Many boys do develop a pad of “puppy fat” in front of their pubic bone. That “puppy fat” pushes the shaft skin forward so that it overhangs or even covers the head of the penis.
The penis is anchored to the pubic bone and tends to get “buried” in the fat pad.
If that should happen with your boy, there will be a necessity, every day, when you bathe him, to push that shaft skin back firmly towards his pubic bone. This is for two reasons :
- If you can’t see it, you can’t clean it. Smegma will accumulate in the groove behind the head of the penis.
- Also, if those skin edges are allowed to remain in contact, undisturbed, for more than 24 hours, they can readhere.
Don’t be scared of it – you won’t hurt him ! And you won’t have to do it forever. Most boys seem to burn up that “puppy fat” with running around, riding bikes and all those boy things!