DS (4) very into women's bodies at the moment - tips for handling this well, please

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DS (4) is very into boobs and women's bodies generally at the moment. I found him a few months back looking at a lingerie magazine of mine, and he saw a belly dancer clip on a recorded TV programme recently and wanted to watch it again and again.

I am open about bodies and their normal and natural functions. I don't volunteer more than I need to, but will give frank answers to any questions DS has about this sort of thing. We have a relaxed attitude to nudity in our home, and have even dabbled in naturism FFS - so I don't understand why semi-naked women's bodies are so very mesmerising to DS at the tender age of four.

DS does seem to be having a high-testosterone phase in general - more fighting and rough-and-tumbling than usual - and I wonder if it's linked?

I am being cool and nonchalant about it around DS, but do wonder if this level of interest is normal, and also how I can prevent it (if I need to) from become a lecherous kind of interest.

Any thoughts? TIA.

Am no expert but my 4 year old DS1 behaves in all manner of odd ways at the moment and am pretty sure its down to testosterone surges (random shouting/screaming/hissy fits then suddenly cuddly/affectionate/sweet).

He is quite interested in bodies generally and the differences between the sexes. He was asking me how I wee today, without a willy!

I think your DS's enthusiasm for the female form is nothing to worry about, I'd carry on being cool about it and am sure it will pass.

Thanks, Pannacotta. at explaining willy-less weeing.

Testosterone it probably is then. Phew.

this is all normal behaviour so don't worry
and it won't become lecherous at all
it's all part of a very young child's making sense of the world
and they just say it how it is really,it's the joy of discovery in all its innocence.
nothing my boys ever said concerned or alarmed me so please don't worry

This reminds me very much of my nephew atm! I have had texts from SIL saying that he is looking at seed packets of melons and saying boobies! He is also trying to touch his mums boobies if poss and saying "ooohh boobies". The best though is saying to his 6 year old sis "when you grow up you are growing to have humungus boobies!" Think its fair to say there is a link here between 4 year old boys

my DS is 2.5 and loves women with big breasts , he will go up to them, especially if wearing low cut tops, and just stare adoringly at them. Also he will 'flirt' with attractive women, picks one out and then starts smiling, hiding behind things and batting his eyelids. If no voluptuous women around, he will flirt with older girls of 7-8 upwards if they pay attention to him. I suppose there's not much you can do...