Sounds like a hard decision for you and your DH if you feel differently about it.

Personally, I would not consider circumcising my son.

I was just reading about circumcision last night - in a book called 'Heart to heart parenting', and the author was saying that there are a lot of nerve endings in the foreskin, and having the head of the penis protected by the foreskin allows it to remain more sensitive, so a man with an uncircumcised penis would get more intense pleasure. The book also said that in a circumcised man, the head of the penis grows an extra layer of skin as it's lost its natural protective covering, and that this dampens sensitivity as well.

My DH is uncircumcised, and I don't have any problem with the way it looks, it's just a natural penis. And I'm pretty sure they all look the same when they're erect. The same book was saying that there might be a slightly increased risk of urinary tract infections in uncircumcised males, but that's it. Honestly, men's penises are supposed to be uncircumcised - they've evolved to be there, so having a foreskin can't be that much of a health risk to them.

I can understand that your DH might not want your DS to question why he looks different to his dad, but I'm not sure that *for me* that would be enough of a reason to circumcise. I can't imagine that it would cause any distress to a boy to have a slightly different-looking penis to his dad. When he's old enough it would be pretty easy to explain why. My father is circumcised, my brother isn't and as far as I'm aware it has never caused any problems between them. In fact, my dad really resents the fact that he was circumcised.

I would be quite upset to have family interfering in this decision, it's up to you and your DH, so I hope that he's not listening too closely to his mother!

Best of luck making your decison, I hope that you can get lots of information and that the discussion you have with your DH is a good one.