My baby is perfect, except for this one thing.

Your baby is born. He is perfect. Ten fingers, ten tiny toes. Two squinty eyes. One perfect little nose. His little lips find the cutest pout. He is perfect. Except for this one thing. We are told for some reason that his penis is a mistake and needs to be altered. All parents of boys are told this! Every boy born has a birth defect, according to some medical professionals. That skin at the end of his penis, that is a defect and must be removed for his sake. Parents are told that if left as is, their precious baby boy will be exposed to more infection, disease, and possibly not look like everyone else. Here is the saddest part, we believe it. I had Lovey almost 5 years ago. Everyone was circumcising their sons. Had she been a boy instead, would I have followed the Zombie Train and had my baby boy’s penis cut? I’m not sure. I don’t remember reading or researching circumcision when I was pregnant with her. It is possible that if she were a boy, we would have not known better, and she would be circumcised. Now, Nature Baby is 15 months old and totally completely whole. By the time we had him, we had been enlightened. We knew that circumcision was not something we could ever do. We just felt like it was the most absurd thing ever to do to a newborn baby. God created that baby. He is perfect. Every part of him. Even his penis. God didn’t mistakenly put skin where it didn’t belong, on every male. He created our bodies exactly how they need to be. That skin has more function than just covering the penis. Once you research it, it is impossible to believe that circumcision is necessary, helpful to the infant, or even tolerable. If you research circumcision, and still decide to do it, you have not researched it enough. It is a major surgery that involves cutting off a part of your newborn baby. With NO pain medication! Circumcision just isn’t necessary. Circumcision can lead to other surgeries and complications. I know several parents whose young boys had to have an additional surgery at 2 years of age because “his circumcision wasn’t done right, and needed to be re-done.”

There are many reasons parents decide to circumcise their boys.

 One is just because everyone seems to do it, so it must be right.

Another may be because their doctor acted like it was no big deal.

One more reason is because fathers want their son’s penis to look like theirs. I have a lot to say about this. When do fathers and sons compare penises? Men, do you know what your dad’s penis looks like? Does it look exactly like yours? Do you look down in the shower and think, “I’m so glad my penis looks just like my dad’s.” Women, do you know what your mom’s vagina looks like? Does your vagina look just like hers? Would you have been ok with your mother agreeing to a surgery when you were a newborn so that your vagina would look more like hers?  

Another reason is because parents want their kid to look like everyone else. They don’t want their child to be different. The fact is the majority of males born in the United States are being left intact. Whole. Uncircumcised.

Another reason parents circumcise is that they feel that it is required by God. You can research more on that here and here.

Once you research circumcision, and watch a video or two about the procedure, I really think you will see that circumcision is not best.

There are support groups for parents who have circumcised their sons and now wish they hadn’t. If you have circumcised your son(s), and now regret it. Know that you are not alone. You can find healing and move forward. When we know better, we do better. Give yourself grace for everything before that. Link here.

Your baby is perfect. Every part of him! Love.