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Topic: Playing with Privates

A parent asked for advice for their young child who has begun to play with his privates before falling asleep and do fecal play when he is left alone. She was asking for some advice. Some advice included using one-pie= ce pajamas.

Marie said,

My son loved to wear the footed one-piece pj's until just a couple of years ago, and he's almost 10 now. We always had good luck finding them at Target. They would have up to size 14 = and it was the only place I could find them once he got too big for Carter's. Another place we ordered on line from was Land's End, but Target would be cheaper. They didn't always have them year round at Target, so when I saw s= ome that I thought my son would like I always bought extras in the larger sizes= .

Christy replied,<= /p>

You may have already tried this but we buy the regular footed PJ's and cut the feet off (below the zipper) and put them on him backwards. We have been pinning = the top with a baby diaper pin for a while because some of the zippers didn't latch enough to stay up. This is a pretty inexpensive alternative and we have been doing to for quite a while. Make su= re you get his size so he can't just stretch the neck out and shimmy out that = way.

Dawn said,

I remember reading a book that said= not to call attention or show that it

bothers you because that might help= him fixate on playing with himself. I think

it is great that he is keeping his activities to the privacy of his own room and

not out in public.

Here is a link from a parenting sit= e. A mom with a three year old asked this

very same question and got a lot of answers -

http://www.minti.com/parenting-ad= vice/1157/playing-wit-himself/

Your son may not be tired and is ju= st bored. My suggestion would be to give him

something to occupy his hands while= he is in bed waiting to fall asleep. Maybe

one of those Koosh balls, a spinning light flashlight that only stays on when

you hold onto the button or some ot= her kind of fidget toy he might like. Maybe

some calming music to help him fall asleep.

For the fecal issue I would suggest= a social story. Mary Wrobel has a great

book called Taking Care of Myself. = She has a section on What's Dirty and

Washing our Hands, No Hands Down my Pants and Touching my Private Areas among

many other topics. These are all so= cial stories that might help you out. You

can order the book at your local bo= ok store or Amazon.

In regards to wetting the bed, try = to stop drinks two hours before bedtime and

make sure he goes to the bathroom before going to bed. Boys take longer to

potty train, especially through the night, so it is pretty common for typical

three year old boys to have these issues.