re: circumcising my 3 yr old

it doesn't hurt. my boyfriend got circumcised when he was 8 and it didn't hurt him. he was wide awake when they did it also. and like someone else said, babies feel the same pain we do so if it doesn't bother them, i doubt it'll really bother my son. i'm just wondering how to prepare him for it..

Quoting ♥ E's Mommy:“ I honestly think you should just leave it alone at this point. A 3 year old is going to have so much ... [snip!] ... much pain from it   It's not hard to take care of an uncirc'd penis, just push the skin back and clean. Google it. Seriously.”

 
imo, 3 is too old and he'll remember. That's just mean.

yeah i think this would be a rough time to do it. dont you think. OUCH plus can he even take pain meds or manage his pain. I had a boyfriend that was uncircumsized and he is just fine. If you are going to do it I would definitly ask the Dr. a lot of questions.

Quoting Amy [28 weeks]:“   What would you want to hear if you were going toget your labia snipped at age 3?I dont thinkhe could understand why you were doing it ”

that has absolutely nothing to do with the conversation   are you ok? a circumcision is a very common proceedure, and boys heal very quickly.

At this point, you should just leave it alone! My DH is circumcised and none of his boys are, and he teaches them, you just need to look it up on the internet and ask his pediatrician. I couldn't do that to 3 year old.

Quoting cadensmommy -CLD-:“ no more pain than a baby would have. i don't understand why ppl seem to think babys don't have just as much pain as we do.”

Babies wont remember it, its not that they wont be in pain any more or any less, but he is at the age of knowing something is different down there, more likely to try to play with it to figure out wtf is going on.

Quoting Gabriel & Halo's Mommy:“ it doesn't hurt. my boyfriend got circumcised when he was 8 and it didn't hurt him. he was wide awake ... [snip!] ... pain we do so if it doesn't bother them, i doubt it'll really bother my son. i'm just wondering how to prepare him for it..”

I don't want to come off bitchy, but you decided not to circumsize at birth because your boyfriend at the time was un-cut. Are you choosing to circumsize him now because your current boyfriend IS cut?

Quoting cadensmommy -CLD-:“ no more pain than a baby would have. i don't understand why ppl seem to think babys don't have just as much pain as we do.”

it hurt( not really, just a bit)them both but a 3 year old knows what is going on...it's going to be a huge change...

well then just tell him the truth. Your getting your tetter cut so that you wont have infections. If it doesnt hurt then i dont think it will be anything you have to tell him. Believe me he will ask you if he has ?

Quoting cadensmommy -CLD-:“ no more pain than a baby would have. i don't understand why ppl seem to think babys don't have just as much pain as we do.”

Actually newborns do not have as many pain receptors as a3 year old but more than that is the fact that he's more likely to touch it and therefore more likely to get an infection.

Quoting Amy [28 weeks]:“   What would you want to hear if you were going toget your labia snipped at age 3?I dont thinkhe could understand why you were doing it ”

I understand why you're saying it, but you know we don't do female circumcision in our country. Anyway, I hope that wherever she's going, that they will use anesthesia, and not just clip it w/o pain meds.

Quoting Crystal Ann™:“ Babies wont remember it, its not that they wont be in pain any more or any less, but he is at the age ... [snip!] ... is at the age of knowing something is different down there, more likely to try to play with it to figure out wtf is going on.”

That's a good point. I didn't think about him possibly playing with it. He could get it dirty and infected.

Quoting Crystal Ann™:“ I agree. Thats like cutting off female parts now. Ouch. Anyhow, It isn't hard to clean from what I have ... [snip!] ... had any questions what so ever on potty training, or cleaning it out, you really really really should have talked to your dr.”

Today most hospitals put to sleep the child... It didnt hurt my baby at all... the only thing that i was worried about was getting infected.. he never cried...

Quoting Gabriel & Halo's Mommy:“ it doesn't hurt. my boyfriend got circumcised when he was 8 and it didn't hurt him. he was wide awake ... [snip!] ... pain we do so if it doesn't bother them, i doubt it'll really bother my son. i'm just wondering how to prepare him for it..”

i didn't say it wouldn't bother him. i'm saying it's going to bother him just as much as it bothers a baby. it hurts, i'm sure, they're cutting something on you. my son is circumcised. & i don't know much about doing it later in life. but my point was baby's feel pain too!!! seems like some ppl forget that or think they don't feel as much.

Quoting shes*almost*one!:“ that has absolutely nothing to do with the conversation   are you ok? a circumcision is a very common proceedure, and boys heal very quickly.”

I know, I didnt mean for it to sound catty, I really meant it to be an honest question, think about what you would want to hear if you were in his shoes.

I suggest if she is getting it done to let him know that it is a normal thing boys have done when they are little and it is not because he was being bad, or because there was something wrong with him, just a procedure that has to be done.