[zeldabee]

My intact, nearly three-year-old son just called me over, saying he had owies. He showed me his penis--he'd retracted his foreskin,and it was reddened, and even might have been a little bloody--it was hard to see. By the time I got him into the light, his erection was gone, and I couldn't see anything. He didn't really want me to look at it closely, in any case.

He doesn't seem bothered now. I don't need to worry, do I? Is there anything I should do, or anything I should look for?

 

[baybee]

That all sounds normal. Little boys and little girls get "owies" of varying types on their intact genitals. One of my favourite remedies when my kids were young was Penaten, a zinc diaper cream that comes in a little tin. Anytime anyone complained of being chafed, red, sore, etc, I would glob that on. Within hours, all was well. Good for you for keeping your son intact and for letting him be in charge of retracting.
Baybee

 

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

From you description I would say that he has started to seperate this can cause a bit of redness and ouchie for a bit till it heals over it is all part of the normal development. The only caution is to keep watch for infection, redness, swelling with discharge.

 

[zeldabee]

Thanks. All seems pretty normal now.