to wonder why on earth you'd pierce a 6 month old's ears?

[darentinas]

Was in a shop today browsing with dd and suddenly heard the most agonising screams coming from the front of the shop, turned round and saw one of the shop assistants piercing a baby girl's ears. Poor little thing was in agony. Overheard her asking the mother how old the little girl was and she said six months. There then followed a list of instructions from the shop assistant on what to do if the baby got an infection from the piercing.

I can't believe someone would willingly inflict that sort of pain on a tiny baby, just so they can wear ear rings. My mum had my ears pierced when I was only 4 and I thought that was too young.

Am I missing something here?

to PP: controlled crying, for starters.

In hospitals in many parts of the world, they will pierce your baby's ear (and give you pretty much the same instructions for care as they do at Claire's accessories.) It is a shame that the service is not offered in UK hospitals and instead people go to get it done on the High St instead.

haha foxytocin. UK hospitals barely offer the basic healthcare service, let alone anything else.

I simply can't believe that people are still bothering with this, especially after SOH's brilliant post

Some cultures will pierce thir children's ears very young, and I respect their right to do it 100%.

But I hope you all respect my right to believe that it looks slapperish ansd tacky and downmarket on anyone under around 12, regardless of culture, and positively hideous on small babies.

My fourteen year old son does the big blingy David Beckham/Rapper diamond thing, and I tell him on a daily basis that he looks like a twat/prat/chav/loser and that anyone with any taste and intelligence will be secretly laughing at him. My seventeen year old son is very grungey with very long hair and he wears a simple sleeper which I think looks fine. Wouldn't have let him under fourteen though.