My 3 yr old niece seems over sexual

[dantesgirl]

My three year old niece seems over sexual. She is constantly asking me and others in the family to snog her and showing everyone her "boobies" and pulling out womens tops to look at theirs. We've told her this is wrong and that these are private areas. I have now several times caught her stripping and getting under the covers with teddies and gyrating on them making sexual noises. I get very concerned and don't really know what to do. I've asked other family members and they says its normal behavior and to ignor it. Is it normal for someone her age to be doing this?
I know some people can pick things up from older siblings but she's an only child.
Would love someones advice.

[ITALIANMOMMA7]

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT AND AGREE WITH MR KENNEDY. I WOULD SUGGEST GETTING HER INTO SOME THEREPY NOT JUST ANY THEREPY BUT SOMEONE WHO SPECIALISES IN TRAUMA THEREPY FOR CHILDREN. IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO SEXUAL ACTIVITY EITHER BY WATCHING SOMEONE OR SOMEONE INTRODUCING IT TO HER. IT ALSO COULD VERY WELL BE THAT SHE HAS SEEN THIS BEHAVIOR ON TELEVISION. REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT AND RESOLVE THE ISSUE IS TO TAKE HER TO A SPECIALIST THAT KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN THIS SITUATION.

[Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D.]

It can't be asserted that this behavior is typical for a child of three, particularly the behavior that occurs in bed. It doesn't occur spontaneously to children to display such behavior, so she has somehow been introduced to it. Do you have an idea how this occurred? You are responding correctly by setting limits on the behavior she has dislayed in front of, or with, others.