tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post3801824820361525828..comments2024-03-16T14:18:11.330-04:00Comments on peaceful parenting: Ballooning in the Intact ChildUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-87493232961655796412020-05-26T19:50:59.674-04:002020-05-26T19:50:59.674-04:00How is your son now? I am very curious. My son is ...How is your son now? I am very curious. My son is 3 months old now and have the same problem with the balloon thing and he poop every 4-5days. Please help!BmBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825586608140385956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-32302171090740342832018-03-03T15:00:55.969-05:002018-03-03T15:00:55.969-05:00Wonderful artile. Thanks. My 2month old son has be...Wonderful artile. Thanks. My 2month old son has been having ballooning since last week. Along with it he also urinates frequently, randomly alternating between small and normal quantity of urine. Does this have something to do with ballooning too? Should I be worried? Similarly, he used to poop twice a day, since last week he poops only once every two days, so I assumed his frequent urination is Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092377833759633114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-85504665626337541242018-03-03T04:22:56.370-05:002018-03-03T04:22:56.370-05:00My son is 2months old and intact. I started notici...My son is 2months old and intact. I started noticing ballooning about a week back, other thing I noticed is, he urinates frequently in small and normal quantity, also he strains a bit and makes sound (similar sound just before pooping)before he urinates, also I started noticing this after ballooning started, it was not the case before. There is no pain while urinating or when I touch the penis. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-5282150241945250822017-11-06T03:13:43.291-05:002017-11-06T03:13:43.291-05:00Thanks for this article. I was worried as both my ...Thanks for this article. I was worried as both my sons 7 and 11 yrs old are told to get circumcised by the doctors resolve the ballooning and spraying issues respectively. Feeling much relieved after reading this article as I was mentally going through this stress. I didn't want to do circumcision for them without knowing whether this is right decision or not. Thank u so much for sharing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-29137454469069300822016-09-21T03:23:08.949-04:002016-09-21T03:23:08.949-04:00This is the first time I know about ballooning sin...This is the first time I know about ballooning since I'm a female and both my little brothers were circumcised when they were around 2 months old (or less). Thanks for sharing the infoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-9006615034950147222015-07-14T18:37:57.284-04:002015-07-14T18:37:57.284-04:00Lakota - if your son is still having troubles, ple...Lakota - if your son is still having troubles, please email SavingSons@gmail.com, or join the SOS group: FB.com/groups/SavingOurSons Was your son checked for a UTI? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-77131450021945659352015-06-21T23:47:47.159-04:002015-06-21T23:47:47.159-04:00I have a little boy myself, age 3, and he's un...I have a little boy myself, age 3, and he's uncircumcised. Great article and photos!Mirandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-8403603902279481642015-06-17T15:29:46.924-04:002015-06-17T15:29:46.924-04:00My son is a 3 year old intact boy. He has had int...My son is a 3 year old intact boy. He has had intense pain urinating for about 10 days now. He is balooning while peeing. After 7 days we did antibiotics and also diflucan (for yeast). But nothing is helping. We were hoping it was just separation but after 7 days, and now 10, can it last this long and be this painful? Antibiotics and diflucan do not appear to be helping. It only hurts Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-66593957223765972652015-03-23T17:16:51.106-04:002015-03-23T17:16:51.106-04:00I suspect that ballooning was happening to me at 5...I suspect that ballooning was happening to me at 5 months, and young women being mostly uneducated about male genitals, my mother was lied to by a doctor. I ended up with a totally ruined penis, it is no use now except as a urine spout.Supermoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570575795292199178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-81186143622317322652015-01-09T11:01:35.214-05:002015-01-09T11:01:35.214-05:00My son’s penis has been ballooning since he was a ...My son’s penis has been ballooning since he was a toddler, so he and I both are accustomed to it. However, this morning (he is about to turn 5), as I was helping him get dressed, I noticed that it was still slightly ballooned on one side from what must’ve been a recent pee. An hour later, still the same. He said there was no discomfort or pain. Should I get him checked out? This has not happened Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979561790345079703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-56725413029386779792014-12-22T14:18:21.833-05:002014-12-22T14:18:21.833-05:00How are you cleaning him? Remember, don't ever...How are you cleaning him? Remember, don't ever retract the foreskin. Not even the littlest, tiniest bit, even if it seems like it doesn't bother him. The ONLY person who should ever retract the foreskin is the owner himself. This includes not allowing doctors to retract, even the tiniest bit, even "just to check." The smallest amount of retraction can cause micro tears which canAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-24996746177224105722014-12-21T00:18:32.466-05:002014-12-21T00:18:32.466-05:00hello everyone. this sounds like a good article. h...hello everyone. this sounds like a good article. however I believe every child may be different. There doesn't seem to be a wrong or right answer. it seems normal for infants to balloon. My eldest son is intact and developed no issues however my infant has contracted several utis in the first 4 weeks of his life he is now 3 and a half months old. The urologist informed me that the only other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-61475358185539047662014-06-27T18:12:30.862-04:002014-06-27T18:12:30.862-04:00Thank you so much for this article! I don't kn...Thank you so much for this article! I don't know ANYTHING about this and so have been blindly trusting the physicians. Oh how I wish I had come across this sight earlier. I am so relieved to learn about ballooning. I