Chapter 64 onset of sexual sensation

From birth, babies are able to feel physical pleasure, and from birth, sexual awareness begins to form.Once able, they begin to explore their bodies.They touch their limbs and take pleasure in being touched, tickled, and hugged.This early touch and caress is part of sex education.Through these actions, they learn to receive love. There was a time when mothers were told not to cuddle and play with their babies lest they spoil them.Even then, this principle doesn't make any sense to parents who have their own needs and desires for cuddling that outweigh any rules.Now, we know that babies need lots of tender caresses and cuddles, and that both parents need to give their babies that craving.It creates an experience of mutual well-being and a special bond between baby and parent.Mothers who breastfeed their children experience more of this mutual fulfillment, and they feel happier.

When children discover that the mouth produces a special pleasure, they put anything they can put in their mouth: thumbs, rugs, toys, and so on.Actions such as sucking, chewing, and biting bring pleasurable sensations, even in inedible things.This kind of mouth pleasure cannot be forbidden, it can only be adjusted: we must ensure that what the child puts in the mouth is hygienic.Some babies get full oral pleasure from eating, while others need assisted sucking, which we should allow without restriction.When a child is about one year old, the mouth is the main mirror for the child to know the world, let it be a happy mirror.