BigFooty topic - Helmets vs. Whistles

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This thread on BigFooty is exactly what dasher would be looking for....
This thread on BigFooty is exactly what dasher would be looking for....
zipzap wrote:I reakon this is a really valid discussion, in fact I really want some advice as I'll be a dad for the first time this year. Round 14 to be exact - shame we don't have a bye.
Without getting too personal (I'm not going to start a poll or anything) but I thought it was fairly common and I thought I'd be in favour when the time came. But the more I talk to people and read about it, it appears it is a bit more frowned upon these days.
To snip or not to snip???
Punk Rooster wrote:Dasher would be hysterical if he saw this... He'd be burning down buildings from one side of Adelaide to the other... Whilst I didn't agree with the topice 1st time round, I do sympathise with him now, considering he fought like a sabre toothed tiger, to stop it's demise....
Wedgie wrote:I'm a helmet but we left him as a whistle, there's just no need for it and it puts babies through unnecessary pain.
If they want to get done when they're older so be it.
Pseudo wrote:Some food for thought:
Pseudo wrote:Some food for thought:
My partner was discharged from hospital a few weeks before our newborn daughter. Consequently she had to commute to the hospital each day in order to breastfeed etc, and spent much of her days in the nursery. On one of these days, a bloke was admitted to the room. He took one of the male babies into a small adjoining room. On asking what was going on, my partner was told "you don't want to know".
The screams which subsequently emanated from the room reduced her to tears.
She is now of the opinion that anyone who would have their kid circumcised ought to be prepared to stand within earshot when the operation takes place.
zipzap wrote:But still one nagging thought remains...I don't remember the knife and I'm really glad my parents made that decision.
Freaking ugly things if you ask me.