confess that, due to ignorance, my husband and I went into complete freak out mode when our then 14 month old son did this. If only I had known the truth! No wonder he acted fineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-64936153639747895742014-04-08T13:14:07.454-04:002014-04-08T13:14:07.454-04:00Candid B is a cream for yeast overgrowth (would be...Candid B is a cream for yeast overgrowth (would be similar to the Lotrimin that you may be able to purchase over the counter in India as well). But Neosporin is a topical antibiotic that shouldn't be used on the genitals -- it would only serve to increase yeast overgrowth and the issue is not likely to be a bacterial issue on the surface of the skin. If it IS bacterial (i.e. staph, strep) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-18849292999957344102014-04-08T13:01:52.875-04:002014-04-08T13:01:52.875-04:00Thankyou so much for the detailed explanation. I ...Thankyou so much for the detailed explanation. I am definitely at ease now. The doctor did prescribe Candid B and Neosporin to be applied. I am in India, so the names of the cream may be different. Thankyou so much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082491812660493021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-43898902918867074302014-04-08T11:23:12.311-04:002014-04-08T11:23:12.311-04:00You may wish to review some more of the articles a...You may wish to review some more of the articles at the intact care page - http://www.drmomma.org/2009/06/how-to-care-for-intact-penis-protect.html A bit of irritation and itching can be normal during this stage in prepuce separation (most common between 3-6 years of age). The best thing to get is Calmoseptine at a local pharmacy near you and put this around the outside of the penis/foreskin. Be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-46262748653532188422014-04-08T10:42:53.620-04:002014-04-08T10:42:53.620-04:00Hi, I am so thankful for this article. My son who...Hi, I am so thankful for this article. My son who will be 5 next month has been complaining about itching as well as some pain on the tip of his penis. I took him to the doctor who checked it and told his foreskin is very tight and he needs a circumcision. I was very shocked as i never imagined this could be the case. However I was not ready to do this. Then I took him to another doctor for Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082491812660493021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-28512195849057934182014-03-13T13:13:36.480-04:002014-03-13T13:13:36.480-04:00This can also be normal - it merely means that the...This can also be normal - it merely means that the prepuce is loosened over the length of the shaft, but still closed at the tip (which is sometimes the last place to open). At 3.5 years, your son is still very young. The average age of retraction is 10.5 years. You may be interested in this article on Extreme Ballooning also: http://www.savingsons.org/2014/03/Markhttp://www.savingsons.org/2014/03/extreme-ballooning-in-intact-child.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-22101281420305214962014-03-13T00:00:18.770-04:002014-03-13T00:00:18.770-04:00Hi,is it normal for 3.5 years old to get this ball...Hi,is it normal for 3.5 years old to get this ballooning over the entire lenght of his penis not just the end?The doctor told me to use a cream betamethasone dipropionate.What do you think about it?Thank youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17941081596200778518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-32621412569560909562014-02-03T23:41:41.693-05:002014-02-03T23:41:41.693-05:00This just means that the prepuce has likely separa...This just means that the prepuce has likely separated from the shaft/glans at the base of the foreskin vs. the tip/front. It can happen in the early babyhood months because it normally takes a longer amount of time for the actual prepuce opening to widen and loosen. As long as urine is escaping, this is okay. The ballooning will gently stretch tissues and the (sterile) urine will rinse the insideAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-4226120994411457722014-02-03T16:27:16.568-05:002014-02-03T16:27:16.568-05:00Hi, is it normal for a 5 month old to get this bal...Hi, is it normal for a 5 month old to get this ballooning over the entire length of his penis not just the end? I have seen him wee before and it hasnt happened. But today he weed twice when i was changing his nappy and it happened both times. He has been unwell and is on antibiotics. Is that anything to do with it? Thanks JoJoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-44282756538082942762014-01-10T20:10:56.830-05:002014-01-10T20:10:56.830-05:00At 5 months of age, your son's body will likel...At 5 months of age, your son's body will likely heal itself just fine and the initial retraction will not cause lasting issues. Usually these occur when there is repeated retraction (causing many tears and readhesions to develop). <br /><br />As far as when ballooning occurs - it is most common between the ages of 2-5, but can occur at any time. All babies are different and develop at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-53370250899762271222014-01-04T18:25:44.435-05:002014-01-04T18:25:44.435-05:00Thank you so much for your post!!!
I have recently...Thank you so much for your post!!!<br />I have recently changed pediatricians because the first one urged us to get my 2 month (at the time) circumcised...and pulled his skin back to see his tiny opening!!!! My new pediatricians did the same thing to see it and just check him out during his 4 month physical...and noted that the opening was tiny and that we might consider a circumcision...<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-11429166410632638962013-12-19T16:19:50.428-05:002013-12-19T16:19:50.428-05:00This was very helpful. Thank you for publishing it...This was very helpful. Thank you for publishing it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-74784933762866282822013-04-05T01:02:55.355-04:002013-04-05T01:02:55.355-04:00Anon - while it is possible he was retracted by so...Anon - while it is possible he was retracted by someone, it may just be that your son is beginning to retract (separation of the prepuce from the glans) early. The average age of retraction is 10 1/2 years -- but many boys retract later and many retract sooner, and all are on a continuum of normal. As long as you don't force things, and use some TLC (i.e. leave it alone - warm water soaks, noAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com