Baby son with no male around for naked comparisons

[islandbaby]

My partner and I are living on opposite sides of the world temporarily, and this may be the case for the next year.

I worry a little about my 13-month DS not seeing another human with a dangly bit between his legs, and getting a bit freaked out by being so different to mummy.

Reassure me that at this age it's not going to be too weird for him, please?

Um... what?

Seriously?

Is this a witty risposte to another thread that I missed? If not... trust me, you've got other things to worry about. You really must have.

Ok, I'm tired, I knew that was going to come out weird. I just never expected to be raising him alone at the moment, and it makes me worry about things, including him understanding the differences between men and women if he's only got me around.

Nah, he'll be completely fine.

I'm sorry you're alone with a toddler, cuz that's exhausting. But don't worry about sex ed just yet! He'll be fine. Go get some well-deserved sleep.

ha ha. Now that one hadn't occured to me at all as I've been raising my toddler DS as a single parent! :)

I have sometimes wondered about male role models and having time with other boys when it comes to activities he may like in the future (xboxes, football etc) and I'm assured that he does have plenty of men and male cousins etc that he will be able to become close to - never mind the male friends he will make at school.

However, being able to view all those other male's private parts is not part of the agenda and is entirely unnecessary.

Yeah, ok. An unnecessary worry. It really started with me wondering how he's going to learn to pee standing up.

He'll see friends doing it, don't worry.

When my son was younger he always had his dad around but because his dad is extremely private I was the one who had to explain to my young boy how to pee standing up...he also learned from other children in nursery but it mainly came from me...you don't need to be the same gender as a child to teach them about their bodies if they want or need to know anything..you just have to tell them rather than show them. They can see the naked body in books and stuff. Trust me it really doesn't need to be that difficult. Also like Cumberdick said, he'll see friends doing it at some point..he'll be fine.

My DS lives in a house with two mummies and a sister. He learned to pee standing up because we taught him that. He is five and absolutely fine. Don't worry about it. Teach him.