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mothers of baby sons, i have a foreskin q...

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By Wed 04-Nov-09 09:35:08 Add message | Report | Contact poster
ds's paed said his foreskin looked a bit tight and that i should be retracting it in the bath to help. he is 5 months old.

I told a family member + they looked it up on a paediatrics website (a canadian one - we are canadian) + said that this was unnecessary + an urban myth.

did you/do you/were you told to? do this to your baby sons? i am doing it on the basis of 'it can't hurt' butwant to know.

fwiw neither my hv or community mw said anything about this!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 12:01:19
grin i always think of that when i see them too...and i wouldnt have one for that reason either.how funny....thank god i dont like the style..it looks like my old grannies
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 11:59:21
It's why I could never have a Smeg fridge, that and the price tag of course!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 11:57:20
6-7 years that is
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 11:56:16
When I had my DS, I was complete amazed at the lack of advice in baby/child books on how to look after male bits. You'd think that little boys were all smooth like Barbie's Ken, going by the amount of coverage it gets given.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 11:55:44
thank you i couldnt remember what it was called ,but it started to bend his willy due to not being able to retravt the foreskin. I think he was about 6-7

EEEWWWW it is a horrible word...why didnt i remember itsmile
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 11:51:01
How old was you ds when you were having to put the cream on etc? I think that charming substance is called smegma. Such a lovely word!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 11:08:31
my son had a very tight foreskin and his consultant advised me to gently retract it in the bath. It was so tight that he developed a deposit under the foreskin which caused really smelly problems. In the end the consultant told me i had to do it daily and had to put betnovate cream on to help the release of this so called cheesey deposit.It loosened his foreskin and now he is able to clean properly
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 04-Nov-09 21:30:30
The ballooning is quite common, and it doesn't mean there is any problem, just that the detachment process is happening.

Never never ever retract a foreskin, you might do serious damage and there is no need to do it.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 04-Nov-09 15:23:32
boolifooli - I would probably have said "Wow! That's clever!" grin
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 04-Nov-09 13:46:32
My DS (6 months) has a foreskin that is too tight. We know this because his willy "balloons" just before he wees. We were told NOT to do anything in case of causing damage. So leave well alone!
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