Realllly into his little "member"

[rollerrink]

So, he's been fascinated with his penis for a while, but it's recently become a bit of an obsession. Last night while I was putting his pajamas on him, I put his pants on him, and he flipped out about wanting to touch it- screaming "I want to touch my peepee! I want to touch my peepee!!" Screaming, I tell you! This afternoon, he was playing alone in the living room. I could hear him, but not see him. When it got very quiet, I went to check on him, and found him poking his penis. He had pulled it out of his diaper, above the waist of his jeans, and was poking/touching it and just giggling.

I feel like I should be embarrassed for posting this about him, but who else can I ask? Those of you with boys or who have older boys, are you finding the same kind of fascination? I don't know what it's like to be a little boy, and DH doesn't remember when the fun of having a penis kicked in for him, but we're both wondering if we should do something about this. Right now, I tell him he can touch it during bath time to help clean the skin. Should I just let it go?

[junkytrunk]

M is pretty interested in it too. We don't want to make him afraid of touching it or anything because it is part of life and it will happen regardless. We just tell him that he can't play or touch it when other people are around, he has to do it in his room by himself. Everytime we see him playing with it and we tell him this, he stops and says ok and then that's it. He hasn't had an issue with stopping when we tell him to.

My H is the one that came up with the "you play with it alone in your room" thing. I figured since he is a guy and knows what M is going to go through, I'll let him handle that one.

[mightybee]

D isn't so much playing with it, but he has started pulling his pants down to show me his penis. He has also said he's going to "uncover my penis at school." That one made me nervous! When he does it or says he's going to do it, I tell him the places he can "uncover" his penis are the bathroom when going potty or in the bathtub. Maybe I should throw his bedroom in there?

Anyway, I'm no penis expert, but I would guess A's fascination with his penis falls in the 'normal' range rollerrink.I think you keep doing what you're doing- tell him there are appropriate, safe places to look at his penis without making it a big deal.

[heatherbee]

DS isn't super interested yet but I'm sure it's coming. I've heard its a very normal phase. I agree with pp, I would talk about places it is ok for his penis to be out and places where it needs to be private.

[bantyrooster]

I say normal. G plays with his when his pants are off. I have heard a lot of people do the " only touch it when you are alone" like junkytrunk does.

[rollerrink]

That's a good idea to tell him where/when it's ok to touch it. I don't want to shame him, but I don't want him to think he can just pull it out whenever. Plus, he's a thumbsucker, so my mind goes on germ-alert.