My son is starting to discover different parts of his body - whenever he’s shirtless he’ll pat his stomach whenever we say “Where’s your belly?.”

I’m starting to notice he’s learning about faces too. He knows eyes, nose, mouth, ears, etc. But

we’re running into a slight problem. Instead of just pointing to the body part, he’ll jam his finger right into eye sockets, nostrils and mouth.

So how do you fix it?

Here’s an idea. When you’re showing your baby body parts, always lay your hand over the body part. Rather than teach them to point, teach them to cover up their eyes, nose or mouths.

Then, when they go show off to other babies, you or your pets, hopefully they’ll just cover up stuff on the face. They won’t be hurting anyone and you’re teaching them to be sensitive in certain situations.

How do you deal with a baby that always pokes and prods at sensitive body parts?

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