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very sensitive issue,i want 2 do the right thing!

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morethanamum · 12/01/2008 13:00

my almost 2 years old dd touched her daddy on the privates.not just a quick touch ,she grabed him.now she has done it for 3 or 4 times.
i want 2 do the right thing so she`ll forget it without any complications.
the first time she had done it my husband shouted at her and removed her hand.she then repeated it with anger,she can be really difficult sometimes when i shout or say no.
i told him to ignore and distract her.she forgot it for a day and then did it again? whats the right thing 2 do?

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dustystar · 12/01/2008 13:03

Its natural for children to be curious so I think the best thing would be to play it down. If she keeps doing it he could try saying "no" firmly but calmly and to remove her hand. If she is hurting him when she grabs him you could always explain to her that it can hurt a man to be grabbed there.

annoyingdevil · 12/01/2008 13:38

I'd just ignore it tbh. She probably just thinks it's another toy to grab at. Surely, your DH could distract her or just walk away. I really wouldn't make an issue of it. Perhaps you could gently explain that it's delicate and not to be grabbed at. That's what we did with my dd when she was poking her daddy in the eye at around the same age

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