If stool get on the penis, wipe it gently. The important thing is to keep the area as clean. Some pediatricians recommend keeping a clean dressing over the area until the penis is fully healed, while others advise leaving it off. The next time the baby urinates, this dressing usually will come off.

Ritual circumcisions for religious reasons are usually performed in the second week after birth.Īfter the procedure, a light dressing with petroleum jelly will have been placed over the head of the penis. If you chose to have your son circumcised, the procedure likley performed in the hospital before discharge, but is sometimes done afterward.