What is the problem with children's leg clamping syndrome? What should I do if children have leg clamping syndrome?

After reading this article, I believe you may have noticed that your child has the habit of squeezing his legs tightly and rubbing them constantly. What is the reason for children to squeeze their legs? Let's follow the editor to find out what the squeezing legs syndrome is.

What is children's leg clamp syndrome?

The main manifestation of baby's leg clamp syndrome is friction of the perineum. Girls can put their legs together or cross them inward or use the corners of tables and chairs to rub the perineum, while boys will have an erection of the penis and edema of the urethra, and the whole body will be rubbed back and forth on the bed. These are abnormal psychological behaviors and a behavioral disorder in children that causes excitement through rubbing legs.

The youngest child to develop the disease is two months old, and the oldest is 7-8 years old. It is most common in children aged 1-3 years old, and more common in girls than boys. It usually occurs every few days, and some children may have several attacks a day.

What are the reasons for children to cross their legs?

The baby always clamps his two thin legs tightly together and can't stop rubbing them. What's going on?

[Enterbiasis]

In fact, genital eczema, inflammation, and pinworms may cause babies to tuck their legs together. Pinworms are an intestinal parasitic disease. Stimulations such as damp diapers or tight pants may cause itching in the baby's anus and perineum, which in turn makes the baby want to rub constantly.

Countermeasures: This disease must be cured by combining prevention with drug deworming. Children should wear full-crotch pants to prevent fingers from touching the anus, and wash the skin around the anus with soap and warm water every morning. Underwear should be steamed or soaked in boiling water and then exposed to the sun for 10 consecutive days to kill insects. Pinworms have a short lifespan. If repeated infection can be prevented, they may heal on their own.

If the anus is itchy or has eczema, wash the area before going to bed every night and apply 10% lice ointment or 2% aminomercuric oxide ointment to kill insects and relieve itching until it is cured.

[Children's leg clamp syndrome]

In addition to pinworms, children's leg clamping may also be suffering from "children's leg clamp syndrome", which is mainly manifested by rubbing the perineum. Girls can put their legs together or cross them inward or use the corners of tables and chairs to rub the perineum, while boys will have an erection of the penis and edema of the urethra, and the whole body will be rubbed back and forth on the bed. These are all abnormal psychological behaviors, and a behavioral disorder in which children become excited by rubbing their legs.

The youngest child with leg-clip syndrome is two months old, and the oldest is 7-8 years old. It is most common in children aged 1-3 years old, and more common in girls than boys. It usually occurs every few days, and some children may have several attacks a day. Parents need to face this disease correctly and correct it in time to prevent the child from getting worse and affecting future growth and development.

Countermeasures: For detailed treatment methods, please click on How to treat baby's leg-clip syndrome

The dangers of children's legs being clamped

Psychological harm: Leg-clip syndrome does not mean that children have poor self-control, but after developing this habit over time, it makes children feel inferior and fearful, and frequent occurrences have an adverse effect on the healthy mental and physical development of children.

Physiological harm: The process of leg clamping may lead to unsanitary conditions, sometimes bacterial infection or urethritis, thus affecting the health of the reproductive system. For young children, the principle of leg clamping syndrome is similar to that of masturbation, which mainly produces excitement by rubbing the vaginal mucosa. However, the purpose of leg clamping syndrome is different from that of masturbation. Leg clamping is due to emotional boredom, fear, worry, and anxiety, and this is a way to vent. For older children and adults, masturbation has a very clear purpose: to achieve a sexual fantasy, or sexual excitement or climax.

How to treat baby's leg-clip syndrome

【Wrong Practice】

Wrong approach 1: Criticizing or scolding harshly

If parents do this, not only will the baby feel scared and wronged, and will they not understand what they did wrong, but the baby will also suppress his or her desire to explore and intensify the resisting touches, which will gradually develop into bad habits. These are not conducive to the baby's development.

