links about proper intact care?

[titania8]

i met a super nice woman today (from freecycle of all places! ) and she asked me about my email sig (which is about circ being wrong) and we got to talking about her sons, who were left intact, but her oldest had a "bit taken off" at the age of 8 because he was not retractable and was getting infections.

she has a 1 yr old, also intact. i would really like to send her something about proper intact care, and why what happened to her oldest should not have to happen to her youngest. she didn't mention any worries about the baby, but you know...

so what do you think would be the best thing to send her? thanks!!

[glongley]

The best general handout is from NOCIRC:
http://www.nocirc.org/publish/4pam.pdf

The best article about avoiding unnecessary circs which might explain why what happened to her older son probably didn't need to happen is:
http://www.mothering.com/health/prot...advice-parents

Thanks for passing on this info!

Gillian

[Christine_T]

Here are some good links:

http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/

http://www.kidshealth.org.nz/index.p...page/pi_id/266

http://www.cirp.org/pages/parents/care/

http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/...w10610_fm.html

[titania8]

thank you both!

[tutucrazy]

I have a bunch of links here:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...893&highlight=