grinding on car seat making

What exactly is she grinding on the seat belt? I don’t quite understand

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Try this article: https://www.mottchildren.org/posts/your-child/masturbation-and-young-children
Extract from article:
Toddlers and preschoolers do not really understand the social implications of genital stimulation, because, as noted earlier, they don’t associate it with private behaviors that occur between adults.  To them, it may be no different than playing with their ears, twirling their hair or picking their nose.  Don't make a big deal out of it.  Children enjoy attention of any sort, whether it is negative or positive. If you make genital stimulation into a big deal, you could end up reinforcing the behavior and actually see more of it.  Here are some positive ways for parents to keep their kids from playing with genitals in public:
Set limits: explain to your child that it is a private activity, much like toileting, and should be limited to the bedroom or bathroom.
Distraction: try to get your child interested in another activity with their hands.

Hi i have the same problem idk if i call it grinding but any type of seat eg high chair pram carseat. She kinda pushes herself forward and just keeps doing it as if she wants to get out. Stops when shes no longer secured n out

Sounds like we’ve got similar to what Marie is experiencing. My daughter has been doing it since about 9 months old (she’s 18 months now). Grinding/humping type behaviour, in her high chair, car seat and pram. First it was constantly and seemed to be worse if she wasn’t feeling her best, now it’s still happening but less severe and not constantly either. At the time we went to a few GP’s but no one could really help and eventually saw her paediatrician at about 12 months old who diagnosed it as infant self stimulation. I guess we wanted to rule out if it was like fit/epileptic type behaviour. Paed said it’s development and harmless and she should grow out of it eventually. It seems to soothe her if she’s in her pram or car seat and will make her tired and fall asleep.

yes my daughter is the same , but she gets sweaty ( like she has an orgasm ) it’s getting a bit out of hand

yep! same deal! my daughter gets sweaty and then falls asleep … i hope they grow out of it soon ! i’m becoming very embarrassed when i’ve got friends in the car and at home having dinner

Yep sounds very similar and know how you feel. When it was most severe we had the same with the sweatiness. We found it very difficult to see and made going for walks with the pram so much less enjoyable. i had shown videos to mum friends but no one had seen the type of behaviour I was trying to explain before. The paed really made our mind feel at ease and did say it’d usually start a little later if it was to happen (not at 9 months already) but here we are. Can try and distract or let her do her thing. Hope they get past this stage soon.

i’ve tried absolutely everything ! i’ve ever just now changed her car seat so far today she wasn’t too bad but still grinding but there was not belt there… it started a couple of months ago and it’s still continuing she’ll be 2 in april !!! just embarrassing ! can’t take her anywhere can’t let anyone take her 😂😂

If you ever worried can always get it checked out but perhaps nothing to do, so hard I know. My daughter started daycare when she turned one and we had to explain it there too as she would do it during mealtimes in the chair. I guess I’m so much more used to it now, and trying not to think too much of what others may think if they see her doing it.

omg!!! my daughter doesn’t go to child care but i can’t even imagine how you felt explaining that to them! does she still do it there ? have they done anything to stop it from happening ?

I think a lot less now. Similar to home, hardly in her high chair now, just the car seat and pram/stroller. Daycare was very accommodating and would often feed her on a pillow on the floor which was great. If she does it now at home in her high chair after she’s eaten I take her straight out.

oh smart! yeah i need to distract her straight away when she starts doing it

Worth a try without making her feel she’s doing something bad :) you’ve got this!

So I know this is old. But I just saw this on google while looking up what was wrong with my 21 month old. She started doing this in her carseat and her high chair 2 weeks ago when I weaned her off of breastfeeding at night ...I just took her to the doctors to get referrals to see if it was seizures since my brother has seizures. I even thought I did something to her by accidentally breastfeeding forgetting I was on letrozole. Why is she doing this?! Shes my 2nd daughter, my husbands 3rd and this is new to us. Is it a way for her to self soothe since I quit breastfeeding? How can i get this to stop?! In a 20 minute car ride I counted her doing this 10 times?!!! Just to find out what shes actually doing 😭 will this mess with her as she grows since she 'craves' the feeling?! Or whatever shes feeling? I got messed with at her age and I was hyper sexual from her age growing up....like bad! I dont let NO one change my girls or see them naked for this reason. Will she be like that? Im super worried now.

But super happy its not seizures. Like the leg straightening and arm locking up, panting .....super scarey to watch. Now im looking back at the videos and im like omg