Might be a dumb question but

he’s my first kid and my only boy. My son is almost 3 years old and lately he’s been hella touching his penis. Like pulling back the skin (he’s circumcised), pulling up his balls, and just shoving his fingers in the pee hole. It’s cringy but I can understand if he’s just exploring and it doesn’t hurt him. It’s just that after he plays with it (usually during diaper changes or when he’s just sitting on the potty) the head of his penis is soooooo red. He also wears cloth diapers idk if that matters. And he’s been having lots of erections. But is this normal behavior?? Im scared that he’s gonna somehow give himself an infection if he doesn’t quit messing with his penis like that
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Sounds like he exploring his self my 2yr keeps his hands in his diaper and when on the potty he will play until he become erected. Just keep his hands clean so he doesn’t track an infection to himself

@Bre Okay cool yeah coz the way he plays with it i’m like “damn dude that’s rough” lol

Girl thats boys for ya my son pulls on his so hard like he tryna take it off😂😂

The only concern I have is the tip being red. That could be a sign of infection maybe a uti have you asked him if it hurts when he’s going potty? Other than that it’s totally normal 😊

@Cita Right? Me too! It looks so gnarly. Idk if him touching it a lot is causing erections or he’s just having erections and that’s why he’s touching it. He says it doesn’t hurt, and he still gets wet diapers so thats good. It’s only first thing in the morning after being in cloth diapers for 9 hrs while sleeping he sometimes says “my penis hurts”. We’re keeping an eye out for any other signs of infections and putting barrier cream in between diaper changes

My son is 17 months old and he’s also plays with his penis and he isn’t circumcised at all. I think it’s because they are exploring their body

@Bre same with my son too

My dude is 3 and I’m not worried he’s gonna hurt himself, but literally every mom in my mom group with boys has said this exact thing. All the little boys pull it until it’s angry looking and then move on. It’s really hard to infect a penis. He’s fine. My kiddo only complains that he gets an erection in the morning and doesn’t know how to “put it down” lol But we haven’t been in diapers or pull-ups for months. Idk if there’s additional discomfort with that.

It’s normal. My almost 2 yr old does it too lol

my son is only 15mo and he’s been doing this since around 5-6 months he’s so AGRESSIVE towards it too and nothing could’ve prepared me for this.. but it seems normal after reading all the other comments!

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