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Anonymous wrote:I did not do anything except when he was older, I told him to wash it carefully and pull skin back a bit. Durning annual physical the dr looks at it anyways. If there is any issue they intervene. My newphew had a minor surgical intervention with adhesion and that was that.

More important is to get the boys to take a daily shower and change underwear and clothes daily.

Should the dr be pulling it back and checking it at annual physicals? Starting at what age? I've heard mixed things about that on here.

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Anonymous wrote:There's really nothing to do.

At some point, the skin will start moving freely, it might be 4, it might be 13, it probably won't be after puberty, either before or during. Your kid will naturally discover this, you don't need to test it. Once it's moving freely then washing there the same way you wash the rest of you will work, but really boys just don't need to be explicitly told to play with themselves in the shower. Usually you're trying to get them out for the sake of your hot water bills.

And um give it a little shake after you pee. Doctor will look at it at well visits.

That's it. You're done.

My worry is that it's already able to move freely and he just doesn't know that he's supposed to wash it

That’s fine. Is he a kid who likes the shower or the bath? Is he at an age when you are with him when he is bathing?

He likes to shower. And he's 10, so not really, but he's still young enough that me or my teenage daughter can come into the bathroom while he's showering if we need to get something or ask him a question.

OK, just tell him when he's in the shower to pull the foreskin back and rinse it off. That's really all he needs. If he soaping up that region then he'll get enough soap in the area that he'll be fine, but he really doesn't even need to do that.

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Anonymous wrote:I did not do anything except when he was older, I told him to wash it carefully and pull skin back a bit. During annual physical the dr looks at it anyways. If there is any issue they intervene. My nephew had a minor surgical intervention with adhesion and that was that.

More important is to get the boys to take a daily shower and change underwear and clothes daily.

Should the dr be pulling it back and checking it at annual physicals? Starting at what age? I've heard mixed things about that on here.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's really nothing to do.

At some point, the skin will start moving freely, it might be 4, it might be 13, it probably won't be after puberty, either before or during. Your kid will naturally discover this, you don't need to test it. Once it's moving freely then washing there the same way you wash the rest of you will work, but really boys just don't need to be explicitly told to play with themselves in the shower. Usually you're trying to get them out for the sake of your hot water bills.

And um give it a little shake after you pee. Doctor will look at it at well visits.

That's it. You're done.

My worry is that it's already able to move freely and he just doesn't know that he's supposed to wash it

That’s fine. Is he a kid who likes the shower or the bath? Is he at an age when you are with him when he is bathing?

He likes to shower. And he's 10, so not really, but he's still young enough that me or my teenage daughter can come into the bathroom while he's showering if we need to get something or ask him a question.

Anonymous wrote:I did not do anything except when he was older, I told him to wash it carefully and pull skin back a bit. Durning annual physical the dr looks at it anyways. If there is any issue they intervene. My newphew had a minor surgical intervention with adhesion and that was that.

More important is to get the boys to take a daily shower and change underwear and clothes daily.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's really nothing to do.

At some point, the skin will start moving freely, it might be 4, it might be 13, it probably won't be after puberty, either before or during. Your kid will naturally discover this, you don't need to test it. Once it's moving freely then washing there the same way you wash the rest of you will work, but really boys just don't need to be explicitly told to play with themselves in the shower. Usually you're trying to get them out for the sake of your hot water bills.

And um give it a little shake after you pee. Doctor will look at it at well visits.

That's it. You're done.

My worry is that it's already able to move freely and he just doesn't know that he's supposed to wash it

That’s fine. Is he a kid who likes the shower or the bath? Is he at an age when you are with him when he is bathing?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's really nothing to do.

At some point, the skin will start moving freely, it might be 4, it might be 13, it probably won't be after puberty, either before or during. Your kid will naturally discover this, you don't need to test it. Once it's moving freely then washing there the same way you wash the rest of you will work, but really boys just don't need to be explicitly told to play with themselves in the shower. Usually you're trying to get them out for the sake of your hot water bills.

And um give it a little shake after you pee. Doctor will look at it at well visits.

That's it. You're done.

My worry is that it's already able to move freely and he just doesn't know that he's supposed to wash it

Anonymous wrote:OP I would suggest reading medical websites for this information https://www.mottchildren.org/health-library/hw142263spec https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/care-uncircumcised-penis

The biggest takeaway is to not retract until he can retract himself. You, nor anyone else, should retract the foreskin.

Little boys will naturally play with their penis - completely normal- and during this discovery process they will be able to manage retracting the foreskin. Once that occurs, they would retract and clean with only warm water. Just like you dont use soap for the vagina, water is just fine. There are differing thoughts on this but if you do use soap, please dont use harsh/fragranced soap.

In the meantime, wash like a finger. If your kid is anything like mine, he is splishing and splashing in the water, which sometimes has bubbles. My 3 year old will sometimes clean himself and other times wont. Ive taken to using a cup filled with water and placing it almost in and over and then the whole cup of water rinses the pubic, penis, and scrotum area.

I have to be honest- what did you do with him as a baby? Your post makes it seem like he is older?

They pee the way they pee. No dudes pee the same, they all have to direct themselves according to how they are oriented.

Anonymous wrote:There's really nothing to do.

At some point, the skin will start moving freely, it might be 4, it might be 13, it probably won't be after puberty, either before or during. Your kid will naturally discover this, you don't need to test it. Once it's moving freely then washing there the same way you wash the rest of you will work, but really boys just don't need to be explicitly told to play with themselves in the shower. Usually you're trying to get them out for the sake of your hot water bills.

And um give it a little shake after you pee. Doctor will look at it at well visits.

That's it. You're done.