Mistake 2: Playing without gender distinction

Many mothers have had the experience of taking their babies into the bathhouse. A baby with a naked butt and a penis swinging around in a public female bathroom is not conducive to the baby's growth. During the period when the baby's gender awareness is formed, he will look at his parents and find his own gender role model. Girls play more with their mothers, and boys play more with their fathers.

In addition, mothers should gradually reduce skin contact with their babies, and express their love through words and games.

Mistake 3: Not answering or avoiding your baby’s questions

Babies are very curious about themselves. Whenever parents ask them about their babies, the answer they often get is "Why do children ask so many questions? You will know when you grow up." At the same time, they keep asking the babies not to do this or that.

In fact, mothers should answer their babies’ questions positively, especially for baby girls, so that they can develop a good sense of self-protection.

Mistake 4: Laughing at your child

When parents see their baby playing with his penis, they will find it very funny and start to laugh at the baby. It may be a joke for adults, but it will stimulate the baby's self-esteem and is actually disrespectful and impolite to the baby.

[Correct guidance]

1. Parents should remain calm

Many parents will loudly condemn and scold their babies when they see them touching their genitals, and ask them not to touch them again. In fact, this kind of extreme reaction of parents will only make babies feel that their genitals are different from other parts of the body, and they will pay more attention to them. Of course, it is not difficult to explain this attitude of parents. Why do babies not listen but become more serious when they are clearly told not to play with their penises? It is recommended that parents should stay calm when they find their babies touching their genitals, and not scold or punish them, or ridicule or make fun of them.

2. Understand the growth and development rules of your baby

From the age of 2-3, babies begin to be curious about their own structure. They touch their penis just like touching other body organs. With the development of oral and anal stages, babies will enter the genital stage at the age of 3-5 and gradually become interested in genitals. Parents should know that babies touching their penis is not a special sign of precocious puberty. Most of the time, it is out of curiosity. It only means that the baby's sexual awareness is beginning to sprout, which is a normal phenomenon. As they grow older, children begin to slowly enter the learning stage, and sexual development begins to enter the latent period.

3. Develop good hygiene habits

Many parents often ignore the private parts of their babies when taking care of them. In fact, the private parts of babies are as sensitive as those of adults. If they are not cleaned properly, it is easy for them to feel uncomfortable due to infection. In addition to curiosity, it is also possible that the rubbing or touching of the genitals of babies may cause itching due to hygiene issues. In addition to being bitten by mosquitoes when wearing open-crotch pants, female babies generally show vulvar eczema or inflammation, while male babies mostly show balanitis. It is recommended that parents clean the private parts of their babies before going to bed every day and do not wear tight pants.

4. Don’t tease your baby’s sensitive parts

Many parents, out of their love for their children, always tease their baby's genitals, especially the penis of a boy. This behavior is absolutely unacceptable. Touching the vulva is not only prone to infection, but also causes subtle changes in the baby's genitals due to frequent external stimulation, which increases the baby's curiosity about the genitals. In addition, when the baby gets used to this pleasure, he will touch it intentionally or unintentionally even if the adults do not tease him.

5. Divert your baby’s attention

When babies touch their genitals, the best approach is to intervene through natural distraction methods, allowing children to focus their interests on other sports, such as playing games, reading picture books, telling stories, etc. Children participating in group activities and physical exercise can effectively divert their attention. In addition, parents should communicate with their children more often, let them feel the love of their parents, and reduce physical stimulation due to emotional needs.

6. Divert your baby’s attention

When babies touch their genitals, the best approach is to intervene through natural distraction methods, allowing children to focus their interests on other sports, such as playing games, reading picture books, telling stories, etc. Children participating in group activities and physical exercise can effectively divert their attention. In addition, parents should communicate with their children more often, let them feel the love of their parents, and reduce physical stimulation due to emotional needs.

Note: The leg clamp syndrome itself will not cause female babies to suffer from inflammation such as uterine erosion, nor will it affect the hymen. Do not believe rumors.