My son “wiggles his bum” not sure how to approach it

He is 3. He lays face down and goes left right - wiggles his privates on his bed/sofa etc. Calls it “wiggling his bum” should I be concerned or is it a good idea to set boundaries? Not sure how to approach this. Advice appreciated

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It's definitely normal to try all kinds of things with their body. You could set a boundary like mine wants to touch himself I say only in private

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Totally normal. We frame it as private time and explain that we don't touch our privates around other people but you can go to your room and have some private time. I usually set a time limit and if he is doing it a lot we talk about not making ourselves sore

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Oh my son would do that here and there but I’d just turn a blind eye tbh and he wouldn’t continue- It’s definitely developmental and nothing to worry about personally, With my son I’d put boundaries in place if it could come across inappropriate in front of others or towards others. Example redirecting his hand. Or if he’s try be funny regarding his privates waving it around saying it’s a helicopter (I had to stop myself from laughing) id say thats your privates you keep that to yourself and ignore after that.
If it does make u uncomfortable what id do is just redirect… “hey let’s go and stomp stomp stomp our feet” thats what id do anyway just distract cause 3 i dont think theres a way of making him understand boundaries there because he isnt actually doing anything wrong is that makes sense?

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it’s my birthday in a few weeks and i’ve just found out my partner has bought me some lingerie… a few years ago this would have been fine, except i’ve just had 3 babies in 16 months (singleton and twins) and im currently 8 weeks postpartum… i currently hate how my body looks and know i won’t want to wear anything like it.
i’ve also recently discovered he is watching porn and pleasuring himself nearly every day… this isn’t something i would normally mind, but i think the frequency he is doing it makes me feel “icky”. it feels like he’s bought me the underwear to make me more appealing to him, without thinking about whether it would be something i’d want.

am i just being overly sensitive..?

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