Your baby will be fine. Scruffles was neutered, microchipped and had teeth extracted all in one visit. I dropped him off around 8 a.m. for his appointment and I picked him up that evening. He was groggy, but by the next day he was fine. He did not have a cone and he did not pick at his dissolvable stitches. The stitched area is very small. Just give your baby lots of love and affection and he'll be ok. Don't worry too much and good luck.