Babies will have small movements of using their legs to hold things from around the age of two. If it's just an occasional movement, parents don't need to worry. But if the baby frequently uses their legs to clamp things and sometimes makes themselves sweat profusely, parents should take it seriously. So, why do babies like to use their legs to hold things?
Babies who like to use their legs to clamp things may develop leg clamping syndrome, which is an abnormal psychological behavior and a behavioral disorder in which children stimulate sexual desire by rubbing their legs. The main manifestation is leg pinching, and there may also be bad behavior of constantly rubbing private parts. The minimum age of onset may be 2 months old, and the maximum age may be 7 to 8 years old, with a more common occurrence between 1-3 years old, and more common in girls than boys. It usually occurs every few days, and a few children may experience it several times a day.
After learning that their child has a habit of pinching their legs, parents don't need to be too nervous. Children's feelings towards leg clamping and sexual needs are not entirely the same. Children may receive or receive sexual information or stimuli from the outside world, but they may not have a deep understanding and awareness of what this behavior is. If parents harshly reprimand and force their children to prohibit such behavior, it may backfire.
Parents do not need to deliberately change their children's leg pinching syndrome. It is a physiological behavior for young babies to like to use their legs to pinch things, but unlike external genitalia and vaginal masturbation after puberty, leg pinching syndrome will disappear or be replaced by masturbation at a certain age.
