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carpet humping?

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Donbean · 23/08/2005 20:33

....you cant resist such a title can you, you have to investigate dont you!!!

Serious question for you all though.
My friends ds is 14 months old and does this.

He got down on his front and did an odd little rocking thing. She immediately got up and picked him up saying to him "stop that".
She told me that it is "carpet humping".
"OH" said i trying to look wise and knowing but i have to confess, ive never heard of it.

he did it every couple of miniuts and kind of has this strange vacant look on his face while doing it.

He was prem and has development problems which you can quite obviously see.
This has probably got nothing to do with any thing but it does affect his understanding of things.
Ever seen or heard of this?

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SleepySuzy · 23/08/2005 20:34

Not sure at that age, but I do know a 9 year old boy who does something very similar.

MrsBigD · 23/08/2005 20:34

Donbean... dd had a phase where she was humping literally anything... I'd say it's a phase due to discovering that certain things do feel nice - even without sexual innuendo I wouldn't worry about it at all

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Donbean · 23/08/2005 20:37

She laughingly added that she was a bit worried that he was going to grow up a sex pest.....He wont will he ?

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marthamoo · 23/08/2005 20:50

Ds2 did this - on carpets, cushions, settee arms, people (I jest not). He tended to do it when he was tired (still does odd times and he's 3 and a half). It's very normal, doesn't mean he's going to be a sex pest, and - even though it looks sexual and can make you feel a bit uncomfortable - it isn't sexual at all, it just feels nice to them and is comforting. Tell your friend to just keep discouraging him (I would lift ds2 off and say "don't do that, I don't like it." Hopefully he will get the message. It's nothing to do with his developmental problems (my ds2 is NT) but they may make it harder to get him to stop I guess.

weeboagie · 23/08/2005 21:36

Was just about to start my own thread when I spotted this one. My DD is 11 months old. For the past two months she has started 'grinding'. She does this on and off, especially when she is tired. She grunts as if she is filling her nappy, goes red in the face and gets a vacant look on her face! She is not constipated and I have checked that nappy etc is all comfortable. The only explanation I could come up with was that it feels 'good'. DH was horrified when I suggested this. Has anyone seen this in a baby so young and do you know the cause. I can't tell her to stop because she has no idea what I'm talking about!

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