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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Jul 2006
    Mid North Coast
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    What to expect with uncircumcised son?

    Hi, can anyone tell me what I should be expecting with my son regarding cleaning, who, at 21 months is not circumcised?

    I just bath him as normal, but I never do anything specific to clean his penis, and wondering that maybe i should be doing something now he is getting older?

    Thanks.

  2. #2

    Nope not at all just bathing is enough at this age, and the skin wont fully retract yet anyway.

    Love

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Jan 2005
    Down by the ocean
    6,110

    Just keep doing what you are doing. There is no need to do anything specific to clean it!

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Sep 2004
    Sydney's Norwest
    4,954

    Yes, as the girls said just leave it be. The water is good enough to get under his foreskin. As he gets older it will start retracting, any your DS will gladly help it

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Dec 2005
    In Bankworld with Barbara
    14,222

    I just got my DS to give it a good wash as he was washing the rest of his genital area kwim? You don't have to worry about anything specific until he is at least 5-6yo. Although teaching him to give it a good shake after he has done a wee helps too - makes sure there is no urine trapped inside the foreskin.

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Jan 2006
    Melbourne
    2,732

    Along the lines of this thread - is it normal for the tip of the foreskin to be a bit red? I don't think DS has an infection (no sign of pain or discharge, but the end is quite red. That said, he does give it a good old tug every change he gets so maybe it's just sore from that?

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