4skin

I have an 18month old son and I’ve never heard this before.

I have a 5 month old boy and 3 and 5 year old nephews. I've never heard of this and my sister has never mentioned it either.

Please don’t do this to your baby! It will stretch naturally as they grow there’s absolutely no need to do it it might actually hurt them. ❤️

In my country (Italy) many doctors give that advice… but here in uk they do not. My Italian friend told the doctor here in uk, he was doing it and the doctor was a bit shocked about him touching his baby’s private parts (exaggerated in my opinion as in our country that’s the advice they give). Anyway I don’t know which one is the good advice… I’m having a boy in a few weeks I think I won’t do it

Hmm wasn’t the advice I got in the UK

That is absolutely normal and your doctor needs to be educated on intact care.
The foreskin does not need to retract til puberty as its purely a sexual function. The foreskin is fused to the head of the penis as a newborn, manipulating/retracting will hurt him and cause infections.
Please go to https://www.yourwholebaby.org/basic-intact-care for information on how to care for both of your children. As well as https://www.yourwholebaby.org/forced-retraction there is an entire group here called Your Whole baby which ive also posted tons of information to for any new moms looking for information on intact care.
Please tell that doctor you will not be manipulating your sons foreskin in anyway, and if they ever manipulate it you need to report them to the clinic you go to for sexual abuse. There is absolutely no need to be touching or checking that area unless theres a direct concern about your child’s penis

I would seriously report your doctor for this advice if they are telling this to other people the could potentially harm someone’s baby.

No you don’t pull it back at all.

At my antenatal class we were specifically told not to pull the foreskin back. I think I'd be finding a new doctor...

Hes mental if he said that

It used to be the advice in Eastern Europe about 20-30 years ago. I remember my mum doing it to my little brother. I was petrified.
It is outdated now. I have a son and read a few medical journals and followed several urologists on social media. It’s actually harmful and can cause infection. The body itself releases hormones and the 4skin retracts by itself. Sometimes earlier sometimes as late as teenage years.

My MIL had 4 boys over many years and she told me how the advice changed from pulling it back to leaving it alone. We left it alone no issues so far

Yeah definitely don't pull it back! And report the doctor, terrible advice

Give your doctor the up to date information and see how they handle the new info. If it's purely lack of education that can be forgiven...please do not do what your doc said. That can hurt baby and cause infections. I never had to do this for my intact boy, he's 4 now and just fine. Leave it alone!!