Newborn baby ears pierced!

[Reenypip]

What's your opinion?
I personally think its horrible, looking wise and for the poor baby to go through and has no choice.
6 weeks old!!!!! How can that be aloud!!!!!!!!!!!? Is there any law on this!?

[MotherofDragons82]

That's a plan! He's only 8mo so possibly a bit young to be let loose with the razor himself, but I'll get DH to do it for him. Maybe we could shave his name into the side of his head?
Alternatively, would it be too young to consider a tattoo? His favourite things are boob, stacking cups and Sophie giraffe. So perhaps some sort of scene featuring all three, on his bicep. That'd be lovely.

[TheCraicDealer]

You should consider also letting him shave slits into his eyebrows as well, MotherofDragons, it'll really set the piercings off.

[MotherofDragons82]

I'm thinking of getting DS's eyebrow done, so he looks well 'ard.
Or his nipple?

[catgirl1976]

Sorry :)

I am having a vair bad day so small things are cheering me up

[Locketjuice]

It's awful

[SunshineBossaNova]

Norty catgirl

[catgirl1976]

Everyone's bub has pierced ears now. Ive had mines belly button done. Picked a Diamond so it twinkles when she wears her little crop tops and I pop her on the sunbed with me for a few minutes so her little tan really sets it off.

Nothing is too good for my little princess

[ChocsAwayInMyGob]

I think babies are so beautiful they need no enhancement. I think it looks horrible.

As for the argument about "lots of women have their ears pierced", well that's their choice. I personally think there should be a law against it. It can't be 100% safe.

[MrsBucketxx]

it should be made against the law.

I saw a baby at a family party with studs at the weekend ( and with a fruit shoot) and my first thought mums definately not a mumsnetter.

[LeGavrOrf]

Lol at they were real gold studs.

I had mine pierced when I was 6 weeks old. Not cultural reasons though. Just being common.

I never wear earrings now and the holes have never closed up.

Bloody hell though at the bloody rampant !!!!!!!!!!!!! misuse. Makes you look fick innit.

[Nanny0gg]

And if your babba looks like a boy, even in pink frocks, isn't earrings such a simple way to show it's a girl?

Um, not necessarily...

[WhataSook]

My opnion Reen is that you should mind your own.

In some cultures it's just what is done. And no moogy its not like FGM, not in tbe least. FFS some people have too much time to get all het up about shit.

[moogy1a]

"and \i think it looks pretty"
FFS.

[moogy1a]

Cultural thing to cut the clitoris off at a young age too. doesn't make it right.

[Sirzy]

My main problem is why would you want to put something into a child which could very easily, and very painfully, be ripped out during normal play?

Let alone the whole "it's not your body to modify" side of the argument!

[Skinheadmermaid]

I don't understand why everyones got so indignant about this. Its only earrings.
I was about 2 when i got mine pierced, they were real gold studs and i still wear earrings.
What's the big deal? I've never heard of anyone getting upset because their parents pierced their ears early. Surely it saves them the hassle of worrying about (the non existent) pain when they're older.
Any legit place would use real gold or silver on a baby so chances of infection are extremely low.
And i think it looks pretty. And no i'm not a traveller.

[KhaosandKalamity]

I would have thought that health and safety would be a big concern. Piercings can get infected easily and torn easily on the playground (obviously not at 6 weeks). I have about 15 piercings all up, and the butterflys often dig in to my head while sleeping, so I would also be concerned about difficulty sleeping for the child.

All in all I am pretty paranoid and the idea of creating the possibility of infection (or an allergic reaction as someone pointed out) for purely cosmetic reasons is beyond me.

As a 5 year old I was not responsible enough to maintain my pierced ears and they only lasted a year before I got sick of them, I imagine many young children could find them annoying.

[Robinredboobs]

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[Buzzardbird]

Oh, but it makes them look so sophisticated!

[Spanglish31]

I live in Spain, and the norm here is that nearly every baby girl leaves hospital 3 days after being born wearing tiny pearl earrings. My daughter didn't and believe it or not had to withstand about 2 years of people asking me if she was a boy or girl (I kid ye not, pink clothes, dresses etc, hello?)
I don't think it's awful, or mutilation, just unnecessary. Babies are beautiful and in my opinion, don't need holes in their ears to add decoration.

[foreverondiet]

I doubt the pain is any worse than the countless injections we impose on our babies.... My main objections are that a) with growth it may transpire that the holes end up in the wrong place b) risk of earrings getting caught of something like hairbrush c) that child should be able to consent that she wants it done d) risk of infections and allergies

[TERRICOVERLEYDoSAC]

A colleague once drew the connection between this tradition and minority communities in mainland Europe with a history of having to flee persecution without warning (including Gypsy communities) - jewellery being used as a way of guaranteeing at least some portable assets available to help secure an individual's safe passage.

[Swallowing]

"a lot of brown people do it"
My brown Aunty got mine done when I was very little, my not-brown mother nearly imploded. And then got over it, it is just earrings.

[propertyNIGHTmareBEFOREXMAS]

Because some people are thick. Thick as fuck. Hth