to think that getting ur ? month old babys ears pierced is awful !

[em83]

i was in town yesterday in claires accessories and was appauled to see a mother sitting with her baby on her lap about to get the babys ears pierced !! it was visible the baby coulld not quite sit up by herself so im guessing she was around 6-7 month.
i moved away to the top of te shop and heard a high pitched scream... poor baby !!!
the mother needless to say was a bit of a "chav" and dripping in gold herself,
my 2 girls are 1 and 2 and i wouldnt dream of getting their ears pierced for a good more few year yet !
i think this is awfu that shops allow this sort of thing, aibu to think this !

Piercing should have an age restriction the same as tattoos.

I think its very tacky in pre high school children.

I am an ear piercer and I had a policy in our shop not to pierce ears under the age of 3.
There is no law or age restriction but there bloody should be!!
I refused two mothers for wanting there babies ear pierced, one woman gave me verbal abuse for refusing.
The thing is the ear lobes are too small and are harder to get a definate peircing as you have to stretch the skin to get an accurate peircing let alone the fact that it hurts.

blondes this will shock you but I think it looks a bit tacky on babies too

I myself, had my first when I was very young, and my second set when I was 9 years old, they caused me many problems and I vividly remember being bullied because I had a beautiful pair of hear shaped earrings that I insisted on wearing even though they gave me severe gyp, and the girls in my school thought it was because they were made of tin and I was poor
... they were actually expensive but thats neither here nor there lol

I don't think inflicting them on a tiny baby is very nice at all, and you should wait until they are at least old enough to ask for them and understand what is involved

my view is somewhat ironic considering what I myself now look like

Agentzigzag, I can only speak for the stpre I was in at the time. I was lucky that one of the other members of staff was more experienced at ear piercing than me and so she let me out of doing it.

I know there were a couple of times when she wasn't about that we just told the customer that there were no trained staff in. Not sure what company policy was on that.

I imagine it's pure coincidence that at my local (very ropey and rough) Sure Start toddler group most of the babies have pierced ears. They also have mothers with cheap clothes, badly dyed hair, Argos rings and scowl at the group leader when she tells them to keep the noise down so the poor tots can hear the stories and songs.
They take it in turns to watch each other's kids whilst they nip out for fags.
A chav is a chav and piercing their tiny kid's ears is a sure fire giveaway.

wwow- now you do suprise me!!!

What is a chav? Should I be worried.

I always wonder when they grow up if the holes will still be central? I think I would've left the shop, and tried to ignore the whole situation. Doesn't really seem fair on the baby cultural or otherwise

I really do need to know what a chav is. In all honesty, I do not have a clue.

bloody chavs

I really do need to know what a chav is. In all honesty, I do not have a clue.

Here in Spain I am constantly correcting people that my DD dressed in pink and often in a dress is a Girl. They look for the earring straight away. The Spanish all think the English tradition of not piercing ears is strange and often point out that my ears are pierced.

However, we had no problems at the hospital. My DH was on earring watch, but it never came up. I don't think girls are having their ears pierced at the hospital any more. But maybe someone else knows better...

I live in Spain too (though am a Brit) and a friend of mine said someone did come round the post labour ward proffering the piercing gun for the girls and she declined. Again, their little girl is often in dresses, and even when she's in full pink regalia the parents are asked if 'it's a boy or a girl', as folk do not understand why she is earing-less. I find it horrible, but seems to be a fixed cultural thing here. Mind you, I used to be asked if my DS is a girl as he doesn't have the usual skinhead cut - just normal length.

blondes - I thought I might

but I am old enough and ugly enough to understand what I am inflicting on my body and it is my choice - no way would I force my child to conform to the way I choose to look...
... although I wouldn't have a leg to stand on if they decided they did want to be pierced up to the eyeballs when they got older would I?!

i am the op and i am speaking my mind ! a chavs a chav ! where i come from (northeast)a "chav" is a widely used name its got nothing to do with class ! infact i know of a high working class family whos daughter is a chav !!!!!! therefore slate me all u like

coralanne the word vicki pollard from little britain (if ur familiar with little britain)springs to mind when mentioning the word chav !
would give u more of an indepth description but there may be people on here who have bleached white blond hair and cheap gold style "bling" who may take offence !

Ear piercing in babies should definitely be outlawed. It's an invasive (medical) procedure which is not in the child's best interests, and carries risks. Amazed it hasn't been yet.

Hurting a small child unnecessarily is always a bad thing.

Surely everyone bar the most ignorant posters agree piercing an infant or small child's ears is just wrong.
Fair enough, play Devil's Advocate if you must but it is an awful and cruel practice carried out for vanity (the mother's) and is wrong.

em83 ...Would a chav use text speak on a forum

I don't like to see babies with their ears pierced either. It's not really necessary. The baby's not exactly going to say 'mum, I'll have that pair over there, the gold studs, not that keen on silver'.

I feel that way about religion though, let children make up their own mind about all these matters when they are old enough to make an informed decision. Some parents are very pushy and are modelling their own lives and beliefs on their own offspring.

YANBU.

You could have spared us the 'chav' comment though...

It's so weird on MN when calling people chavs is a hangable offence, but accusing them of child abuse is perfectly OK. Is it not better just to say that I don't particularly like earrings on a baby rather than call people who do child abusers? These things are matters of opinion!