When you become a parent, you join an elite (?) club of folks that can relate to your sleep-deprived rants, your love/hate relationship with your children and your many stories of the crazy things your kids do and say. However, I feel a little cheated with certain topics. There are secrets in this club that are not being exposed. Maybe that is the wrong term to use.
One particular topic that has me baffled is masturbation. I just read that sentence. Let me rephrase...No parent ever talks about what to do when your young child has an obsession with humping. Why is that? I feel cheated that no seasoned veteran parent had the generosity to share this possible eventuality. I know it is an uncomfortable topic, but couldn't someone have warned me that girls do this? And then proceeded to share with me how to address it? We can't be the only parents going through this.
Is it a phase? Is my daughter going to be an adult entertainer? (Please lord, spare me the horror.) Is she lacking something in her diet? Is she not getting enough sun? And what do we do? Post signs in public areas of the house? NO HUMPING ALLOWED. If only she could read. Do we tell her if she continues her hand will fall off? She's going to be in therapy one day anyway. Why not give her some good material? Should I have a siren that blares every time she does it? She'll move her hand to cover her ears, right?
Perhaps no one shared their experiences because they, too, had no idea what to do. Well I am here to tell you that once I have figured out how to handle the situation, I will let you know. I am breaking this code of silence!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
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Okay, this is going to be way TMI. But I remember doing this so I was older than you girls now...but not old enough to really know what I was doing. I would say I was about 7/8. I was in our basement which was like a den area playing by myself...I decided that, as I was playing with Lincoln Logs, I would see what would happen if I stuck one in a very special place. I don't remember what I felt like, but later on that day I went swimming in our pool and my mother came out and said "Amanda, there is blood on your underwear..." and I said "Oh, the cat scratched me down there!" (good liar early). So I guess what I am saying is, be grateful your daughter didn't lose her virginity to a Lincoln log!
ReplyDeletehahaha....thanks for that. I am certainly laughing.
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