Hi moms,
Hoping I can get some advice. Sorry in advance for the long post. My son is 20 months old has woken up for the last three nights crying and clutching at his full diaper. He'd wake up around 3 or 4 am and be up again about each hour thereafter until we're up for the day. He is not circumcised. I thought it was because his diaper was full (he still nurses 1 -3 x night), but he would wake up a few more times crying clutching at/patting his crotch. He has not had and does not have a fever, and the tip of his penis does not look red, swollen or infected. It does look a little pink at the tip but it often looks like this when he's not waking up at night crying and clutching at his diaper. When I took him to the ped the other day she said it might be irritation from urine and advised keeping him clean and dry. Also, before I could say anything she retracted his foreskin slightly to look at the head. I told her that retraction was not supposed to happen before 3 years and she said, no, it's okay. The only thing that made me not freak out on her was that my son didn't react at all when she pulled his foreskin back, and the ped didn't pull it back all the way to expose the entire head, just the tip of the head, so perhaps she didn't cause any harm, I hope? She also pointed out that his head (what we could see of it) was reddish, purplish, a sign of irritation. I'm so glad I read through a couple threads on this site and learned that a reddish, purplish head is actually normal in an uncircumcised penis! I'm afraid to take him back to the ped as I don't think I'll get any useful advice, which is why I'm turning to this site. One more piece of info...this morning when I washed his penis I noticed that he peed a little a cried out when he did. I've read about adding baking soda to his bath, which I'll try tonight. Any other advice, reassurance, info re: similar experiences would be greatly appreciated!
Hoping I can get some advice. Sorry in advance for the long post. My son is 20 months old has woken up for the last three nights crying and clutching at his full diaper. He'd wake up around 3 or 4 am and be up again about each hour thereafter until we're up for the day. He is not circumcised. I thought it was because his diaper was full (he still nurses 1 -3 x night), but he would wake up a few more times crying clutching at/patting his crotch. He has not had and does not have a fever, and the tip of his penis does not look red, swollen or infected. It does look a little pink at the tip but it often looks like this when he's not waking up at night crying and clutching at his diaper. When I took him to the ped the other day she said it might be irritation from urine and advised keeping him clean and dry. Also, before I could say anything she retracted his foreskin slightly to look at the head. I told her that retraction was not supposed to happen before 3 years and she said, no, it's okay. The only thing that made me not freak out on her was that my son didn't react at all when she pulled his foreskin back, and the ped didn't pull it back all the way to expose the entire head, just the tip of the head, so perhaps she didn't cause any harm, I hope? She also pointed out that his head (what we could see of it) was reddish, purplish, a sign of irritation. I'm so glad I read through a couple threads on this site and learned that a reddish, purplish head is actually normal in an uncircumcised penis! I'm afraid to take him back to the ped as I don't think I'll get any useful advice, which is why I'm turning to this site. One more piece of info...this morning when I washed his penis I noticed that he peed a little a cried out when he did. I've read about adding baking soda to his bath, which I'll try tonight. Any other advice, reassurance, info re: similar experiences would be greatly appreciated!
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: Mommy of four
My son just went through this, sounds exactly like it. Don't stress over it though, it's normal. You will know it's an infection when he runs a fever. 
