My 2 1/2 year old son is potty training. When he pees, the urine seems to come out the top of the tip of his penis, not the front. I can push his penis down so that it is pointing due south and he still pees up and out of the toilet. If he were standing to pee, I swear he would pee straight up in the air. I've never watched a boy pee, but I can't imagine that this is normal. Any ideas?
It does sound quite funny and amusing but I'm sure that gets old after awhile. When my son was a baby (4-6 months) until about 2 1/2 yrs old, we were told by the doctor to slide his foreskin down (he's not circumcized) so that when he gets older erections won't be uncomfortable for him, and he never had problems with urinating but I can't say that that was the reason.
If your son is circumcized then maybe just try to open the little hole, just enough to see if there's anything unusual and in any case a visit to a pediatrition would be a good idea.
Good luck
If your son is circumcized then maybe just try to open the little hole, just enough to see if there's anything unusual and in any case a visit to a pediatrition would be a good idea.
Good luck
1. is son circumcised
2. where is the hole at the end of he penis (IE) is look at do see a hole
2. where is the hole at the end of he penis (IE) is look at do see a hole
I think it is pretty common for younger boys when trying to pee to accidentally pee upwards. Are you thinking that he has a diverted urethra?
may be or if hes a foreskin it may be aiming hes pee up so need he may need pull it back foreskin jest a lite bet
I see. Isn't it dangerous to retract the foreskin on a younger child though or are you suggesting that it get pulled back just enough so that his urine stream is normal? I just want to make sure I understand.
healthnfitnessguy wrote:
Is you sad just enough so that his urine stream is normal and only if it dos not case and discomfiture for hum
j-save wrote:
healthnfitnessguy wrote:
j-save wrote:
1. is son circumcised
2. where is the hole at the end of he penis (IE) is look at do see a hole
I think it is pretty common for younger boys when trying to pee to accidentally pee upwards. Are you thinking that he has a diverted urethra?
may be or if hes a foreskin it may be aiming hes pee up so need he may need pull it back foreskin jest a lite bet
I see. Isn't it dangerous to retract the foreskin on a younger child though or are you suggesting that it get pulled back just enough so that his urine stream is normal? I just want to make sure I understand.
Is you sad just enough so that his urine stream is normal and only if it dos not case and discomfiture for hum
j-save wrote:
Okay, so you are saying that you should pull it back just a little bit. I understand. Thanks for all your insight!
healthnfitnessguy wrote:
j-save wrote:
healthnfitnessguy wrote:
j-save wrote:
1. is son circumcised
2. where is the hole at the end of he penis (IE) is look at do see a hole
I think it is pretty common for younger boys when trying to pee to accidentally pee upwards. Are you thinking that he has a diverted urethra?
may be or if hes a foreskin it may be aiming hes pee up so need he may need pull it back foreskin jest a lite bet
I see. Isn't it dangerous to retract the foreskin on a younger child though or are you suggesting that it get pulled back just enough so that his urine stream is normal? I just want to make sure I understand.
Is you sad just enough so that his urine stream is normal and only if it dos not case and discomfiture for hum
Okay, so you are saying that you should pull it back just a little bit. I understand. Thanks for all your insight!
My son is 2 years old and his penis has a hole and not a slit. When he pees it goes upwards and out of the toilet. he holds his penis down so the pee will go down but it still goes up and out of the toilet. i have to have him pee in a cup so he doesnt get pee everywhere. He goes next month to see a pediatric specialist.
Look up something called meatal stenosis. It's a disorder in boys where the opening of the urethra is narrowed which results in high pressure, diverted streams. There's a simple procedure to open the urethra so everything flows properly.
I know you wrote this a year ago but please mention this to your child's doctor. A friend of mines son had something similar and it was discovered that he had a cyst inside that was causing problems. The doctor went ahead and removed it because he said it might cause problems later on. Not trying to scare you but just want the doc to take a look. Thanks and good luck
Looks like the boy's name is AJ. Form the dates I can see, AJ is 18 now, so he's probably worked out the problem, and the following would be for anyone else who is seeing this problem in their son.
The easiest solution would be if he was uncircumcised and his foreskin is malformed, diverting the urine stream 90 degrees or more upward. The easiest solution to this would be to retract the foreskin every time he pees, and after mommy or daddy shows him how, he should be doing this for the rest of his life. Some writers ask if this is dangerous. It isn't dangerous but there is a rule about retracting the foreskin on a young boy. You shouldn't retract it if it can't be retracted easily and painlessly. If this rule keeps you from retracting it, then I would say it's time to have him circumcized. I was circumcised before I came home from the hospital, as were most American-born boys of my generation, and neither I nor any guy I talked to ever said they missed having a foreskin, so don't worry about doing anything terrible to him.
If you have the foreskin out of the way and he's still peeing 90 degrees up, the meatus (the hole he pees through) is either mal-located or mal-formed and when you don't want to put up with it any more, it's time for surgery. The meatus should be at the very tip of the penis (location), and the pee should shoot strait out, like it's shooting out of a hose (if the meatus isn't mal-formed). This surgery isn't as vital as it would be if he had a hole halfway down the bottom of his penis, when it would hamper his reproductive ability, but I wouldn't want to have to twist my penis down every time I wanted to hit the toilet bowl, so I would have the surgery so I could aim it like a hose, like all the other boys.
The easiest solution would be if he was uncircumcised and his foreskin is malformed, diverting the urine stream 90 degrees or more upward. The easiest solution to this would be to retract the foreskin every time he pees, and after mommy or daddy shows him how, he should be doing this for the rest of his life. Some writers ask if this is dangerous. It isn't dangerous but there is a rule about retracting the foreskin on a young boy. You shouldn't retract it if it can't be retracted easily and painlessly. If this rule keeps you from retracting it, then I would say it's time to have him circumcized. I was circumcised before I came home from the hospital, as were most American-born boys of my generation, and neither I nor any guy I talked to ever said they missed having a foreskin, so don't worry about doing anything terrible to him.
If you have the foreskin out of the way and he's still peeing 90 degrees up, the meatus (the hole he pees through) is either mal-located or mal-formed and when you don't want to put up with it any more, it's time for surgery. The meatus should be at the very tip of the penis (location), and the pee should shoot strait out, like it's shooting out of a hose (if the meatus isn't mal-formed). This surgery isn't as vital as it would be if he had a hole halfway down the bottom of his penis, when it would hamper his reproductive ability, but I wouldn't want to have to twist my penis down every time I wanted to hit the toilet bowl, so I would have the surgery so I could aim it like a hose, like all the other boys.