Really really need reassurance...circumsision :(

[Willow]

My nephew had similar issues - tight foreskin which didn't retract properly and was often red and sore. He was about 2 at the time. From memory, SIL was given a cream (some sort of steroid I think??) to put on it and it has loosened over time so he will not need to be circumcised.

[~clover~]

Cool, I thought I'd heard something like that before!
Its just the whole worrying thats got me. 3 - 4 years of wondering & it probably won't even happen.

[Schmickers]

You're right, it probably will never happen. Just keep an eye on it and keep it in the back of your mind.

As far as the redness is concerned, what do you bath him in? A red foreskin is sometimes a sign of irritation from bathing products, not necessarily infection.

And I think your DH is a very, very brave man. Good on him. I don't know if I'd be so brave!

[~Raven~]

DS1's didn't retract at all till he was 6 and then it was with the help of some testosterone cream. His was very tight but now it's fine. Boyish curiosity saw to that

[~clover~]

DS1's didn't retract at all till he was 6 and then it was with the help of some testosterone cream. His was very tight but now it's fine. Boyish curiosity saw to that

Lol!

Schmickers, I try not to bath him in anything coz the first time it went red was after a bath with the girls who had soap. He was 4 months then & the only stuff I put in the bath etc with him since is QV. DD2 gets eczema, so I use it with them all anyway.
I have to stop using cloth nappies over night too coz he's started waking at about 4am crying to get the nappy of...they just don't hold the wee far away enough. So we are going back to sposies for bed.
My gp has given us bactroban to clear it up. Its the worst its been atm

[Mumma2three]

We went through the kidney issues when DS was 7 weeks. We spent a weekend in hospital with a UTI. It was awful, it was scary. We now have to have follow up u/s in 5 months to see if kidneys are ok. I was SO against circumcision. If doc had come back and said it could all be fixed by circumcision I would've jumped at the chance. It's all relative I guess, but basically Im saying compared to what it was and could've been, circumcision is far better.
I am hoping DS doesn't have kidney relfux (which is what you were talking about) but he was antibiotics for 10 weeks because of it (and some kids are on ab's indefinitely, maybe 2 years) and also there are possibilities for surgery and quite severe kidney damage. So if you think of it as preventing that it might help you stress a little less. Still hard I know xo

[~clover~]

Mumma2three - I really hope your little man is ok. I know that if it has to happen, it has to happen. I feel really selfish getting so upset over the idea. I'm completely understanding of anyone else having to go through it for medical reasons, but so against the idea for myself I would never let him suffer coz of my own beliefs though. As long as he's happy so am I
I really hope, either way he's ok.