AIBU to care so much about my son humping?

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My son is 2.5 and his also a late talker. No development delays, just says about 5 words but it’s as bright as a button.

My issue is that I’d say roughly for the past 8 months he has been humping all the time! He normally just does it at home or round my mums as she has him 3 days a week whilst I work. The other day he done it round my friends house and I asked her to tell him to stop and to stand up every time he did it and he listened to her. When he does it at home he doesn’t listen to us or my mum. We have to physically pick him up and distract him but he goes straight back to it moments later. He basically lays on the floor with his hands on his front parts. Over clothes and will just lift his bum up and down. Please note there is no way he is being abused or seen anything sexual remotely so I would appreciate if those type of comments were not put below. Please help it’s driving me bonkers!

Just tell him it's something to do in his own room (if he has one.) When I was a child I fell in love with a beanbag I got for Christmas. When my mom realised what I was doing she moved it to my bedroom and that was that.

Try worming him. He might be experiencing irritation and discomfort from threadworms.

Some of these replies are typically AIBU madness. My 1yr old does it, usually when he's tired. Speaking to other mums, it's quite common. I just ignore it. It's a phase, would not worry too much. Try not to make a big thing about it, that's when it becomes weird.

My school aged son still does this when he's tired. It's just a comfort thing with him but as long as he's only doing it in private then it's not doing any harm. It's a perfectly natural for them to do as it feels good.

My DS did this all the time, home, friends and at nursery. Was always worse when tired and was definitely linked to comfort. We ignored at first but as he got older we said if you need to 'lie down' go to your bed, he would then go to his room when around 3/4. I didn't want it to be wrong but did want to show him to just take himself away when a bit older.

Now nearly 7 I'm glad to say he's grown out of it!

I think it’s normal. My first daughter did it but not for long. We just ignored it and didn’t make anything of it. Our second hasn’t but is three and has disabilities. Whenever her nappy is off she has a sudden urge to just grab down there. We tell her not to so we can clean her and put her nappy back in but again, I don’t want to make a big thing of it or have her fear it’s durty or something. At the end of the day I think it’s just another body part for them to explore.

Sorry can’t offer any advice but this made me laugh!

Don’t embarrass him with stories about this when he is 18!!!