Baby with pierced ears

[mrsbeeton999]

School mum friend had baby in April and I’ve just noticed she’s had her ears pierced. Scrolling back through her Facebook they were pierced at beginning of July when piercing was still not open. This is seriously bad isn’t it? I’m a bit judgy about babies with pierced ears anyway so this might be clouding my opinion but having a new babies ears pierced illegally during a pandemic has really annoyed me

@fuckinghellapeacock - excellent post.

[quote RedRumTheHorse]@carlablack nonsense.

Then again all my percings were done with a needle.[/quote]
My 20 year-old perfectly healed piercing hole got infected just because of an earring misfunction. It hurt for a week.

I think piercings should be illegal until 18 when the adult can then make an informed decision to make holes in their own bodies.

Babies and children don’t need accessories. They can have fake ones if they want to play dressing up games.

Maybe time to re-evaluate your friendship OP if values not align.

When I was born the hospital has a package that included piercing. My mother will see us dressed and with tiny gold earrings soon after birth.
In Mexico is standard practice even now. Maybe not as common but nurses used to do it.
Culturally is perfectly fine. Here in the UK I've never seen a baby with earrings.

There was an almost identical thread a couple of weeks ago.

Piercing earlobes is piss easy. The baby could probably do them herself. People make all sorts of choices for their kids that I don’t make for mine. Life is a rich tapestry etc. Stay away from social media if you don’t want to see into other peoples odd lives

I personally piercing babies' ears is tacky as fuck and questionable in a pandemic. But I also think this is a goady thread.

Anyone else got the realistic doll advert with that attractive pink bow ??

Almost like the advertisers were just waiting for this thread to come along

Can’t see the ears unfortunately

Oh don’t be so stupid, it’s not ‘seriously bad’. It’s just not the done thing in your culture. It is the done thing in many cultures though and you aren’t any more superior than them. Wind your neck in and get off her Facebook, pathetic way to spend time.

I think it’s horrid. Also my sister pierced her own ears and they bled quite a lot. I still remember her doing it. It’s hard enough taking a baby for their very necessary vaccinations. I can’t imagine cracking out a needle and stabbing their ear. Just because something is done for ‘cultural’ reasons, doesn’t mean it’s a good or desirable thing to do. There are plenty of practices that have died out over the years.

EmbarrassedUser I was about 14 when I saw a young baby having her ears done in Claire’s. It upset me so much as the mother was sat there going ‘oh do you think I’m a horrid mummy’ as the poor thing was bawling her eyes out. I was a very shy, non confrontational teenager and I turned around and said yes you are and left.

It’s child abuse IMHO. What sort of mother would deliberately deform their baby just because they think that it looks cute?

@Dogsorlogs I think you can tell from this thread that they definitely are.

It’s a cultural practice in my background, for boys and girls. In my family we just go to a private GP to do it. Never heard of anyone from my background having an infection as babies can’t fiddle with their piercings - that’s something that happens when you wait until kids are older. They often don’t wash their hands properly after a poo or something equally as disgusting and all of a sudden they need to go to A&E.

Tbf I too would be horrified by a baby having their ears pierced in the middle of a tat shop...

If people realise most people who say they had it as babies/their babies have it in the other countries have it done by a doctor, not a part timer in a shopping centre. It's actually done quite responsibly that way

@Mushypeasandchipstogo so loads(the majority) of mothers in various different countries are abusive because..earrings? Seriously?

Piercing earlobes is piss easy. The baby could probably do them herself.

A fun addition to these tedious threads

I wouldn't do it to my dc but I cant say it bothers me what others choose to do with their dc as long as their not asking for my help with the piercing.
Dd had hers done when she was about 7
Ds1 was about 14
Ds2 doesnt want his done yet but if he does I'll take him.

@Sailingblue good on your teenage self.

It is tacky and unnecessary and cultural reasons doesn't excuse inflicting pain on a baby, plus the whole premise of 'decorating' a baby is pretty abhorrent.

Stop being such a boring (i.e. uninventive) snob. Babies with pierced ears look gorgeous and it saves the whole, equally boring, conversation between many a 10 year old and her parents about when to get it done. My parents said not until I was 17, by which point I was deep into some sort of grunge phase and didn't. Then felt I would be an awkward latecomer to earrings and left my lobes alone. But I regret it. It's culturally of some significance, but hardly fricking open heart surgery.

YANBU
Fashion is not a good enough reason to hurt a baby and put holes in their body. Babies feel pain. 'Cultural' reasons are the same, it's all done for fashion.

It looks chavy as anything but its done now.

People can pierce ears quite easily at home. My teen got his done at home during lockdown. I've pierced ears for a living before it's not hard. Though I do agree with you OP.

@Mushypeasandchipstogo

It’s child abuse IMHO. What sort of mother would deliberately deform their baby just because they think that it looks cute?

Deform their baby?

And to OP, Ive never heard of a daughter (or son) to hold a grudge or hate their mother later in life for the reason that they pierced their ears young. PPs were right it's none of your business, was you expecting someone to encourage you to ring social services?

The crying was horrendous and her face was red and she kept squirming.

I've seen similar and I was also upset. It's not OK to inflict unnecessary pain on a baby.