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arohanui 
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 11:33am |
I have a question for you... DH was asking me last night and I didn't know the answer...
When you bath your wee boy, do you have to, um, how do I put this politely... pull the *skin* back and wash under it? Cos would it get pee and stuff in there and get all scody?
TIA 
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 11:35am |
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no you dont!!! it wont go back till he is much older. 3 or possibly older...
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arohanui
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 11:35am |
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Ah ha! Thanks, I will tell DH and put his mind at ease.
So when it goes back at 3 or whenever, do you have to then?
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 12:07pm |
no...mostly i think a boy will discover it goes back for themselves anyway ...
this site hereis an american site and mainly deals with reasons dr's may give to have a penis circumsiced and reasons not to but i found it had great info for me as a mum of boys re the penis and how the foreskin works.
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 12:09pm |
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I guess I am lucky that I won't ever have to worry so much about this as Daniel was born circumcised (yes very weird!)
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 12:23pm |
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born circumcised???
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 12:30pm |
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hey gandt thanks for that link, very interesting article. I had never even thought that we would get our baby boy circumcised, but now can see no reason too.
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 12:38pm |
That article was a good read GandT, thanks 
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 12:51pm |
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GandT I totally agree with you. Josh when he was around 3 or 4, kept getting sore - down there and the dr told me to teach him how to clean it by pulling it back - I wasn't confortable with it but being a single mother then I had no choice - I only told him what to do and he has had no probs since.
off to read artical now.
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 2:04pm |
 Faraway wrote:
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Yup, strange but true, he was born with no foreskin!
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 3:15pm |
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At antenatal class on Saturday we just learnt about this! With both girls and boys apparently you only wash what you can see, there words exactly "don't go digging" especially in little girls. She showed us and just kind of wiped over them with the wash cloth while the baby was in the bath.
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 5:13pm |
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Rico is 4 & I've never pulled back the foreskin & he's never had an infection in there, though I know it can get infected.
Yes peachy - the whole "don't go digging" theory is true. A girl is "self cleaning" as my MW put it. I find it so much easier wiping my girl than my boys! Having to move all the boy bits around to clean everything. With Gia it's a just a wipe down & done!
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 9:06pm |
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Yeah I was confused with Caprece at the start but she is so much easier than Jack now.
Thanx for the article gandt I'm so lost when it comes to that sort of thing.
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 9:26pm |
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DH has been at me to ask about this for a while now as we were unsure what to do with jack. i'll have to read the article now, thanks GandT
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Posted: 10 September 2007 at 9:27pm |
Debs great article
The foreskin wont usually contract until the child is 3-5 as this is when the skin sperates from the glands on the penile shaft.
I think there was a thread not so long ago about weather boys or girls were easier to clean. I always said boys but that could be due to the fact that I have 2 older girls and that is what I was used to, althou I still find cleaning Alize's bits and pieces a challenge sometimes lol.
Balanitis is an infection boys can get under their foreskin and if reccurent(sp?) parents are offered circumcision due to medical reasons if they want. Most patients that i came across that had boys with this problem declined the circumcision and opted for treatment until their child grew out of it. Some kids are more suseptible due to normal body flora levels etc..
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Posted: 03 May 2008 at 8:58am |
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*bump for Rach*
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Posted: 03 May 2008 at 9:46am |
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great article!
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Posted: 03 May 2008 at 11:03am |
Wow that really did answer all my questions. Hopefully I remember it all this time 
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Posted: 03 May 2008 at 12:38pm |
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oh i will have to read in a minute....maybe it will silence my Mum who gets annoyed when i tell her we arent to do anything to it 'in her day...blah blah blah':)
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Posted: 03 May 2008 at 5:36pm |
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LOL!!! KA - don't ya love it!
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