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    Ya my suggestion is that you give her a private place to do it and let her be ~ this is a perfectly normal behavior that all human beings do at some point in their life ~ it is not dirty, it is not a necessarily a bad habit to have as long as you are not doing it 'in public' .... honestly sexuality is something we are innately born with and both male and females of all ages and stages 'masturbate' and those who do not do it when they are 'awake' most definitely will be doing it their sleep because it is a 'human need' ... do not take my word for it google it there are studies that show that ALL humans beings have orgasms even celebrate ones who do not engage in masturbation while awake ~ they will have dreams that bring them to arousal in that part of the brain responsible for it

    I have worked in the field for over 20 years and have seen children as young as 8 months 'masturbate' by rocking back and forth as their diaper 'feels good' to them as their eyes gloss over and they do it until they reach that relaxation stage ... and like all stages some children go through a 'short phase' of it and others longer!

    I would also be careful sending the message to the child that it is a 'dirty' thing to do because well you are molding a child's future sexuality there and sending them the message that they are 'dirty' to be enjoying something like that which can due a lot of harm down the road

    Like everything else we teach children we need to teach them that there is a 'time and a place' for this .... just like farting at the dinner table is rude so is touching yourself in public or explaining it is not safe to do when you hands are not clean and so forth.
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