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ok, tell me about little boys' foreskins (sorry)

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swOOPingbatS · 26/10/2006 21:05

DS1 is 3yrs old and has just recently had 3 bouts of screaming when peeing, one time we had to go to A and E as he couldn't pee at all.

Dr says that it is an irritation and infection around his foreskin and we need to retract it and clean it and put ointment on.
Well, it doesn't seem that we can get his penis to poke out of his foreskin- if that makes sense..
it is difficult to know how it all works, neither myself of dh have a foreskin so can'twork out what it is supposed to look like when retracted

so, over to you lovely ladies to describe it please!

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MarsLady · 26/10/2006 21:07

Is DH jewish then oops?

swOOPingbatS · 26/10/2006 21:09

well, jewish as the say

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BloodyTenaLady · 26/10/2006 21:09

It looks very much the same as dh without the foreskin when retracted.

eh hem, you no foreskin!?

MarsLady · 26/10/2006 21:11

honey I'm reasonably sure that DS1 can pull his foreskin back. DT2 does it all the blimming time. So, hold his penis and gently pull the skin back so that his penis looks like his fathers. Then put the ointment on. Okay?

Apronscreams · 26/10/2006 21:11

when you pull the foreskin back you would see the 'head'...like on a circumcised penis.

our little boys foreskins are quite tight, you might need to slowly work it back - dr told me we should teach ds to pull it back to clean in the bath (but we live in America and they don't like foreskins over here!)

VermiciousKnid · 26/10/2006 21:12

apronscreams, really??

i thought it was best to leave it be?

swOOPingbatS · 26/10/2006 21:13

hmm, can't retract it that far, it just doesn't seem to havea big enough hole.
and it is all squishy IYSWIM, so not easy to pull back

And, no, i don't have one of course..

oh, the glamour of being a mother, eh, sat here talking to imaginary people about little boys' thingies.

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Apronscreams · 26/10/2006 21:14

they are scared of boys with foreskins here - they like to whip 'em off as soon as they can - jewish or not!

Both the boys seem to be a little more inclined to fiddle as they get older - lol (I think)

MarsLady · 26/10/2006 21:16

oops... nothing mysterious about me babe. If you continue to worry, pop round on Sunday afternoon and I'll show you what to do.

swOOPingbatS · 26/10/2006 21:20

dogs and cats don't hvae foreskins!
Now cats do have little spikey bits on their willies- eeeeeeoooooowwwwww

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swOOPingbatS · 26/10/2006 21:21

and i may take you up on that offer- i am a bit worried about it as it has been very very sore for the poor little fella.

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cece · 26/10/2006 21:23

DS is 3 next week and he can pull his foreskin right back

HTH

VermiciousKnid · 26/10/2006 21:24

hehe cece

sounds like "my ds is 8mo and is walking "

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cece · 26/10/2006 21:25

Yeah I felt like I should do a proud mummy emotion but resisted

Sounds like your LO might need some sort of treatment for his though.... DS has never had a sore one and he fiddles with it all the time

swOOPingbatS · 26/10/2006 21:26

well send him over then to help my ds1

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MarsLady · 26/10/2006 21:27

I'm home tomorrow babe if you want to come by. We are in a complete state of laziness though.

NastyNemo666 · 26/10/2006 21:27

mmmhow odd as DS also just had this infection[ended up in A+E on his third bday]. Was told to give him course of steroids but not to interfer with the foreskin and just to encourage him to give a good shake when he has finished weeing.

Hate when the proffesionals give different advice.

NastyNemo666 · 26/10/2006 21:28

darn not steroids[what dd sually gets] meant antibiotics.

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swOOPingbatS · 26/10/2006 21:31

oh, tomorrow is my grown up day- no sitting aropund in sandpits and going to jeremy in the park on a friday-
up and out by 7.45am and not back till late.
Am geeting tired of work
i want my other life back!

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swOOPingbatS · 26/10/2006 21:32

thanks for the link- he does the ballooning thing- i thought it ws normal
sometimes when he pees his willy jerks up and then the stream goes forwards inot his pants!

Interesting...

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swOOPingbatS · 26/10/2006 21:34

CF, i would think a foresking is very interesting-

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