The Imperfect Community

[Rebecca_R]

HB, thanks for sharing that info. It makes me feel better to know Aaron's issues aren't uncommon!

Jess, do you let him have any naked time at all? Aaron is bottomless a lot because that's how he remembers to go in the potty. JAT!

[Jessica]

[aanniiuu]

My son was circed and when he was 6 months or so, it started to close up a bit. Dr pulled the skin loose and no big deal.

I will tell you though, that none of my 3 nephews were circed at birth, and 2 ended up getting circumsisions when they were in grade school- which was an awful ewxperience for them both. Both just had chronic infections. I was inclined to circ my son anyway because that's what I am "used to" but that clinched it for me.

[Jessica]

[honeybee]

I am still firmly of the opinion that if you leave an intact foreskin alone and maintain proper hygiene once the foreskin is retractable you are not going to have issues.

There isn't a boy in my family that has been circed in this latest generation, on either side. That adds up to: 2 eleven year olds, 1 eight year old, 2 almost-five year olds and a 3 year old and not one issue of any kind in any of them. They have been taken care of properly and nature has handled the rest. <shrug>

The female anatomy is a lot more complex down there than a penis. If there was as much misinformation about taking care of young girls' areas -- say with douches and invasive cleaning -- there would be a whole lot of "issues" with those too. People just need to learn to just leave things alone.

[Jessica]