humping the sofa

[sunchild77]

Im no prude and I dont want to sound as though Im making this into a big deal, cos Im not. But how can I dissuade my 2.10 DS to stop humping the sofa or his bed?

I know why he's doing it, cos it feels nice etc. I just dont want to have to explain to DD 4.8 why he does it and why DS's willy gets big.

Or should I just chill out and let him get on with it? I dont want to give him a complex but I'd kinda rather he didnt do it in front of everyone if you know what I mean.

Any advice/experience?

IMHO your doing the right thing by not making a big deal of it.

If it were me I would say that its something to be done in his room by himself as other people don't like watching him do it.

Although how you put this into practice with a 2.10 yr old I'm not sure, as I guess he won't spend that much time in his room alone.

I'm having a similar issue with dd (2.8) who seems to have discovered that wrapping her legs round the door frames and swinging on them gives her a nice feeling down below. It's a bit less obvious than your ds though so I am managing to deal with it by saying that she's not allowed to do it beacuse it will break the doors.

Not much help, sorry

Glad to see this thread. I have the same problem with dd1 5.5 humping her bed every night becauser it makes her feel so nice

There is nothing you can do, I think, except tell them it is a private thing. I'd love more advice

I have had phases of this with my DD.. in fact I think googling it may have been one of my first visits to MN!

Apparently it's all normal.. DD is 4 now and understands that it's private..

Could you tell your older child that DC2 is really just a baby and thinks it's nice, just like tickles or something.. and that maybe together you could distract him?

Gonna put this over in chat to see if I can get some more opinions...