2 year old playing with his genitals.

[MamaCakes]

My son is now 3 years old-but after reading some of the topics on here-I thought I should ask about some things that have concerned me. For about the last year-he has been very interested in his genital area. He plays with himself many times-almost every time he is in the tub or in the shower or naked anytime. It has gotten so bad a few times that I noticed noises coming from him as if going in to full pleasure with the situation. I am concerned about the behavior and where at 2 years old he could have discovered this, learned this or whatever. Coming from a sexually abusive home myself-I am very keen on anything sexual like this that it literally scares me to death that I perhaps failed as a parent and exposed either one of my children (I have a 7 year old daughter too) to something so horrible.
My question is--at what age is this type of "touching" normal? Can it happen at any age? And how do you determine if there is any other underlying issue whent he child is so young? He talks very well--but I have chatted with him briefly without bringing too much attention into the matter--but he says he learned it "nowhere".
My biggest goal here is to make sure my kids are safe. I would like to know what to look out for and perhaps gather some reassurance to the situation--or information to make me take action.
Any advice would be great.

Thanks.

[MamaCakes]

Of course! He is doing great lately-hasn't really had any issues with that area in quite some time.
You always wonder in the back of your mind, though, where it came from. If he learned it on his own or what have you.
Again, as a parent who has come from a sexually abusive parent--I fear that kind of stuff and tend to not see the normal behaviors in situations as this-only because I never experienced the "normal" childhood.
But thank you for the response.

[Pum]

This is completely normal behaviour. Try to encourage him to do it in private with non-judgemental language.

[margypops]

It wouldnt hurt for you to always be vigilant when other kids are around especialy older ones, not enough to make an issue just be aware of the dianamics around you,from your posts you seem a hands on Mom ,give him some toys in the Tub so he has stuff to play with in thre other than hiself, or make it a quicker Tub, as he gets older you may get more of it anyway, I doubt as a Normal Boy it will cease.

[MamaCakes]

Thank you.
I assumed it was normal and have since ignored it and find something else for him to do.
He hasn't done it in a few weeks-so that is fantastic!

[margypops]

Ts normal behavior so dont concern yourself, just ignore it ,its exactly what normal kids do.