Today was one of those baby days that I knew was coming but had deluded myself into thinking that the appointment wasn't until Friday. But no. The appointment was for today at high noon.
I am, of course, talking about Graydon's circumcision. A word that strikes cold fear into the hearts of men everywhere and an uncontrollable crossing of the legs to ward off the demon of foreskin snipping agony.
But it has come and gone with no more than a mere bump in the day. Graydon is sleeping off his infant Tylenol and may wake up to transform into Mr. Cranky but I would say that he's earned his crankiness today.
He did impress the docs though. One with his toughness, he didn't cry until the very end and I think that was more because he was buck naked and a little chilly. The second thing was that he destroyed not one but two diapers during the hour long episode, including one attempt to spray the ceiling with his pee. An impressive lad, for sure!
We're home again, mostly intact but just happy to be putting today's very, very hard activity behind us. There are images that I really don't need burned into my memory and the one I have of my son's privates being cut is one of those. Thankfully, its a one time deal unless the next baby is a little boy as well and then we get to do it all over again, oh boy!
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