 | YOUR DAUGHTER IS PERFECTLY NORMAL!!! all kids explore their bodies- i would say it would be abnormal if she didn't "find her vagina"- it's been covered all this time, she's got to find out it's there sometime. she'll probably find out it feels different, and will want to explore that,too. also normal. she doesn't know that grown ups regard gentalia differently then other parts of the body. until she is older, she isn't going to think her vagina is any different than the rest of her. my daughter, 2 1/2 would grab at her vagina, trying to look at it. she would get very frustrated -she said she did not know what it looked like. well, my husband and I gave her a mirror and she said oh, that is what it looks like! put the mirror down and went back to her toys. she was curious, her curiosity was satisfied and now she has other things to learn about. try teaching the parts of the body- eyes, nose, mouth, arms, fingers, chest, tummy, vagina, legs, feet, toes. don't leave out vagina or penis- shame is something that is taught. many of us were taught to be ashamed of our bodies, but we should teach our children that our bodies are beautiful and normal. as far as kissing on the mouth, what's the problem? your daughter is showing love. give her a big ol' cheek- squishing-lips- puckered smooch on the lips and tell her you love her! (it sounds like you perhaps were raised in a restictive household.) |
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