i think i may have heard something about wher it can be not all the way out like it is suposed to be, that is odd, my friends sons is on the smal side, but he was a preemie he is now 15 mths oldand ikeep forgetting that he is that big! But hes also a chunky lil kid as well. maybe its retracted inside him? Id try and see a specialist about that but i dont know what kind of specialist oulw deal with that, maybe start of witha urologist.

liams actually sucks itsself in sometimes. my pediatrician said it was cuz he was so chunky it get sucked up by the fat

can you pop it out by pushing on the fat around it?

finn's was like that (and still is sometimes, like after he gets out of the tub), i used to call it his second belly button! his was because he had an extra chubby fat pad and it just kind of "swallowed" his penis. once he became mobile and started slimming down, it fixed itself. i was very worried in the beginning though and wondered if it would ever be normal. his pediatrician popped it out and said it's the normal size and he reassured me that it's just because he's chunky and will fix itself.

it's called hidden or buried penis. i don't recommend googling it since it'll bring up a lot of scary info on adults with the problem and it seems to be a very common harmless issue with chubby baby boys.

Ha ha! Thanks. I may have tried googling it.

Yes, I can push it out and it is bigger. Yet even when I push it out, it is sooo darn small. Brian doesn't have a lot of fat on him. He looks chunkier in the pictures then he really is. He is long and slender (90th percentile for length and 50th percentile for weight). The pediatrician also popped it out once and still said it's pretty small Brian's was extremely small right from the start. It's just a shock when your other child was considered fairly long. It does look like a second belly button.

It probably is just a hidden penis. So....if my son is not chunky, can he still outgrow this problem? I know he is only 5 months but my goodness...it is so small and I can't help but being worried. I will just bring it up again at his six month appt.

Bridget, did you google it and get scared?? I am still tempted to google it.


I told my mom about the urologist and she said " you must go!" There is no problem with his peeing so I don't know what I would actually tell them.." I am concerned because my son's pee pee is really small!" I think I would feel pretty stupid. I actually was getting used to it until my mom came in this afternoon to tell me that she thinks it's extremely small.

i did google it and i freaked out because the sites were showing pictures of grown men with that problem and i didn't want my baby to be like that when he grew up! then i posted about it on my other forum, which is a nov 06 birthclub, and it turned out to be fairly common there with the other baby boys his age. i'd just never heard of it because it's not something people talk about, you know?

i'd really try not to worry about it. the area around the penis is really called the "fat pad", so it's just fat. i'm assuming even slimmer boys can still have a fattier fat pad and if you can push on it and pop it out, it's probably fine.

i don't know about the size though. it has to be just like everything else, people have different sized noses, hands, ears, whatever. i wouldn't be too concerned over the size. you'll be seeing him naked for a few years more so you'll be able to see if it's growing and looking more "normal". plus as grown men they can all be different sizes, so maybe his will just be on the shorter side.

is he circumsized? it also seems to be much more common for circ'd boys.

oh, and my mom used to bring it up all the time too. she couldn't help but comment every time she changed him and it drove me nuts!

aww haha im sure he's fine!! Rob calls it "turtle d**k" but thats when its cold and kinda runs inside lol.

i would take him to a urologist just to be sure and put ur mind at ease.

here's the thread i made about it!

http://ehealthforum.com/health/topic86479. html

you even commented in it and said your nephew had a similar issue.

ya liams i can push out too. hes a chunk butt tho

i brought up urologist because thats the only perso i can think of that would haveany knowledge whatsoever ever about that sorta issue, i gues they can refer yout o someone that knows a bit more about it . I cant think of another dr that would know anything about it othe then like a cosmetics dr but i think a urologist wouldb ea good start or maybe the pediatrican can tell u someone suited for that issue, i was reading stuff up on it along time ago but i cant remember what it said at al and i really wish i could grrr lol, i dont remebereading if it fixes itself, i know girls have a vagina problem wher its not opened alll the way and by puberty it fixes itself, jordnne has that problem and they gave me strogen cream to put on her, i duno the fix for males though

My mom is visiting and completely agrees with seeing a urologist. My husband read what you all wrote and thinks that although he is slender, it's still a "turtle pee pee" and is hidden underneath some fat. I can push it out but it's still a little small. I will bring it up at his next appt and see what his doctor says. It's just so sad...I worry for the lil' man.

Bridget...yep, I did respond to that one thread and I guess I really didn't understand what it truly feels like until now. Now that my son has this problem.

My goodness. It does feel good not to feel so alone in this. I was a little apprehensive to even post this because I didn't want people to think I am just concerned that he has a small pee pee. It goes way beyond that when it looks like a belly button. I guess I wouldn't have even known if Nathan's wasn't so pronounced. If he is a "smaller" guy than we will have to be careful not to make it a big deal around our sons as you said, Bridget, everyone is different.


OH MY!!! I googled hidden penis and my son's penis looks like a picture I just saw. Bad mistake. I should have listened to you, Bridget. What if my son forever looks like that?? I am going to show my husband.

No seriously, I read more. It is a congenital thing at birth or can be caused by circumcision. Brian was small before the whole "crappy" circumcision (I let my husband decide). The doctor noted how small it was even before. Now his looks like the pictures.

I WILL be seeing a specialist after the reading. You can't even see his penis at all. He doesn't have a lot of fat either. This is so unfair. If circumcision caused it to be even worse, I will be the biggest advocate against circumcision and will never ever forgive myself.

Boy I wish I had some advice for you, but that's unchartered territory for me. I am really glad i didn't have to decide about circumcision, cause i am still on the fence.

Let us know what happens when he sees his dr, i feel so bad, but hopefully it something that can be fixed.

i think i reassured her. i am 99.9% positive that it will fix itself once he becomes mobile and begins to lose his chub.

to anyone else reading this who has the same concern, it's totally normal and extremely common!

when it will be gone my son is 16 months now and still the same ?