Pediatrician answers: How do I clean my baby’s genitalia? Should I retract it myself? We Americans have been indoctrinated with the belief that whole babies require inordinate amounts of cleaning. Is this really true? How to properly care for your uncut baby(It’s easy!): www.cirp.org Protecting your Uncut Son from Medical Personnel: www.mothering.com Reversing the epidemic of forcible retractions: www.kindredmedia.com.au FAQs About Foreskin Care: www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org How do I …
ok already, people read my other more recent comments. and stop sending me yours. i already said it- i get it. i only thought it was strange to read that babies play with themselves in the womb since newborns have so little control over their limbs and hands. they have to work at simply taking hold of a toy that’s right in front of them. i didn’t think they had the dexterity for playing with themselves. just my thoughts but whatever, i dont want to start an argument
My son had an erected penis on the ultrasound,
you dont need to encourage them to do it, they do it by themself.
Your absolutley right. Its a shame how many people are embarrased by the topic of masturbation.
Cicumcision is absolutley useless and should be banned except as an absolutley last resort option to cure a foreskin problem.
My parents were misinformed when I was a baby and they thought you had to forcefully retract the foreskin or else it won’t come down and get infected. Because of this I have had problems with my penis my whole life, and I still have phimosis and frenelum breve.
There is nothing wrong with masturbation. It is a perfectly normal, natural and healthy activity. Those of you who put so much energy into fearing it is one of the reasons why so many infant boys are permanently mutilated in America through circumcision. We all have the inalienable right to the wholeness of our bodies from the moment we are born to the moment we die. Put your energy into recognizing the human rights violations of infant boys in America. Help stop MALE GENITAL MUTILATION.
paradox, yeah i get it now, see my comment/response to tavereen. i misunderstood, didn’t know, sorry, so no need to send me messages on the issue. its all nautral. got it
no encouragement necessary:
even fetuses masturbate, its a natural bodily function.
no encouragement recommended either pervs.
It’s my pleasure.
I never knew that about the in utero playing with the penis. That is interesting. It sugguests more of the instinctual aspect and not sexual. And if retraction of the foreskin is a delecate and slow process then I supposed it makes sense that the boy should do it. After all he knows best how much it can be moved without pain or damage. Thanks for that info.
what do you think “playing with themselves” means? you think they’re talking about playing with his toes maybe? No, he’s talking about playing with his penis, also known as masturbation.
Fetus’ have been recorded playing with their penises and even getting erections. It’s completely normal and not sexual in any way. It just feels good, that’s all.
ur obviously sick minded.
and when u hear “playing with themselves”
u think masturbation.
grow up.
Really? we should encourage the baby boys to play with themselves?? You said at the age of 1 or 2!!! This seems a bit sick!
Please if you may. Watch the entire movie Whose body, whose rights there is a history of circ. reliable info. It divided into 6 pieces, please watch them if you may and if you wish send me a comment. Whose body, whose rights
And I also thik taht what has been done in my case was very good! My foreskin retracted early!How was I supposed to remember for myself about this cleaning when I was so young.If my parents hadn’t retracted my foreskin for washing when I was a baby, it would have becoe sore.This doctor forgot about my case:retractable foreskin from the very beginnig of the live.The rest of information presented here is not bad!
All in all very good!I’m from poland uncircumcised and my mom is a doctor with a similar opinion! But just one thing is missing here:my foreskin became retrctable(fully!)when i was 15 months old! my parents kept it retracting and cleaning benaeth it and when i was4 my dad told me how to do it for myself, how to recognize, whether everything with my penis is ok! Some foreskins become retractable when the child is more tahn 10 years old! Its individual!
Oh my goodness! I can’t BELIEVE how many mothers have told me “You know you’re going to have to take special care for it if you don’t get him cut!” It didn’t make ANY sense to me. After my son is born I thought to myself a lot “Wow, this is messy enough without having to worry about an open wound!” Use logic, people!
The basic message here is…
If he is intact, you don’t have to do anything.
If he is circumcised, you have to take great care to be sure infections and fusion of the wound does not occur.
The solution? Leave him intact!