Car seat humping

[Browneyedme1985]

Hi can anyone help. My 19 month old constantly humps her car seat. She thrusts herself upwards and if she has a teddy she pushes against it. This is very unnerving and I'm at my wits end.she even makes noises too which makes me cringe. She's recently started doing it in her pushchair but not as much. It's very embarrassing and would like some advice on how to get her to stop. People gene said she's just exploring and that its perfectly normal but it just doesn't look it. If anyone else has gone through this please let me know how u deal with it x

I don't know how to put it but I believe she is exploring herself and is enjoying herself.

boys play with their willies, girls rub themselves. yes, at this young age. some children do these things as fun some use it to self-soothe as such.

you could try and change the car seat, but if she wants to do it she probably will continue no matter what you do.
she obviously has no concept of how this activity will look to other people, and I can see how you feel awkward.

I don't think you can do anything to stop it. or that you should. but that is just my opinion and not a professional's advice.

You are right I am going to try another car seat to see if she stops. I don't want to tell her off but I find myself shouting no each time she does it. I do feel she will grow out of it in time but just need to deal with it and ignore her when she does it

it's such a tricky one, isn't it?

(and from the outside a bit funny. like my boys saying things like :"mummy, if i tickle my willy it goes hard and it feels nice!" )

Omg how do u deal with that lol.

How about distracting her with a cd of nursery rhymes and ask her to sing along

I've tried CDs and singing the next thing is to get a portable DVD player hopefully that will distract her

If say go down the distraction route, singing / snacks (little boxes of raisins are brill n take lots of time to eat) / books.

My granddaughter humps in the car seat. She has been doing it since she was about 10 months old. She just turned 2 in Dec and still does it. My daughter has turned her rear facing again and that has helped. Her mother has also taught her to calm her body. Surprisingly she listens and takes her hands off her chest straps and relaxes. I have her a lot and have to remind her to calm her body. She does get a few in while not looking lol. Its really not funny and quite embarrassing going through drive thrus and they look at her back there grinding. My kids never did this, so it is new for me. She does know better because she is back there talking about it and tells her little sister she shouldnt do it. Understandably bc that is what we tell her. We have often thought of creating a way where she cant get that feeling to not feel good with a strap between her legs that she pushes up against. There has got to be something we can do to stop this. of course while maintaining safety in her carseat. We divert her attention, sing tons of songs, give snacks, praise her for doing good. it still happens. Maybe not as much but still does. Any thoughts? Like a spongy type cup that is hollow and placed between child and strap so they cant get that friction??? Something!

I found this thread as my 18 m daughter has started and she’s too young to explain to her to stop. I spend a lot of time with my grandma so it’s really awkward when she’s in the back of the car sweating and making noises 😂.
It’s easy enough to hear “it’s natural, she’s just exploring her body” but it’s very awkward to experience, especially with your (conservative) grandma!
Food, drinks, music or screen time does not distract this little gal from doing it!