Oh lordy lordy, what do we do about his willy???

[MrsMerryHenry]

DS is potty trained. Huzzah!!!

Now that he's in pants he's discovered the joys of fooling around with his willy. Which is fine. But having turned a blind eye to his fooling and feeling for the past 2 months or so we now feel it's time to set some boundaries, such as:

• pulling your willy up out of your jeans and leaving it poking above your waistband is simply not socially acceptable, darling

• keeping your hand down your pants 50% of the time is welllllll a bit too often

Heeeeelp! Do they grow out of this level of initial fascination of their own accord? Have any of you had success stories with setting 'guidelines for the handling of a toddler's todger'?

Maybe this is the time to confess that when DS was three, he got an erection every time squirrels were mentioned.

My DS is 20 months and 'discovered' his at around 9/10mths ..... and he's not potty-trained. So. He hangs it over the top of his nappy - assuming he hasn't already removed aforementioned barrier to ensure a better tug - and pulls and twangs until I notice and reinsert appendage back into nappy. At which point he gets angry, before running off to a quieter place to resume pleasurable activity. On mentioning somewhat worrying behaviour to DH, was told "oh, yes, feels good son, doesn't it" and cue conspiratory wink between the two "men".
In desperation, have taken occasionally to dressing him in vests with poppers so he can't get at It.
DS that is. Not DH. Don't come in his size it seems.

Pennybubbly, try these for your H.

Hula Hoops!! this thread is making me cry at work and all the blokes are asking me to explain what is so funny. Glad to hear it is all entirely normal. So should I let him hump away after school in the privacy of his own home or try and distract him?

HAHAHAHA at the squirrel erections! That is priceless!

DD1 began to rub herself against the strap in her bouncy cradle from the moment she could get it to move independently. Then it was car seat straps and finally the trolley at Tesco's.

DH refused to take her anywhere by himself from the age of about three months - just in case. Try explaining rudeness and social mores to a three-month old!

Ohh and there was the time on holiday in France. DS, 2.6yo, decided that wet swimming trunks were uncomfortable and we let him sit naked on a towel in his forward-facing bugging.

Set off on a nap-inducing walk around the lake. Noticed a few strange, giggly looks so nipped round check on sleeping beauty. There standing to attention was a sight any two-year old would have been proud of and although obviously tiny in the scheme of things seemed to be shouting look at me, look at me.

Fortunately a draped towel saved all our blushes.

Haven't laughed this much in ages - am currently having to explain to my boss why my OJ came out of my nose and I had to dry off my laptop!

I really thought that expecting a DD I would avoid all of this, but it would appear not!

OMG what am I getting myself into.

Thankyou for cheering me up at lunchtime. DS2 does this a bit - latest trick is to show his CrazyBones what is down his pyjamas before bedtime, but I'm very impressed so many of your children are on a different scale .

I just tell DS not to do it when we have visitors.

Very funny thread...

But what about the next stage - nocturnal emissions? When do they start? Does DS try to hide the fact? Any alternatives (eg, socks, etc)?!

Mine does it when I'm telling him off - how annoying is that? We say in private (ie when we can't see you!), but it does seem a bit unfair when you're three, there's not much privacy.

My dd (5) cannot leave hers alone, despite much remonstration on my part that it's something to do in private. We were at Centre Parcs at Christmas and were standing in the queue for the buffet when I looked down to see her hand down her trousers once more.

Ds (7 months) started having a fiddle as soon as he got control over his hands. There is no hope...

I guess i don't need to worry about my son then!!! This cropped up for first time yesterday, but i guess it's all normal. isn't mumsnet brilliant!

DS is 2.6 and fiddles a lot less than his 32 year old father!

Seriously, home from work, trackie bottoms on, DS in bed and then hand down pants! Drives me crazy!

I can cope with the occasional fiddle in front of the TV from DS and even the odd stiffy at a night time sleepy nappy change but DH is obsessed!

Interestingly my friends little boy goes to a well heeled private boy's school, where they must have eons of experience of this...anyway, he was messing around and my DH said "what DO you think you're doing?!" and the boy jumped like a rocket and then immediately sat on his hands looking sheepish.
It was almost comical...so that's a posh prep school's way of dealing with it obviously!

Nocturnal emmissions - oddly, I have never found evidence of same. Not have I encountered crusty socks, and my DSs are adults now!

Hilarious thread!

Have asked DS (nearly 4) what he's doing pulling on it after his bath to be told "I'm making my dingle go big."
He also went through a few days of pouring water into it in the bath: "Putting the wee wee back mummy."