To think pierced ears on a baby look horrible.

[Tealady1983]

So on fb tonight and a old school friend had pictures of her 3month ish baby with her ears pierced am I the only one that think this looks awful and that it's a bit cruel?

I just don't see the point for a baby to have them-I see the point for a walking talking child but a baby who is just gonna sit there -it all seems a bit much effort. You've got to turn the studs and it's all rather fiddly. Also I find sleeping in studs so uncomfortable. I'd personally wait till they can talk and say if they'd like it or not. I love earrings and would encourage a daughter to have them if they wanted. I don't see what the fuss is about if the child is old enough to understand the procedure- barbaric etc. come on, get a grip!

YANBU , bloody horrible and most likely the baby has a name like chardonnay and has very young parents.

DD and I were in Claires where a tiny girl (baby , about 4 months) was having her ears pierced.

They took images on the iPhone, the mum was laughing. She looked at me.
I hope me look of pure revulsion I gave her would hit a nerve.
Like the nerves in her little daughters ears as the earring punctured them.

My DD is 12yo. She had her ears pierced. Her decision with my consent.

Her choice.
She researched it.
I did not make the decision for her.

ravenAK I had a trainee in my office who had had a summer job at Claires. The "training" for piercing ears involved watching a short DVD; then having a go with the gun (please, not the same one . . .) on a soft toy with floppy ears; then standing watching while somebody already "trained" did a piercing. Then she was ready to go, and she told me she always managed to avoid doing it. She had herself been done with the needle and reckoned it might hurt a bit more but it was fifty times better.

If I had had a daughter who decided the time had come, and was old enough and mature enough to make that decision, I would have allowed it; but not at Claires or anywhere else where they use a gun.