Is your son uncircumcised?

[Anonymous]

So my 2 sons (5year old twins) are not. We have a third son on the way and we are unsure if we should circumcise him or not. DH (34) is circumcised. We chose not to circumcise our twins when they were born. We figured it would be best to let them decide for themselves later on if they want to be circumcised. We are now up in arm as if we should chose to circumcise our third son. DH wants to but i just don't feel right about it. We know a few friends that didnt circumcise their sons and some that did.
In the end it really come down to our decision but im curious to who chose to circumcise their son(s)?

[Anonymous]

Not circumcised - ages 9 and 6 currently.
Father is circumcised but we felt it wasn't necessary.

[Anonymous]

Currently pregnant with a boy and we're not circumcising. There's no compelling reason to do it and tbh I view it as genital mutilation. Not circumcising is way more common than it used to be.

[Anonymous]

3 boys, all circumcised. I wouldnt bang an uncircumcised penis, so we circumcised.

[Anonymous]

We do not mutilate our kids for vain purposes unless they are old enough to want something. We CERTAINLY do not do it for religious purposes or force our young babies to get baptized in a religion they didn’t personally choose.

No curcumcision, no ear piercing, no dunking them in holy water etc...

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3 boys, all circumcised. I wouldnt bang an uncircumcised penis, so we circumcised.

You want to bang your sons? Do we need to call CPS? Gross.

OP, I think for siblings I would make the same choice. Your younger one will already be on the outside with the twins, so don't create more differences that might be an issue of teasing 2:1.

[Anonymous]

2 yo - no circumcised. He can make that choice if he wants when he's older.

[Anonymous]

4 year old not circumcised

[Anonymous]

18 year old son living here in DC—not circumcised

[Anonymous]

4 year old, not. Neither is husband.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:4 year old, not. Neither is husband.

Oh and neither are adult stepsons. They do not seem to have any trouble whatsoever with the banging thing.

[Anonymous]

No, husband is but I didn’t feel comfortable making that decision for our son. His body, his choice.

[Anonymous]

Nope. Both sons are not, husband isn't and that wasn't a factor in the "wanting to bang him" inner monologue... He uses what he has VERY well...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So my 2 sons (5year old twins) are not. We have a third son on the way and we are unsure if we should circumcise him or not. DH (34) is circumcised. We chose not to circumcise our twins when they were born. We figured it would be best to let them decide for themselves later on if they want to be circumcised. We are now up in arm as if we should chose to circumcise our third son. DH wants to but i just don't feel right about it. We know a few friends that didnt circumcise their sons and some that did.
In the end it really come down to our decision but im curious to who chose to circumcise their son(s)?

You seem thoughtful about this so I'll bite into the controversy: we were of the mindset that this was *not* our decision, but rather our son's, so we did not. My husband is circumcised, but finds it barbaric. We do understand there may be some health benefits but none that remotely sway us to make this decision for our child. Another I could consider is why would you have your male sons have differences? Will that potentially upset one/all of them? If so, the circumcised ones can't change their status.

Our DS is now almost in middle school. We have discussed this. He seems to understand, and very much appreciate, our decision. Your 5 yo's aren't there yet, and your mileage may vary.