Hi all,
I have a couple of questions/concerns I hope BTDT moms can advise.
My intact 2.75 yo is peeing very frequently recently & has redness on the tip of his foreskin so I'm a little concerned.
Some details: he's still ballooning while peeing, which I am fairly certain is normal.
He's recently become more "aware" of his penis, and tends to play with/pull it more often.
While peeing recently, he is pointing it down, which I've been advising him to do so not to spray while sitting (he's been potty trained for about 9 months), but he's also pulling on the foreskin while/immediately after peeing - like more pulling & pressing - like its irritating to him, rather than just pointing it down.
The end of his foreskin for the last few days, I've noticed, is very red. My assumption is this is due to the amount of pulling he's been doing. He doesn't say that it hurts, but I'm getting a bit concerned because of a couple of things:
1) He has been having a lot of accidents in the last couple of days - obviously, I understand he's still 2, but its like 5 pairs of pants per day, and he's been out of diapers for a good long while now.... so it makes me feel like something is up.
2) When he pees, or directly afterwards, he makes a grimace/grumpy face. I've asked if it hurts, and he says no, though he has said, I don't feel good when I ask why is he making a grumpy face.
3) When I ask him if he needs to pee, he immediately says no, then proceeds to wet himself - but in small increments - like he's not fully emptying his bladder. He's basically urinating every half hour.
My concern is a bladder infection, yet, he has no signs at this point other than frequent urination.
My questions are: is the ballooning still normal? Is redness on the tip normal? Is there anything I should be aware of / to check for beneath the foreskin that would indicate an infection? At bath time, he washes outside with California Baby & rinse/swish in bathwater - though I do have him pull his forskin back a bit to rinse - he's not retracted so it doesn't expose anything internal point, just want him to get into the habit of swishing/rinsing well now while he's a toddler, so that when he's older, and I'm no longer helping him with bathtime, he washes completely. Could potentially getting california babywash under the foreskin cause irritation?
Is there anything topically that would be safe to put on his penis if it looks like its just a scratch or scrape that's infected? Does it sound like a UTI or is there other cause for frequent urination & irritation?
I can certainly take him for a UTI test but don't want to have the doc retract at all, nor use a catheter. I'll be sure to ask to have him bagged, or have him sit on a "top hat" since he's potty trained.
Any thoughts or advice is welcome. Thanks.
I have a couple of questions/concerns I hope BTDT moms can advise.
My intact 2.75 yo is peeing very frequently recently & has redness on the tip of his foreskin so I'm a little concerned.
Some details: he's still ballooning while peeing, which I am fairly certain is normal.
He's recently become more "aware" of his penis, and tends to play with/pull it more often.
While peeing recently, he is pointing it down, which I've been advising him to do so not to spray while sitting (he's been potty trained for about 9 months), but he's also pulling on the foreskin while/immediately after peeing - like more pulling & pressing - like its irritating to him, rather than just pointing it down.
The end of his foreskin for the last few days, I've noticed, is very red. My assumption is this is due to the amount of pulling he's been doing. He doesn't say that it hurts, but I'm getting a bit concerned because of a couple of things:
1) He has been having a lot of accidents in the last couple of days - obviously, I understand he's still 2, but its like 5 pairs of pants per day, and he's been out of diapers for a good long while now.... so it makes me feel like something is up.
2) When he pees, or directly afterwards, he makes a grimace/grumpy face. I've asked if it hurts, and he says no, though he has said, I don't feel good when I ask why is he making a grumpy face.
3) When I ask him if he needs to pee, he immediately says no, then proceeds to wet himself - but in small increments - like he's not fully emptying his bladder. He's basically urinating every half hour.
My concern is a bladder infection, yet, he has no signs at this point other than frequent urination.
My questions are: is the ballooning still normal? Is redness on the tip normal? Is there anything I should be aware of / to check for beneath the foreskin that would indicate an infection? At bath time, he washes outside with California Baby & rinse/swish in bathwater - though I do have him pull his forskin back a bit to rinse - he's not retracted so it doesn't expose anything internal point, just want him to get into the habit of swishing/rinsing well now while he's a toddler, so that when he's older, and I'm no longer helping him with bathtime, he washes completely. Could potentially getting california babywash under the foreskin cause irritation?
Is there anything topically that would be safe to put on his penis if it looks like its just a scratch or scrape that's infected? Does it sound like a UTI or is there other cause for frequent urination & irritation?
I can certainly take him for a UTI test but don't want to have the doc retract at all, nor use a catheter. I'll be sure to ask to have him bagged, or have him sit on a "top hat" since he's potty trained.
Any thoughts or advice is welcome. Thanks.
