Proper Care of a intact 2 year old ?

[ScotiaSky]

The title says it all.
My two year old son was complaining of a boo-boo every time he peed yesterday so we headed off to to the ER(normally I would not go to such extreme measures but our 3 month has a kidney infection right now so I am not taking any chances and it seemed my son was in pain every time he peed which is quite often)

After a 3 hour wait and way past everyone's bedtime it looks like our DS's playing with himself has paid off and he has retracted himself.
We also did a urine test(by U-bag) which came back negative but they will be doing a culture.

I want to be sure though that he is really retracted, are there any specific signs I should look for? as my motto the past 2 years is to just leave it alone.
When we move it back he does not complain of any pain and it goes back very easily.
We are treating the irritation which is nasty red looking with some cream three times a day for 10 days.
The Doctor prescribed three days of antibiotics until the culture comes in just to sure: I guess after two years it was inevitable that our son would be given antibiotics one day.
DF and I really did not understand much of what the Doctor had to say as he did not seem to speak English or French( our two spoken languages) that well.
Not that I would trust a Doctors advise completely anyway so that's what I am here to find out the proper care of my newly retracted son.

[willowsmama]

Leave it alone and teach him to retract and swish in the tub.

If I'm wrongI'm sure someone will chime in.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

Did they do a culture to checK and see what kind of infection he has? if they didnt do a swab then the chances are they didnt give u the right cream to put on it. Prolly a broad sperctum antibiotic cream. U need to take him in the his regular dr and have a swab done. It is very simple no retraction of the foreskin is needed just a quick q-tip rub on the tip then see what grows.

Even if ur son is retractable he is the only one that should be doing it not u or and other person. Since no one but him knows exactly how far and if it hurts. I would hold off on the antibiotic for now if he takes them a swab would be usless as it can disguise the true problem.

The normal glans of a intact penis in young boys is usually a bright brick redish purple color so color alone is not a indication of a problem. Not saying he dosnt have a infection just thought i would mention it.

The same rule applies now as it did for the past 2 years leave it alone. Your son at 2 might understand if u tell him to pull back and swish in the tub but i doubt it. Until he is old enough to understand how to do it on his own u dont need to just wipe it like a finger and DO NOT RETRACT IT.

Another thing if he is just newly retractable then he may still have a few spots that are kinda raw and they will sting when he pees until they completly heal. That could be were his pain is coming from.

[ScotiaSky]

Well his regular Doctor only comes every three weeks to a near-by town(and that is in another province) He has only saw him once about a month ago anyway.
No they did not do a swab and yes it is just a general antifungel etc cream.
I am thinking I will dab this on the end of hs penis or just a thin layer in is diaper might do the trick, rather then retracting and putting it under the under the foreskin like I was told.
There is no sign of infection present so its just a prevenative measure.
My son always has his hands down his diaper and you never know where the hands have been before So the fact that it just its sore from it being newly detached is most likey right on.
The antibotical is just a three day dose in case the culture of the urine comes back with something, then the treatment is already started.
Kinda jumping the gun if you ask me but I can sort of understand why if there is something found in the culture such as an kidney infection its not something I want to mess around with for such a small child as he can not really tell me if he is feeling worse in any particular area. But I am confirnent that the culture will come back fine and then will stop the antiboticics.

In his bath this morning I tried teaching him to wash himself...this is something we will have to work on.
Until he gets it I guess I will let sleeping dogs sleep. Nobody besides DS is retracting it again.

Honestly I wished we had not rushed off to the ER as I feel that we did more harm then good and maybe caused DS un-needed pain or damage.
I was wary of another infection like our DD has and wanted to deal with it while DF was available, not having to call my MIL in a panic to drive us to the ER while DF is working.

Thanks