What should a foreskin look like? :redface:

[amberj]

Oh Kim! Huge hugs, I feel so bad for you and your little guy.

[Lulliloo]

oh hun.. i hope you little man feels better soon.

[~Kim~]

Thanks girls.
There is one positive...at least the tablets can be crushed and hidden in yoghurt...went down like a dream...

[Jahzara]

Oh Kim

Your poor little man - who would ever have thought !

I really hope he is feeling much better soon.

Dont blame yourself - you werent to know.
xoxo

[Trillian]

That is very handy! Have you had a google of it to know what to expect with it over the coming years? I have read that some people with it rarely have an outbreak so it may not be a big problem for him, but unfortunately it will be one more thing to add to The Talk when he's older.

[alioops]

and :strength: for when you tell your mum.

[~Kim~]

Funny Trill, I can't bring myself to look it up tonight.
I'm hoping he is one of those....but they gave me a stock of extra tablets because they think it will be recurring

Thanks Ali....I'm debating if/when to tell her. My relationship with them is already a bit strained ATM, but she looks after my sisters kids all the time (they live with them), and part of me worries about them too....but I don't want to make anything worse.....

[Trillian]

Maybe because it is a new infection it might take a while for it to settle down? Gee I don't know how you would bring it up with your Mum

[Shanti]

Awww hun Sorry to hear that. How awful for you as his Mummy to know he has this and it's not his fault. It's not anyone's fault it's unfortunately so common in society.

With herpes, even if you have never had a cold sore doesn't mean you aren't carrying the virus iykwim? So you or your DH could have passed it to him without even knowing you have it yourselves. But you don't need to even think about that. It's one of those things I guess.

I hope your little guy feels better soon hun. Thinking of you after your awful day.

xxx

[cheekyfrog]

Just caught up with your posts, Kim. Big hugs for your little guy and you. I hope he isn't experiencing any pain now that you've got the tablets into him. So unlucky! But hopefully this will be the only outbreak he gets and that it passes quickly. You probably know this already, but some diet tips for later include giving him plenty of meat, potato and beans and steering clear of nuts, corn and chocolate...

[boomba]

Oh hun how scary..did he have a blood test too? Just to be sure?

Hope he gets better soon xxx

[~clover~]

Poor baby.

[Jewel]

xox

[~Kim~]

cheekyfrog, no I didn't but have done some research now and thanks for the tip!
There is not much out there for older babies who have it though

[Liviam]

I'm so sorry for your little guy! hope he is feeling better.

I suffer from cold sores terribly and Lysinne tablets are great for them too - prentative and also shorten length of blisters.

[Bathsheba]

Goodness I didn't know it could be transmitted that way to little boys! You must be beside yourself You'd think that childcare workers etc would have to be very careful when changing nappies... your poor little man!

Regarding what it should look like: my 6yo also might have to be cut because he has phimosis... it's when the foreskin is too tight... he also feels pain when he wees and it balloons. At the moment we at the moment we are trying really hard to keep it loose with hydrocortisone so he wont have to be cut but that could still happen. So far he has been lucky and hasn't had an infection yet.

We've never had cold sores in our family so i dont know much about them... at the very least your thread has been an education!

*more hugs* Hope your DS feels better soon!

[feeb]

Hugs hun how stressful for you.

MIL and SIL get coldsores and I freaked out when they have them and visit and DH couldnt understand my concern.

Like you DH and I have never had them.

Hope he feels better soon