So sad, It was gone!

[Jillie]

Today I was in Target when we had to make a pit stop in the restroom. The changing table was busy and I just happened to catch a glance at the little boy getting changed as we squeezed by. I couldn't believe how he had no penis! I've read about such things, but to actually see it first hand....I hate to say it but I did a double take. It looked like there is something wrong, like birth defect wrong, why would any one do that to their kid? How do you keep something like that clean, when its all sucked in, and yet open? Does that actually become "normal" (ya right) someday, as in visible? Do they grow out of it? And people think I'm weird for leaving my kid intact.: At least he has a penis!!

[coloradoalice]

OMG, that is just horrible! There are no other words.

[Nathan1097]

Yeah I've seen that. Mothers have joked that you have to "pop it out" to clean or "he has two innies..." It DOES look freaky!

[eightyferrettoes]

Yeah, one of my husband's co-workers has a son whose penis looks like that. It is truly a bizarre sight.. like there's a belly-button where his penis should have been.

I don't know if it is supposed to "fix" itself as the child gets older, but it always makes me cringe to see it.

I'd never asked about the "popping it out" thing... doesn't that sound like a lot more work than cleaning an intact baby? I mean, if the motivation for circing were really hygiene related, how is it supposed to be easier to "pop it out" like that?

*shivers*

[DahliaRW]

And if it doesn't self-correct as the kiddo gets older, it kind of throws the whole locker room argument out of the window (not that I believed that one anyways). I mean, who would get teased more in a high-circ society, a kid with a foreskin or one without a visible penis?

[iris0110]

My nephew is like this, he has also had tons of adhession problems. But I'm the weird one for not circing. : I think it is supposed to correct itself (the hidden penis thing, the adhessions he has had to have lots of painful treatments for), but I wouldn't want to have to mess with it. I feel so sorry for the poor kid.

[kxsiven]

I have no info about this, but I think sometimes it doesn't go away?

Just remembering Howard Stern's 'smallest penis contest'. These adult men clearly have buried penis.

Here is a link to a video clip from that contest - warning it does show - or tries to show the very small, buried penises..

http://www.funny-games.biz/videos/42...ard-stern.html

[jessjgh1]

I've changed one circed boys poopy diaper. It was NOT easier to clean. It was not smooth, like my son's. The poop got all around the scar line. It was hard to clean- and seemed to bother him. I"m not even sure I did the best job- he was very upset and it became hard to keep him still- he just needed to be held. I don't want to make a big deal, because he had a little bit of a stomach bug then and that couild have been most of what caused him discomfort/upset-- but I really hope I never have to do it again and find out.

I knew he was circed, and love his mother, and know she woujldn't circ a 2nd-- she is supportive of intactness-- and openly talks about the benefits of intactness (Oh, here's another reason to leave your son intact....)-- but it was still shocking. I'd even seen other boys (from a distance- 5 10 feet away) naked. I thought I wouild be prepared.

I don't know if it was harder because we see each other often adn are friends or what.

Jessica

[frenchie]

Not too long ago I was at a friend's house, and *her* friend was over with her son. She had him naked in a little pool, and we all got on the subject of circumcision. This little kid is like 7 months old, and about 24 lbs...which doesn't help since his pelvic area is so fat.....but he has a hidden penis too. I actually posted a thread about my discussion with her. She's the one who said that since she didn't have a penis, she let her husband make the decision to have their son circ'd. His penis looked so odd to me. I know men actually have cosmetic surgery to have their hidden penis "popped out", I watched it on Dr. 90210.

[kissum]

My cousin's son has one of those. I changed him once and it really freaked me out to see it. I seriously thought there was something wrong with him. Ick.

[AutumnMama]

Yep, my SIL's SIL has a circ'd baby boy and I saw her changing him once...she had to push down on the fat around it to pop it up; totally freaked me out. I'd never seen anything like that before! Poor kiddos

[DreamsInDigital]

My #1 DS was born like that. It was like that even before he was circ'd (Sigh. I wish I'd known then what I know now...) and corrected itself around his 2nd birthday.

[Mountaingirl3]

Does buried penis happen because of circ or roley-poleyness? Can it happen to intact boys?

Thanks for any info.

[Ilaria]

I've seen a few, they freak me out.