Need advice. My son is non-stop playing with penis

[Tigga1978]

At first I saw funny and natural side of my son being curious about his body, but now I feel concerned about him playing with his penis (so much). Is this normal? He seems to find every opportunity, at the dinner table, whilst playing with toys, when we were on a bus yesterday! I'm worried he will hurt himself, I'm also worried about the constant and frequent element of this. Note, he has DLD (a speech and language difficulty). I do try to do sensible thing and explain to him about this being a private thing. But now resorted to telling him it will fall off if he plays too much with it to try have an impact on him to stop but it's not working. What should I do? And am I right to be concerned?

How old is he @Tigga1978?

He just recently turned 4. Sorry forgot to mention that in my post

No worries. And is he toilet trained?

My son is like this and he’s 8. I’ve told him it’s dirty to touch there, full of germs and it’s not nice to be touching there but he just won’t stop, it’s become a habit for him now. Constantly being told to come off your privates just doesn’t sink in. I don’t know what to do either. Just wanted to comment on this so you know you are not alone x

Yes he is toilet trained. Nighttime he isn't (not sure how to approach this either). But recently due to the constant playing with these bits, he gets himself into pointing incorrectly so he ends up wetting the bed and the nappy is useless.

How is he if you put him in a nappy at night, with a waterproof wrap over the top and a vest with poppers? Or would he still just manage to get his hand to his penis?is there anything else that he likes to hold, like a favourite soft toy that you could get him to carry?

Is he still under a Paediatrician too @Tigga1978 abd has he been assessed for anything else?

Hi. He wears a nappy to bed as he isn't night trained. But he manages to get his hand down there. He hasn't been fully assessed for anything else. The assessment he had with paediatrician ruled him out of autism. But he does have a language disorder. Initially I have thought this behaviour is normal because children are curious about their bodies. But now that it's all the time, it's concerning me and I wondered if others experienced the same with boys at roughly 4 years age and what people do and say to children.

I don't think is usual at 4, not constantly no and especially if they are being distracted and told it's not acceptable in a public place.

Could you ask your HV for some advice?