Did the mohel come back a few days later to check the baby?

amother

Tue, Nov 20 2007, 8:22 pm

My mohel was not going to . but since I was a first time MOMMY
I was persistant. and he came back

Esther23

Tue, Nov 20 2007, 8:42 pm

yes, my mohel came back a few days later to check that everything was fine, I've heard of other mohels that do the same.

Purplehair

Tue, Nov 20 2007, 9:10 pm

Ours did with both of our sons.
I'm glad you were insistant upon it.

Marion

Tue, Nov 20 2007, 9:15 pm

With DS #1 he came the following night; with DS #2 the same night.

BrachaVHatzlocha ↓

Tue, Nov 20 2007, 10:32 pm

nope, he didn't.
but he answered questions, if needed. I called him a few minutes before shabbos and he was able to help me.

momluv

Tue, Nov 20 2007, 11:13 pm

yes he did. he changed the first pamper and came back a couple of days later to check again that everything looked ok.

Clarissa

Tue, Nov 20 2007, 11:14 pm

My first mohel did. My second mohel didn't. Maybe he still will...I don't know. The baby is 18 months old, so I'm not holding out much hope.

catonmylap

Tue, Nov 20 2007, 11:18 pm

Yes(or he sent another mohel because he was away). Plus he ended up coming back the same day because ds was bleeding too much and put in stitches. We were very relieved we didn't have to take ds to the hospital.

rachel19977

Wed, Nov 21 2007, 4:27 am

He better come back. He needs to check if the skin is healing and bleeing ceased. And take of the dressing.

At least to check if the job was done right!

Even that our Mohel came back to see DS's Brit Milla 3 days later, he saw him again 6 months later by chance, and asked to see his brit milla, and he had to pull a peice of skin that was stuck back off again - and I'm glad he caught that! B"H next time around I'll be asking Mohel to come back 2 months later JUST IN CASE!

MommyEsty

Wed, Nov 21 2007, 5:23 am

yeah our moel came back 2 or 3 times untill it was perfectly healed.
both times

shopaholic

Wed, Nov 21 2007, 10:06 am

Honestly, I can't remember. One bris was 7.5 years ago & one was 3 years ago. I hope he did though.

miriamnechama

Wed, Nov 21 2007, 10:18 am

mine did though teh first I wasn't happy with.... ds1 got an infection. teh second mohel was better and happier with the service and he came back too. he's a friend of dh and his brother is also very good friends with dh.

↑ BrachaVHatzlocha

Wed, Nov 21 2007, 1:29 pm

I think the pediatrician looked at it at the well-baby visit soon after anyway.

Tamiri

Wed, Nov 21 2007, 1:32 pm

I have five boys, four diff mohels (my father "did" two of the five boys). Of the three mohalim that I paid, I KNOW that the last one, nearly 3 years ago did not come back to check and I am not sure about the other two. The last mohel gave us instructions and a phone number to call if there were issues.

gigi

Wed, Nov 21 2007, 1:56 pm

he came about every other day till the bris. which was a few days late.
but we live in a small town, and he's an excellent mohel.

pink car

Wed, Nov 21 2007, 8:17 pm

no, my mohel didn't come to check, but gave me instructions what to do...

every mohel has their method, and with the mohel we used, there was no reason to change the dressing, the bandage fell off after a few days (thats what the mohel said would happen) I bathed the baby in dreft, I kind of held him in the tub, and soaked him for 5 minutes for 8 days after the bris and that was that!!!

also, until the bandage fell off, baby couldn't be in teh sitting position

Mommy3.5

Thu, Nov 22 2007, 11:36 pm

My mohel saw the baby at least three times. Once before the brit, and gave pre brit instructions. Once right after to bandage and take care of the post brit, and give instructions. and then three days later to remove the bandages and check on healing.

And for one of my son's who was yellow, he saw him 3 times before the brit.

Seraph

Fri, Nov 23 2007, 3:07 am

mohel came 3 days be4 bris, said it was too complicated for him, sent a specialist mohel for the bris itself. and then the first mohel came back the day after the bris to check and take off bandage, and told me to bathe the baby 3 days later (after rosh hashanas 3 days), but not touch the bris until it healed 100%. he had me put on these drops, when those finished bacitracin, and once the tube was used up, zehu.