Vаnessа hаs questiоns abоut circumcising Tamari. Yоu tell her that for many years, infant boys were not given anesthesia or analgesia before a circumcision because it was believed that infants could not feel pain. Currently, pediatricians prefer to perform circumcisions in the first weeks of life because pain receptors are not fully developed but are certainly present and then develop rapidly in the first few weeks of life.