A few parents will choose to have their baby boy circumcised (i.e. removal of the foreskin) for personal, religious or cultural reasons. At present there is no strong medical evidence to support the routine circumcision of baby boys. Circumcision rates are on the decline, with an incidence of about 10 to 11% in Australia, 60% in the USA, 20% in Canada and less than 5% in the UK. Routine male circumcision has never been a common practice in European, Scandinavian, Asian or South American countries, with rates being typically less than 1%.
If parents choose to circumcise their baby boy, it should be performed by an experienced doctor, generally using proper anaesthetics in a surgery or hospital that can deal with any possible complications. If you wish to read more about the arguments for and against circumcision and what is involved with the procedure and how to care for a circumcised penis, you can read more in
circumcision of baby boys.