18 month old touching??

Question

my daughters 18 months old, she still wears diapers as we are potty training but hasn't gotten hang of it yet. lately ill catch her putting her hands down her diaper.. i dont know if maybe she hates wearing diapers now or what. she will tell me when she is wet or poos but she will literally dig down there and i dont know what it means, if anything. i tell her no, and say that we dont put our hands down there but she continues to do it. help please. any mommies of daughters have this problem?

Answer

My son does this all the time but I know it’s totally normal. I was a toddler teacher for many years at a preschool and it is completely normal for children to touch themselves. My recommendation or thoughts on it would be to encourage her to wait until in her room or in private. I wouldn’t tell her things like “don’t do that”, “ewe”, “we don’t touch ourselves” because that sends shame to them which then creates issues for the future. They are human and exploring their bodies, we as mothers just need to encourage them to do it in private or at the right times (not with a diaper full of poo, at school/public, etc).
Also, she may be ready to start potty training if she is showing issues with her diaper. Try and give potty training a go and see if she’s ready! Good luck 😘😘😘

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my daughter does the same thing, it's just them exploring. we still correct it, but there's only so much we can do. at nap time I have to put her in pants that are hard to get off otherwise there's no diaper when i wake her up.

18 month old touching??

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