Circumcision
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Omg they didn't tell you to give him tylonal? That's horrible. Ours told us to give 1.25 ml before the appointment then 3ml as often as every 4 hours for up to 3 doses. We gave it right at 4 hours then he slept for a while and wasnt really in pain, but when he woke up sometime in the middle of the night he seemed to be so I gave another dose. Then I think sometimes the next day I gave like half a dose because he seemed uncomfortable. How is the bleeding? Use TONS of vaseline. It helps with the pain because then it doesnt rub inside the diaper and create friction. I found putting a tissue or gauze pad with vaseline over it was better than just putting it straight in the diaper. Seemed to protect it a bit better incase of a blowout. We had ours done right about 2 months as well.
@Nicole umm crying non stop for hours is actually NOT the norm... if that's happening, they forgot to tell her to give tylonal or something is wrong.
@Carina not much bleeding, doctor told me to leave the covering on it for 24-48 hours so I put Vaseline on when it comes off or when?
It's been 5 hours he cry's here and there
We put petroleum jelly or vaseline on/ around his penis so the diaper wouldn’t rub against it and irritate it. We did it for every diaper changed for about 2 weeks.
@Michelle if they put the covering in place and vaseline under it, then yes leave it, once it comes off, put a ton of vaseline on every diaper change. I went through several containers in a week. And give that baby tylonal asap.
Definitely a baby dose of Tylenol for the pain as the other mamas suggested. Our surgeon told us to apply triple antibiotic instead of petroleum jelly. Although we did the petroleum jelly for our first child. I have to say he healed quicker than our first. Not sure if it was the antibiotic ointment or just how he naturally healed. Hope he feels better soon ❤️🩹
So mine was circumcised at 3 days and it was very easy it didn’t seem to bother him al all except when I was putting Vaseline on it. But just out of curiosity was there a reason it’s being done at 2 months? I’m a first time mom so I’m not judging because this shit is hard. But I’m just curious.
@Elizabeth I'm not sure about OP, but I also did it around 2 months so figured I'd also chime in and answer. My first was a girl so this was all new to me. No one explained that it needed to be done right away, we just knew it was considered elective, not covered by insurance, and not offered in our hospital. I'd planned to talk to our pediatrician about it as I was still on the fence about doing it, but hubby wanted to (was hoping she would talk us out of it I guess lol) but hubby's reasoning was also not something I could argue (another story)... 1/3
Then our office scheduled us with a different doctor for the first 2 appointments as ours was not available right away. We asked at the first apt and she was like oh yeah I'll get you the sheet with recommendations and that was like literally all she said and kinda glossed over it and I didnt want to press because I didnt know her and idk didnt get a good vibe I guess. Then she forgot to give us the paper and I ended up having to go to the second apt alone and forgot to ask. Our 1 month apt was with actual ped dr so I asked her then, at that point deciding to just accept we were doing it... and she gave me the paper. I was dealing with a little ppd and getting on meds so didnt call right away... ended up calling around like a week or so later. 2/3
Was also dealing with trying to get a tongue tie corrected and kinda placed more importance on that at the time. Day we got the tongue tie clipped I was calling around for the circ and ended up having to call like 10 different offices before I found one that could take him. Most only offer it up to 10lbs, and it gets a lot more expensive after that. If anyone had told us it would be so much harder to find someone to do it and also more expensive, I would have prioritized that and made sure to do it right away.... 🙃🙃🙃 3/3
My pediatrician recommended children's Tylenol for the pain. I gave my son genexa for it. He was good after a few hours and a few feedings. At night for a few nights he did kind of cry out in his sleep too.