Circumcision Advice

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My little one is due to be circumcised next week, does anyone have any good hints or tips for keeping him comfortable after?

Well sometimes , when dealing with ignorance one does need to be a bit basic .

This is an opinion too .

Presumably you don’t like that either .

By the way I’m not even bothering to read your full post anymore .

You must be pretty bored to be here trying to sabotage someone else’s thread and genuine post asking for advice .

@flappi - no I don't object to your opinion at all. You're fully entitled to believe anybody ignorant if you like, although most people tend to concentrate on the subject in question rather than making personal insults.

Some would believe that an ad hominem attack is the last resort of those who have no coherent arguments to put forth.

I know you likely won't be reading this anyway, as your flouncy proclamation made clear, but I was by no means the first or the only person to expand on the discussion of the TOPIC (not the person) to the other side of the circumcision coin. I'm not criticising the OP, but she didn't make it clear in the beginning that her son's case was for medical reasons, which is where opinions and discussions started branching out. The vast majority of male circumcisions are NOT done for genuine medical reasons, hence why a number of us wondered about the reason for the operation from the OP.

I'm going to leave this one here now - I'd hate for you to think I'm sabotaging somebody's thread any further.

I'm Jewish and expecting a boy. We're not going to circumcise even if it's what my ancestors have done for thousands of years. A baby has absolutely no say in an irreversible change to his body, please think about it before you think it's "normal" or that's what his dad did.

Rainbowhair and others This was a really interesting exploration of the issue by a young man who is a practicing Muslim. While he talks to many people with different views (including his Dad) He came to the conclusion that he would be unlikely to circumcise his own son.

One of the people he spoke with was a Jewish feminist and her sons (all practicing ) and her perspective was very interesting.

A deep but non judgmental programme.

Oops; linked here
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006wj8

Schrodinger - practising what? I didn't see any evidence that they were practising Jews. Also not sure why they asked a psychotherapist about jewish law, of which śhe knew very little.

For those who offered judgement free help, thanks so much. Baby boy is home and seems to be doing quite well, he’s a little fussy, but seems as bright as he usually is. I think me and my husband are more drained than him.

Good luck to anyone else who has to/ chooses to make the decision. I feel like we did the right thing for him and if he isn’t happy about this when he is older he will hopefully still appreciate we did the best we could with what we knew

My DS had a circumcision at age 5. He was completely fine after it, wanted to go to the play park on the way home from the hospital! We had been advised to only wear loose clothing, so we actually just bought him new pyjama shorts (it was summer) and he wore them for the first week. It began to look a bit red and sore after a day or two, so he had flamazine cream to apply to it. Healed with no problems after that. Good luck! I wasn’t prepared for how emotional I would be leaving DS once he had gone under the GA.

I'm so glad OP.
I wish him a speedy recovery.

Only do it on medical advice when I first saw my other half's he had been circumcised. I asked him why and he said his Dad thought it was fashionable! In the US nearly all the men are circumcised not here in the UK because it is only done for medical or religious reasons.

So glad it all went well, OP. I'm sure it's for the best, and i doubt if your DS will spend much time dwelling on it.

G'son had hypospadias and the foreskin was needed to create a 'new' urethra. Therefore he was circumsised when he was four. He was uncomfortable but no way in a lot of pain although the soreness did persist for quite a while.

Love circumcised. Just saying. Always my preference. Wish more males were. Flame away.

Random tangential side-thought but have you ever noticed that Michaelanglo’s sculpture David (champion Goliath & king of Israel) isn’t circumcised.

@Azzizam We're talking about a baby. If that's what you love then you've got a serious issue.

Bobby - I don't think any biblical characters are in medieval or renaissance art. I don't think the artists were making a point - it just reflects the models available at the time.

@NoBaggyPants Don't be so ridiculous.

It's a thread about a baby. It's like someone coming on to a breastfeeding thread and shouting 'yay I love wanking on my girlfriend's tits'. They'd get slaughtered.

Just yuk.

Azzizam You are completely wrong for that comment, we don’t want to know about your sex life.

My partner was circumcised as a baby, he has a son from a previous relationship who was also circumcised as a baby, we are trying for a baby, he said if we have a son he would like him to be circumcised as soon as possible, im not sure what to do, I prefer a circumcised penis, but feel he should decide when he is older

@Tammy66 you're considering changing your babys (assuming you have a boy) body and taking away part of his penis because you prefer a circumcised penis. That is so disgusting. What would you say if your husband suggested trimming a baby girls labia because he preferred woman with small labia. Absolutely revolting

Did he make a good recovery