms at aged 7, had no idea what they were for another 7 years when I read a book, I think it just feels nice so babies enjoy it.

Ha, me too Measles! And possibly younger. I'm relieved to read from this thread that it's perfectly normal. I reckon I must have been told off for it because I always did it in secret - although how much of a secret it was when I'd randomly take a cushion up to my room!

Even now at 47 masturbation for me a very solo activity done in secret.

Not that there's anything wrong with an adult doing so I don't think my baby is masturbating. I was actually worried about other stuff my niece used to rock on her hands and knees and she was diagnosed shortly afterwards with autism I was wondering if that was at all a possibility there are other things I have noticed hand flapping, she is not crawling yet but she is happy and quite interactive my gp told me she doesn't think my daughter has autism but that was just a quick appointment. We also have another baby in the family who is majorly over achieving I try hard not to compare the 2 because my daughter is forward in other ways but sometimes it is hard not to I just want what is best for her and want to make sure I'm doing right by her that's why I asked for advice I didn't expext to get basically accused of being fascinated by sexualising my baby. Seems mumsnet isn't the place to go if you want any advice defiantly in the right place for some abuse though

Don't worry OP. There are some real twats on here, especially on AIBU. It was clear that you weren't a troll, and as other posters have said, it is normal for babies to do this, but obviously can be uncomfortable and embarrassing in public. Hopefully you feel more reassured now.

And AS of you suggests that you have a rather unhealthy interest in the sexualisation of children. So I've reported this.

Christ on a bike.

OP it's probably humping (and yes that's the word for it!) More kids do it than we think, having done a completely unscientific survey of our parent friends.

Out of my 2 kids I have one humper and yes it's a bit embarrassing but as PPs have said, gentle distraction will be fine for now.

Girls are born with fully functioning clitorises so it's pretty common for humping and orgasms to start young. It's a surprise for us but obviously not sexual for the little ones.

mymilisbatshit sorry did not realise you were worried about autism, yes rocking is one sign, but there are many others. I would not get in a flap many babies do what yours is doing. Sorry for the misunderstanding. My brother rocked but not like that it was more manic and went on for what seemed like hours.

The things HV etc don't tell you when you're a first or even second time mum! I didn't know baby boys could get erections. My wee boy did and I was worried until another mum told me it was perfectly normal. I was only 22 at the time so just a kid myself really.

At 26 I had my daughter. She started bleeding down below at a few months old and I was worried sick. Took her to the GP who said it was perfectly normal and it was something like a faux period? Something like that.

It would be helpful for HVs to think about stuff like that and not just the best way to feed/burp/sleep etc.

PurpleI panicked when my Ds got an election as a baby, I didn't realise this happens until I was in a flap asking dm.

My Dd rocks back and to on my lap, I just assumed she had learnt a new movement and would use when learning to crawl, I've never thought of it any other way. I remember Ds would rock back and to on all fours when he was starting to crawl. She gets a bit too rock happy sometimes and bashes the back of her head on my collar bone, it bloody hurts!

*Erection not election
Stupid phone also just tried to change it to elector!

Autism is a big worry of mine there's a few members of family with it. I keep telling myself DD is too alert and happy she plays with her toys she babbles happily but then certain things creep in and i get worried all over again I've spend the last couple of months in tears on and off when she's not hitting certain milestones I felt dismissed by the doctor just don't know what to do next.. a few problem have told me it's almost impossible to diagnose a baby that young.

We fostered a little girl who did this. We called it thrutching (not sure where that name sprang from). I used to try to distract her by pointing something interesting out, or asking her to hold something for me. She was older though... between 2 and 3. There was no infection; I took her to the Dr, who checked for that, but also told me that lots of children do it. I think it just felt nice.

Yes, perfectly normal. Hope the people who posted saying that you're weird etc are feeling like twats now. Maybe they should do a little research before making wild, and stupid, accusations

Yeah this is totally normal. Presumably it just feels nice to them so they keep doing it!

My DS went through a phase when he was 1-2 of putting a soft toy between his legs and 'humping' it to get to sleep and often when he woke up in the morning he'd be doing it again. I just left him to it, he grew out of it.