Mums of boys - willy problems???!!!

[rahrah]

This is quite embarassing, but here goes.
When i had my DS1 who is now five, i remember many times changing his nappy, he would have an erection - even from being a tiny baby. I thought it was strange at the time, but in the end, knowing nothing about little boys, i just ignored it.
But after having DS2, now 22 months, i have never seen the same thing. I was thinking the other day, which is normal? I have been told DS1 has a tight foreskin - sorry to be so graphic!! Do you think this could be the problem?

[Lethal]

I think it's quite normal rahrah, this also used to happen to my ds when he was a baby. I have heard that it's normal, so have never worried about it. TBH I would probably think that your ds2 was more unusual, as I thought that erections in baby boys were quite common... just my thoughts anyway.

[rahrah]

Mmmm, this is my problem. I know one must be 'normal' and the other not. There is such a difference between the two. My first very often had erections, more often than not!! But i have NEVER seen it in DS2. So that is why i worry.

[Lethal]

Have you asked a GP about your younger son? I just feel that he is probably the more 'unusual' one, although a doctor may have a different viewpoint about it. Really not sure, but it might put your mind to rest if you ask someone about it.

[zebra]

You know how it is, one woman's heavy period is normal for another woman. One person's constipation is normal for somebody else. Not having a willy, I'm not too sure... but I imagine boy's bits can naturally vary too -- so the erection was 'Normal' for your DS1, and wouldn't be for your DS2.

I know a 4yo boy who has an erection whenever he goes for a wee. It's normal for him... but I don't know what the other boys will say when he goes to school!

[mears]

I have 3 boys - 1 had erections regularly, the others did not. It is absolutely nothing to worry about rahrah.

[M2T]

Rahrah - My little brother used to have an erection when his nappy was changed after he had just woken up. That was from about the age of 2 onwards.

But it didn't happen with my 2nd little brother and it hasn't happened with my ds (now 2.5yrs).

I think it's just an individual thing personally speaking and I haven't viewed it as a problem.

[rahrah]

Thanks eveyone.
I suppose it is just one of those things i have always wondered about, but it is not the sort of thing you ask just anyone is it? I have close friends and family, but cant ask them, as they are only experts with girls.
Thaks again.

[boyandgirl]

rahrah, does ds2 play with himself? If so, then he's probably getting pleasure and therefore functioning correctly - just a more discretly than ds1! Though you might not see him playing with himself until he's out of nappies. My ds was, and still is, like your ds1.

[princesspeahead]

my ds1 never did (although I kept expecting him to, as my friends who had boys told me they had erections all the time as babies) - my little ds2 (10 weeks) has had quite a few already!
I think they are just different people...

[codswallop]

No
only when they "help" it along (ds1 and watching tv)