I couldnt help myself it just came out of my mouth "oh my God, why would you do that??"
Went out for dinner with DP and DD, family resturant, hungry horse - lots of families. Anyway, There were we, DD (4) looking like an urchin child - unbrushed hair, scruffy clothes from being a cat in the school nativity play. Sat down was a perefectly presented family, little boy sat with the requisite spiked hair, spotless clothes. Beautiful little baby, i mean beautiful, still with a bobbly head, must have been no more than two weeks old, if that. So, being the broody mare that i am, im cooing like mad - only to see the biggest pair of gold studs in the poor little mites ears . I was visibly horrified, gasped, walked off muttering, why would you do that?? Spent the rest of my meal getting daggers from the mother.
They were very English, there was no cultural reason for the mutilation of their child. What is wrong with them?? FFS - i cried when my DD had her injections, most mums hate it but of course we do it, its for their own good - but what justification for firing an object, bigger than any needle through the thick skin of your babies ear? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY????
More importantly i feel, who the hell did it?? FFS? Can you really turn up at Claires accessories on your way home from the labour ward with your baby requesting them to be peirced??
I was 10 before i was allowed earrings - i passed out from the shock of the pain.
As for the argument that the baby wont really feel it or remember it - oh, stick it up your arse!!! ~I was actually a member of an anti tail docking organisation and read a paper by a respected vet that suggested that neonates actually feel pain more acutely than older dogs - i see no reason why this doesnt translate to humans.
Why is the peircing of children still leagal?? Its illeagal to have facial peircings done under the age of 16 (isnt it?) so why can we continue to do this to young babies - shame on them