Boy moms, you happy with your choice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gonna be honest I regret not doing it. He's really self-conscious about it and I need to constantly remind him about the extra cleaning (though that might just be middle school)

I guarantee there is no need to remind about extra cleaning in middle school. Stop micromanaging your tween’s penis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two boys, one teen another late elem. Both circumcised, happy with the choice but like PPs said, just not something we ever think about!

Same here. Three boys, all circumcised. All happy. No problems here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids almost 3. We did circumcise. Happy with that choice - honestly I haven’t really thought about it since then.

+1 for two kids

Only ever think about it when a friend is having a baby and asks for advice etc

[Anonymous]

I circumcised all three of my boys. The first two it didn’t really cross my mind not to, as that seemed to be the norm at the time. There is a much bigger gap with the third and I thought about not doing it, but ended up doing it since both his brothers were (I’m sure that’s a dumb reason but at the time I thought it mattered). I think if I had boys now, I likely wouldn’t as it really does seem medically unnecessary.

[Anonymous]

Two boys. Did not circumcise. They can decide to get circumcised when they’re older. My mom’s in medicine and says it’s barbaric and the babies cry a lot. She said no adult would sign up to get skin cut off with just a little numbing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gonna be honest I regret not doing it. He's really self-conscious about it and I need to constantly remind him about the extra cleaning (though that might just be middle school)

I guarantee there is no need to remind about extra cleaning in middle school. Stop micromanaging your tween’s penis.

He almost had to get it snipped last year because he wasn't keeping it clean, so I can guarantee you that there is.

[Anonymous]

Well we're European, and we think circumcision is mutilation, and what's more, done at an age where consent cannot be given.

No regrets.

[Anonymous]

Did not circumcise my older son, will not circumcise the son I am pregnant with. It is genital mutilation! I was ten when my baby brother got circumcised and I will never forget his agony as an infant. No thank you.

[Anonymous]

DS is mid 20's. No regrets from us or him. Jewish heritage and we wanted to give DS the option to follow whatever religious path he wanted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This literally is far from your mind a week afterwards. Unless there are long term issues, you will only think of it when these threads pop up.

My son has no long term issues so I’m happy with my choice. It’s fine.

This. I haven’t thought about it since he was two weeks old. It seems so important at the time but it just isn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did not circumcise my older son, will not circumcise the son I am pregnant with. It is genital mutilation! I was ten when my baby brother got circumcised and I will never forget his agony as an infant. No thank you.

They let a child watch the procedure? Weird.

[Anonymous]

We are from Europe.

We would never do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did not circumcise my older son, will not circumcise the son I am pregnant with. It is genital mutilation! I was ten when my baby brother got circumcised and I will never forget his agony as an infant. No thank you.

They let a child watch the procedure? Weird.

After he came home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did not circumcise my older son, will not circumcise the son I am pregnant with. It is genital mutilation! I was ten when my baby brother got circumcised and I will never forget his agony as an infant. No thank you.

They let a child watch the procedure? Weird.

This is a religious ceremony. You've never been to a Bris? I think that is weird.

[Anonymous]

Two boys, both circumcised at ~6 weeks with a pediatric surgeon who is also a mohel. No regrets (and it’s also not something I think about).