Boys and smelly willys

[StudentMadwife]

when should parents/children pull back the foreskin to skin underneath?
ds1 is 5 and have started to notice hes v smelly down there when he gets undressed for a bath. is it recommended? do i do it or get him to? ahhh, clueless, please advise!

bump, anyone?

Don't mean to be rude but how often is he having a bath? Does it look like he has an infection there? Is it red?

I don't touch ds's foreskin. I don't know if I should though but he has never had a problem.

I don't see a problem pulling it backif it moves freely, sounds like it needs a good wash.

Don't know what age they reach before it is a concern if forskin is still too tight though

he has a bath most nights, doesnt look like he has an infection, doesnt look red. just smells strongly.

of urine ??

I mean does it smell of urine or something else more pongy ?

DS discovered he could pull back his foreskin, and calls the result his "second willy". I just couldn't do the pulling back, so every so often I ask him to find his second willy when he's in the bath. Cue a lot of typical male displaying but at least it's clean. Agree with skramble, probly needs a good wash.

it says half way down here - which is really informative reading if you start at the beginning.

'The only person to retract a child's foreskin should be the child himself, and only when he has discovered that his foreskin is ready to retract'

I would get him to pull it back gently in the bath and take it from there.

If it's smelly BEFORE he has a bath, it's probably just been splashed with pee and he needs the bath! Girls get smelly too - particularly if they aren't very efficient wipers. That's what baths are for. I would only be concerned if the smell persisted after his bath, or came back very quickly

You shouldn't touch his foreskin - it may not be retractable yet. If he can pull it back that's fine - but nobody else should try.