[bigislandmama]

Last night my son who is 17 months was pointing to his penis and grunting like it hurt. We are doing elimination communication with him and 5 times yesterday he would make his sign for the bathroom and then we would go in there and he would just sit on the toilet. I thought maybe he had a UTI. When I gave him a bath yesterday I could see that his penis looked a little red and irritated. This morning when I took him into the bathroom I looked in his diaper and there was a very small amount of white pus. His foreskin is red and swollen. What could it be? My poor little guy. Any suggestions on how to treat this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for any help or info you have.

 

[PeacefulSeams]

It sounds like he may have a small infection. If there is pus, you may want to take him in to get it checked out.

 

[doula mary]

If you are still nursing, I would apply breastmilk for 24 hours every 2 or so hours...during the day...it should clear it up.

Mary

 

[bigislandmama]

I shouldn't have said pus it is was more like a white discharge and he hasn't had any more of that today. I really don't think it is an infection because he doesn't have a fever and the area is not hot to the touch. He does seem to be feeling a lot better and the swelling has gone down. It is just a little red now. When he wakes up I will take his diaper off and check the area again.
I am still nursing, but because I am 22 weeks it really doesn't seem like there is any milk right now. I have tried to express some but there is nothing. I told my husband if I still had milk I don't think we would be going through this right now. I am trying to get him to drink more water than normal today, because if it is an infection maybe we can flush it out?

 

[bigislandmama]

Just wanted to post an update.
My little one is feeling soooo much better. I kept an eye on it and told dh that if it wasn't better by morning that we would call our Dr. friend and get him checked out. We put this grapeseed extract with a mild tea tree solution on it yesterday and we were doing cold water dips (which he was getting a kick out of - we took a baby food jar and put cold water in it and would let him just dip his penis in it throughout the day). By noon yesterday it looked 85% better. The swelling had gone down completely and it was just a little red. He was not complaining of it hurting at all. He also really enjoyed being naked all day. When I gave him a bath I put some lavender and tea tree in and then when I put his diaper on I put some MotherLove diaper cream on it and this morining it is 100% cleared up. Yay! I am so glad he is feeling better and that we don't have to go in for a Dr. visit (He's 17 months today and we have not been to a Dr. once). I'm glad we were able to take care of it naturally. Thank you to all the Mamas for all your suggestions and kind words.