I debated long and hard about whether to post this as I find it a hard enough subject to deal with. My DS has just turned 5 but for sometime now has been displaying behaviour which leads me and his dad to believe he has some form of sexual awareness. I found him in his favourite position on the floor watching telling playing with his penis. I was so shocked that I shouted at him to stop. The movement was very awkward which suggested that it was not somethingg that he saw being done. But the most shocking thing about it is that when I asked him to stop and put his penis away, he said "but mommy, I like how it feels". If he walks in while I'm in my underwear, he would start giggling and announce "my penis is big". Same thing happens when he sees women in underwear on the telly. I am sorry but I lost it and slapped his bottom when after telling him more than twice not to do it he puts his arm around my waist in a pretend hug and tries to smell my privates. I am annoyed and scared and FED UP! I built up the courage to ask one of my friends about whether she experience this with her son and she said no and that I need to "watch it with him". What the hell does that mean anyway? So of course I won't be asking any more of my friends. It is clear that DS has no idea what he doing, has no idea what is happening to him when he gets an erection. This morning for example, there was an ad on telly for lingerie. He pointed, laughed, annouced that his penis was big and continued flying his plane. Still very much a little boy. Has anyone come across this before? Is this normal behaviour with boys? We've been wondering whether to take him to the doctor. So far, we are trying not to make too much of a big deal about it hoping that it is a phase that would pass soon but the phase is taking too long. Very grateful for your help