Any moms with uncircumcised boys? I need help.

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Okay I'm gonna start with if you think my descion is bad then get off my topic, I'm choosing to not circumcise my son Who will be here soon in July. My husband is not circumsized not a lot of both sides of our family is... so I chose it for our son. 
Anyways I have a question, how do you clean it? Like the same way my husband cleans his... by pulling skin back and washing it with soap and water or? I heard pulling back skin is bad... then some of my family was like pull it back as far as it goes and clean it.. just need advice.

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We were going to circumcise but after taking our birth class, we were convinced not too! We learned how it's just cosmetic and not a dirty thing at all! Why mutilate our little one just for cosmetic use? We haven't learned much yet about cleaning, I think you mostly clean it after sex, so it's his job when he is older. Our doula said the liquid in the foreskin is like the liquid on your eye, and we don't clean our eyes. It's like self cleaning unless you get it "dirty"

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Don't pull it back!! It is fully attached when they're a baby which is why circumcision is pretty brutal...it can start to retract when they are toddlers all the way up through puberty. Only the boy them self should retract it to clean, since they're the one that can feel how far to go.

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I've read not to pull it back on an infant as it is not fully separated and can cause bleeding and other problems. That happens typically between ages 5-10. Clean it as you would a circumcised infant penis, by washing the outside thoroughly.

We are not circumcising our son due in July either.

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I didn't have to do anything with my son. When he got old enough which was around 6 the doctor discussed cleaning it with the both of us and he's been doing it ever since

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http://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/tc/caring-for-your-young-sons-uncircumcised-penis-topic-overview

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As an infant you leave it alone, once they get to the point where you can tell the skin is more loose/easy to pull back I would run water and soap over it. .. after he takes a warm bath is the best time to mess with it.

My son is 4 now and does it on his own in the shower, every few weeks ill squirt some peroxide on it but that's just me.. Hope this helps!

Any moms with uncircumcised boys? I need help.

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