Patient's question:
Doctor, I recently noticed that my child keeps touching his penis. Is this abnormal? What should we do>?Doctor's answer:
When babies are young, they are full of curiosity. Just like their fingers, toes, and belly button, babies may also be curious about their genital organs. You can try the following methods:1. Try your best to keep your child's hands occupied. For example, let them play with blocks, operate toy cars with inertia, string beads, throw balls into a basin, knock pots and pans to make noise, or play with an eight-tone box.
2. When you open the diaper, put on loose and soft pants so they can't reach it. If they cry, divert their attention and don't be soft-hearted. Otherwise, it will be difficult to change the habit later. Parents don't need to worry too much about this behavior of their child. However, inappropriate reactions from parents to their child touching their genital organs can cause great harm to the child.