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sexual curiosity?

I walked into our living room today and caught my 2 year old daughter on top of my 5 year old son. He was holding her and humping her!

His pants were on but unbuttoned.

I explained to him that what he did was wrong because it was for grown ups only and not for children.

I also told him that people don't do that to their brothers or sisters.

He seems to be very interested in his sister and I know that he's touched her before and I thought I took care of it.

I've even caught him peeking at me in the bathroom throught the keyhole in the door.

Why is he so curious?

I no longer let them take baths together and they are not allowed to be naked unless they are taking baths or getting dressed.

He has shown her his private areas before. I just think that this is NOT normal curiosity and that somebody at some point has done something to him. I just have a bad feeling.

I'm not sure what else to do or what direction to go with this.

Should I talk to a doctor?

What else should I explain to both of them?

I'm so shocked and at a loss of what to do next.
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Its totally normal, and most of what all of you have written on here IS NORMAL TOTALLY.   Talk about a bunch of worry warts, omg I have never heard so much stuff that omg your son is going to turn into a molester and rapist and have sexual disfunctions.
Good god ladies shut up, read a book on child sexuality and shut the heck up, get off the internet and sharing what is a personal family subject with strangers.  3/4s of which are completely illieterate or drunk by their spelling and phrases.  Jeesus.  There are books, there are pediatricans, and last but not least YOU can go to a child shrink and ask them also without taking the child and embarrassing him more.
THe best thing to do is play it down, and explain that its not appropriate to play with their "wanker" and that it can get dirty, or in my case we have a big dog I fear will chomp it off,  Seriously!   Also keep their underware on, and get their mind on something else.  Most often children do it more when they are bored and with severly lacking attention from parents and playing with other children your child will get bored and play with anything that feefs kinda good.
Now get a grip, keep it in your family, nothing is wrong with your children.  Geeshus.
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You're dumb, I feel sorry for your kids and you for thinking it's okay to hand off your problems to the "professionals!!!!" If that's who you think has the best interest for you're kids then why are you even bothering corrupting them.  Anyone who's not willing to discuss sex and body parts or basically just ANYTHING to their kids is setting them up for the worst.  It's really sad you think you're daughter's "acting normal" when she's probably just scared of you and can never live a normal life now because you let what should of been a learning milestone out to be the worst experience of her life.  Sexually confused children, are learning from childish role models and do deserve to know the truth.  It's sad to think of where she will finally learn about it, let's just all hope there's someone smart around!!
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You have some serrious issues within... Perhaps you should pray on that.
Let professionals decide what is or isn't normal, not chemically imbalanced people like shandel.
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It sound like the step daughter has a yeast infection, which are not as uncommon as you'd think. The manifest a little different with that age, the skin gets irritated too due to the lack of hair to keep it more controlled. Take her to a pediatrician next time she comes. Also, don't worry about the legal action, no judge would take away rights based on a paranoid Mother's assumption of wrong doing.
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You are right on track!
Girls cannot get pregnant till the get their period, & if your daughter is having a period at 10 then you have a serrious problem. The youngest should be 12 otherwise their are hormonal issues. Maybe you should spend less time calling CPS on people & more time parenting. Take your early bloomer and get her checked out. I was 11 when I got mine & therapy were coserned even at that age.
To the original question...
You should always voice your concerns to a professional, because they can either help fix it or ease your mind. There is no harm in just asking.
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there is something seriously seriously wrong with you! This event happened 5 years ago in the first place! You don't call CPS on your own babies. Yes, babies that is what they are. You handle things with in your family, talk to your doctor and go from there. Complete and utter ignorance from people who do that. Not to mention the fact that no one knows what goes on in foster homes. You call CPS and they take those kids, and then those kids/babies get put in a home where a jealous 15 year old son sexually and physically abuses one or more of those 2 babies....yeah great idea! At least in their own home, with concerned, loving and definitely aware of parents, they will be getting the help they need! No wonder the system is so full of children that do not need to be there, with people like you making decisions!
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