to say over my dead body!!!

[ethanchristopher]

to my dp who is taking ds into town today, going into claire's and getting his ear pierced because:

1. he is too young to have his own opinion on this
2. he will scream the place down when they come at him with the farking gun
3. he is only 21 months old
4. HE IS A LITTLE BOY FFS!!!!

sorry if anyones baby boy has their ears pierced but i think it looks absolutely rediculous even if it is only one ear. that combined with the fact that he will be very scared

so ive told dp if he comes back and my ds has a bolt through his little ear i will ban him from seeing him for a week and take it out

AIBU?

YANBU

If he doesn't respect your wishes, then what?

What an idiot.

no word as yet but i did ring claires and they said that it wasnt in the policy to refuse but they would take it into consideration if they turned up.

and lol at the marker pen suggestion. if only id thought of that before they'd left

YANBU......and another vote for misdee's suggestion.

but do it slowly, and also acid on his nuts could be rather painful too!

wtf claires said it wasn't in the policy to refuse when his mother has expressly forbidden it?!?!?!!

Hope for all your sakes that he has bottled it

i,m late coming on i hope he has,nt had this done its out of order i like it on older boys 10-11 ish i must admit but not on little one's poor thing hope they refused to do it

he has returned with my son in perfect condition

and a bag of haribo to say sorry

i have showed him this thread and the look on his face was priceless. i think its safe to say that ds will not be getting pierced ears any time soon

Thanks to misdee.. i think it was you that did it lol

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Phew, you must be very relieved EC, i am very surprised it is ALLOWED given that young kids cannot consent. I know as parents we have to consent to all sorts on their behalf, medically, but piercings a bit different isnt it

I hate it seeing little boys and girls running about soft play centres with hig hoop earrings, so unsafe!

he has his ear done

and he also likes to dress ds up in very "trendy" clothes - he refers to him as the cool dude

i think dp just wants ds to be very trendy and a mini dp so i think thats why he wanted it done

i dont think he realised how much it would upset me. but i do think he was being serious when he said it

Given that, you need to tell him your DS is not a doll!

bloody hell,children aren't fashion accessories - he's a knob and no mistake !

he's a wonderful father

he sees him everyday and in nearly all of his free time, he helps me out when i need to revise or do coursework, gives his share of the money and is just generally a fantastic father

he just sees ds as a mini him and wants them to be as alike as possible (he and his dad are incredibly close in almost every way)

i think this was just a little ploy to make them even more alike. i however - disagreed.

hes not a crap father just doesnt use his noggin to THINK

ds didnt know what was going on.

he just casually mentioned to me as he was sorting nappy bag out that he was going to do that today. cue massive rant and my generally huge stress. then mumsnet

i think ive put him across in a bad way lol, he doesnt treat him as an accessory, its just how him and his dad are, sharing clothes and hobbies e.t.c i think hes really desperate for it to be the same with him and ds...

I'm glad he didnt do it cos if it were me i'd go ballistic!

My soon to be 10yo got hers done in August because it was a reward for all her hard work at school with fantastic results.

It was her decision and she is old enough to do the cleaning 3 times a day and twisting her earring.

I know its all down to personal choice, but i really dont like seeing babies at just a few weeks with their ears pierced. I guess they dont know any different but they get jabbed enough in the first 3 months without having to scream the house down unecessarily!