A poll: retraction - Page 3

[Revamp]

Whoops!

I voted for "16" while I probably should have voted for "Retracted non-surgically post puberty (age please!)"...

[TigerTail]

And here I left that option specifically for you!

(Really, I did want to let people know there ARE options. You can always vote again properly post-cookie-removal & we will mentally discount one '16' vote, since we have the record of it here, if you choose.)

[nicole lisa]

I checked 'not yet' but the truth is DS is 6 and I really have no idea if his foreskin has retracted yet or not. I don't know how I'd know other than trying to retract it and that wouldn't slide as it's his penis .

My guess is the foreskin hasn't retracted yet. Nobody, including DS, has ever tried to retract it, though.

[Leiahs]

Voted not yet - DS is just over a year and I'm not checking, but assume this is the case.

[Revamp]

Originally Posted by TigerTail

And here I left that option specifically for you!

Well how is that for gratitude?

(Really, I did want to let people know there ARE options. You can always vote again properly post-cookie-removal & we will mentally discount one '16' vote, since we have the record of it here, if you choose.)

Ooh, that sounds wise. How long until that happens?

[hubris]

I voted "not yet" for both boys. Griff is nearly 4 and while he appears to be looser than he was as an infant, I don't believe he's fully retractable yet. I only know what I've seen him do while going to the bathroom, but I think if he *could* do it, he *would*, you know?

Reese is 15 mos old and still pretty much the way he was when he was born.

I'm surprised at the number of people voting age 3/4 - do they mean that their sons can roll it back a little bit, or that they know for sure that it's totally retractable? 3/4 seems young to me.

[Bartock]

He is 1 and not yet

[coloradoalice]

Not yet for us!!

Of course Ian is only 9 months old!! I expect it will be quite awhile!

[cristina63303]

DS1 is 6 and almost fully retracted (I voted by 8); DS2 is almost 4 and exactly as when he was born - am I worried? NO!!!!!! DS1 was just like that.
DH some time before 33 (which was his age when we met )

[Nathan1097]

My eldest isn't completely retractable yet- he's almost 9. My youngest is 5 and he's completely unretractable. As for my SO, I dunno. Sometime in childhood, but I don't think he remembers exactly.

[sadkitty]

Not yet @ 20 months. he yanks on it pretty fiercely, but nope.

[mesa]

DS will be four in Jan and he is nowhere near retractible.

[Haydee]

DS is 4 years, 2 months and not currently retracting.

[TinyBabyBean]

i voted not yet. it is not yet at all. my son turned two august 12th this year.

[TigerTail]

We have a LOT of 'not yet's that are not tiny toddlers anymore here. I wonder if I could've set that up diffferently. Hmmn.

[colaga]

My eldest just turned 4, my youngest is 2 1/2, neither can retract their foreskin.

My husband was about 7 or 8 when he first noticed that his foreskin retracted a little bit; 13 or 14 when he was able to do retract it fully.

[KMK_Mama]

Wow, this is informative! My DS is only 6 months so I don't expect it any time soon. It's good to know that even older children are not retractable.

I think it is interesting though, as our ped just told me a week ago that 80% of 3 year olds and 100% of 5 year olds are retractable. I KNOW this is NOT true.

[MommytoB]

Just turned 2 here and 'not retraction yet either . Last night boy he had some itchies' around his thigh, balls' that i used some hydrocortisone on it and no more itches .

We got 'rid of a 'bad moocher' so now my ds can be 'restarted into the potty training thing ' meaning 'diaper free for him ' and that will be great. maybe his potty train will be a early xmas present for me Imagine to be 'saved on Rent Money & diapers that will save a bundle

[Jillie]

Ds is 11 months old, I've never checked, so I assume not. He's not to hands on it yet (tho when he is, wow does it strech ) so I expect it to be a long while. Glad to read this tho and see what others have experienced.

[TigerTail]

Originally Posted by Rfribbs

Wow, this is informative! My DS is only 6 months so I don't expect it any time soon. It's good to know that even older children are not retractable.

I think it is interesting though, as our ped just told me a week ago that 80% of 3 year olds and 100% of 5 year olds are retractable. I KNOW this is NOT true.

YES. That is the reason I wanted to have this in an easily accessible place as an ongoing poll. The next time a Dr says that, you can ask how many he has treated & compare the numbers with our data set (yeah, yeah, it's a plurality of anecdotes, but it's apparently STILL better data than what they are working with).