Baby Peeing
Real Dad Blog Version: New dads do not be surprised that your baby’s favorite toy might be their pee-pee. Don’t worry, you can correct it.
Yes ladies, a man’s fascination with their penis starts at a young age, actually when they are babies. If you are a mother, you already know about this. If you are a dad, this is just second nature. Your baby, probably at 4 months of age, starts exploring everything that is around them, even their privates. This happens more so in boys since they have a package to grab and marbles to roll.
As months go on, your son will be grabbing their balls and penis more than Al Bundy on the TV show Married With Children. My son Rylan sure has. It will happen any time the diaper is off. Once I get that diaper off, it is a fight with him. He is like, let me play with my balls! The worst is when he has a poopy diaper. He tries to grab it and I have to do best to keep his hands off the poop. I swear that the private area is more fascinating to him than the toys in the bathtub. The bathtub is when he plays with it the most.
Baby boys are discovering things and the penis is one of those “thingies.” As times goes on, they will play with it more and in some unfortunate cases it does not stop even to adulthood. It is our jobs as dads and moms to tell our boys what is appropriate. As our babies get older, we can talk about what is socially appropriate. It would be something like, “No, it is not OK to take your penis out at the restaurant. You only can take it out in the bathroom to go potty. etc etc etc” You are both reprimanding the behavior and correcting the behavior.
One way to correct too much playing with the pee-pee when your baby boy is young is to distract them with toys. It is redirecting them to something different. You can do this when your baby boy is in the bathtub or when changing diapers. Is it going to prevent them from totally stopping? No! Boys will be boys! It is healthy for them to discover their parts. Someday they will be standing up and peeing. Again, it is our job as moms and dads (not the schools… and that is coming from a teacher) to teach our children what privates are and what is socially appropriate as your child ages.
The talk is going to come sooner than later by teaching your kids what is socially appropriate. You will have many talks about the privates as kids age. With boys the talk starts after they discover their pee-pee.
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I can see how diaper changes can be a challenge with a boy. With our little girl it is hard enough to keep her feet out of her poopy diapers!