to think piercing of childrens ears should be banned

[lucyellensmum]

why why why would anyone want to do this to a three year old????? I went to a childrens party at the weekend, there was a lovely little girl there with the most awful blingy "diamond" earings pulling her ears down - ear piercing hurts, it is tantamount to child abuse IMO.

and as too cooking......... lol. I know a certain someone is offended by MarsLady's LDC. I just can't let it lie!

blimey MamaD 2? oh bless its funny, i am soooooooo not girly - i have my ears peirced and i have tattoos. My DD1 is much like me, not very girly but precocious (shes 17yers) she has facial piercings and is desperate for a tattoo. (and now has a summer job which she insists she is going to start saving for, oh god!!) but my DD1 despite my efforts to not sexually stereotype her (i buy her trainsets and cars - he he) is a real girly girly girl and she isnt even two yet - bless her heart, she wants necklaces and frills and insists on looking in the mirror after i dress her every morning - who says its nurture over nature, but im not sure where she got her girly genes from - now theres a thread i might start, might be lest contentious, what do you think.

we're living dangerously MarsLady

VVV the guy who used to do my tattoos told me that he used to work in the cambridge red light district, apparently he had tattood clitoris(es) and labia - uggghhhh, why? totally unparenting post.

UD.... you certainly are! Especially in this risk averse age!

owwwwch lucyellensmum. i got a tattoo on the top of my foot and that hurt like f....it hurt a lot!

toy23

if you eat pizza or you are embracing part of someone else's culture, or noodles, or curry...

it is not just that your views seem racist, they are racist..not just a question of perception

so you had a miserable time being brought up in your own family;s cultural heritage, does not give you the right to tell other people to get back to their own countries.

UD I am just checking your profile as i know someone with their foot tatood ;)

To true LEM!

My dd is really girlie in regards to looks - she asks to wear dresses and ALWAYS wants to wear pink, but then runs outside and digs mud puddles, chases the dog, helps dh in the veggie patch and climbs everywhere. I end up putting her in jeans daily after numerous floaty skirt incidents.

I'm not girlie at all, I'm a soldier for crying out load and wear combats to work (!) but dd tells me "I'm a princess mummy" and likes to look in the mirror and say "oooh pretty girl" to herself.

I really dont know where she gets it from (the earrings thing is just because Nana's earrings were shiny and dangly - I hope).

oh, its not you lol

nah MamaD, shes going to grow up to be a ballerina - lmao

Bloody hell I hope not. Not that I've got anything against ballerinas, it's just the constant watching their weight and standing on tip toes can't be healthy, surely? (God, not wanting to start another thread at all)

Maybe I'll make her a tutu out of my old combats - and fairy wings!

LEM - you don't know me then?

never mind that MamaD, it can't be a healthy thing for your bank balance either, all those lessons and pink shoes. It could be worse though, she could decide she likes horses!

No - UD, not unless you have developed freckles, have ginger hair and have just had a baby ;)

deffo not ginger, baby is 6mo, freckles seasonal

woot! have i killed the thread?

No...not at all UD! between you and LEM, you've saved it!

bummer

Personally I don't like it on very young girls, especially on babies.

I remember vividly having my ears pierced when I was 7, and it was a very exciting day for me. For me, I knew that it would hurt, I wanted it done, and I only wore discreet studs.

I'm expecting a little girl in September, I already have 2 boys. I don't know what age I'll let her have her ears pierced, probably not until she is at least 8 or 9, and then, like me, just tiny studs.

urban 'and perhaps a notice up in places like Claire's saying "Ear piercing in a baby is more likely to get infected and causes a baby pain" or something' - nice thought but this is a high street retailer we are talking about ! targets targets targets!!

lazyemma -
'They might have felt sharp, but they wouldn't have been nearly as sharp as a surgical piercing needle, which is also hollow, so that it slices through the skin - rather than ripping/forcing its way through, which is how the stud gun works. Stud guns are also impossible to sterilise properly, leading to a higher risk of infection. Piercings from stud guns generally take longer to heal than piercings done by a properly trained body piercer, partly because of the higher risk of infection and partly because of the tissue damage a stud gun causes. '

agree with you here! My post was just in response to the 'blunt metal' comment! I am not pro earpiercing! Just giving my experience

I dont like o see it on young babies/toddlers (rather chavvy) certainly wouldnt let my dd2.6 have them done!! Think if the child decides they want it when they are old enough then i will certainly discuss it, dont you think if the child isnt old enough to decide then its a bit like abuse? forcing them to have a metal ring shot through their ear?

UD - sorry to disappear, had to attend to my RL - dont you just hate it when RL interferes with MN

absolutely LEM

ds has woken up from his nap and is sitting on my lap squeaking in a very cute way...

well i'm off to the shops, because i have spent all afternoon on mumsnet,despite posting a thread asking to be reminded to go and do my housework, to which no one responded!!!! (bad mother emoticon)