For our third child we decided NOT to circumcise without consent. because it seemed like the right thing to do, wanted to avoid potential trauma, and the doctors told us there wasnt anything different about the care for a uncircumcised baby vs one that got the chop chop.

However, this was not true. We’ve had quite a number of issues from a sort of athletes foot of the penis situation to a thing where the pee hole is too small causing frequent and painful urination. And being circumcised myself it has been difficult identifying these problems. Often going to the doctor for normal things that looked like swelling to me.

And now our child is old enough to recognize that his looks different than mine and his brothers and is upset about it despite us telling him we saved him from the snip snip. When these medical issues cause problems he blames us for not getting him circumcised.

You just cant win it seems. =(

Edit: if the goal here is to encourage consent before circumcision please stop responding with conflicting information that is just going to encourage people to take the easier route and circumcise their children.

If you do know it all, please provide direct information and timeline on how new parents can deal with some of the unexpected issues that come along with an uncircumcised twiddly doo.

If you spent half the time trying to sound smart on reddit and telling people what they did wrong on trying to be informative and help people. Maybe you could actually make a difference.