ear piercing on baby girl under two years

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What do people think about this? Saw it on a Spanish child and think it looks rather cute in a flamenco gypsy-chic kind of a way. Where would you get it done?

Claires accessories, not sure about chic but certainly gypsy....

There is no way I would do this to a child so young. Do you remember how painful it was having yours done?

Umm. Do you have a tin hat? Search for threads like this by going to search for message above.

I wouldn't. It's wrong to inflict a small child to this IMO. They can also pull them out/get infected. Your kid though.

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Seriously - plese do not do this to so young a child. Wait until she is old enough to make an informed decision. Not only will it hurt initially, but imagine if someone grabs it at a toddler group...

Not chic at all. I actually think it should be banned until a much older age.

Are you serious?

jesus wept the last time ear-piercing lil girls came up the rabble was screaming divorce

because parent consented granny to do this to this to dc

I just got my 18m old her first tattoo. Sooo cute. Its a heart with "MUM" spread right across her chest. She cried for a bit but I reminded her that its not nearly as painful as childbirth...

PMSL!

I've had mine branded.

Just in case they ever wander off, people will know who to return them to.

You could microchip them aswell, then you can track them with your mobile phone when they go in the garden to play. It only hurts for a little while.

nooooooooooo
wait til they are about 18

Well... Its a good job you didn't pick rush hour to post this thread or you'd have had 200+ posts within about 10 mins! As it is, its gone midnight and a lot of posters have gone to bed! This is a very emotive topic on MN and if its still in active convos tomorrow morningm you will find out!

My view though, for the time being!

It's not something I would do. Young children are pretty enough, without needing jewellery attached to them. Dd also had a VERY bad reaction to gold when she did have her ears pierced. She was between primary and secondary, so 11, when she had them done. She turned out to be allergic to gold and her ears swelled up to such a size, that when we took her to A&E to deal with it, the nurse pulled her earring out THROUGH THE BACK, without removing the butterfly! DH and I, had to peel her off the ceiling! SHE said to me, 'mummy, I'm glad I wasn't any younger, because that would have really hurt.' Out of the mouths of babes, eh.....

i would not do it,

it looks awful wrong on a child so young,

by the way,

checked your profile,

your twins are gorge

aye!thread i recall was prime time argy bargy call the priest/sw/police get a divorce debacle

If you are being serious, then apparently Claire's.
I had DD's done when we were in Indonesia. She was 13 months, I thought it looked pretty, I still do and she's 7 now.

It's up to you but it is not barbaric and is not child abuse as some folk will tell you, nor does it equate to having a tattoo.

DD looked shocked for about 10 seconds and that was it. She did not scream, cry and need to be held down.
Perhaps this does happen but I've only ever heard of it online. I've never seen it happen, and given I was in Indonesia for 10 weeks I saw a lot of babies ears pierced.

it's standard practice (or used to be) in Spain but not here. I was taken to Spain aged 2 and the locals all thought I was a boy because my ears were unpierced. Thankfully Mum didn't give in to local pressure and I still don't have pierced ears (never could abide the thought of having bits of metal going through me).

It's a bit harsh on a child so young if it isn't part of your culture.

Of course she's a terrible chav though, having earrings means she must be, and I'm an abuser, again having her ears pierced means I must be, she has to wear handbag earrings.

My DD is happy, healthy and a small hole in each ear that never bothered her getting is a ridiculous thing to focus on when talking of abuse.

I admit I didn't read the whole thread but I've read similar and I guess that's what I've responded to.

It is possible to have a child with her ears pierced, without her being chavvy, without her being abused, and with me following the culture that didn't seem to to distress and that looked lovely.

I guess you can't escape judgement though.
I defend myself as so much rubbish is written about kid's ear piercing. I speak from my experience of getting DD's ears done and it was fine.

how odd, mw, you were responding to things that weren't actually on this thread until you mentioned them!

Babies might look 'pretty' with their hair highlighted and curled. I wouldn't do that to one.

Yuck, don't. Wait till she's big enough to be consulted (at least 5). If you want to embrace no-brainer chav culture, buy yourself a tracksuit and have a 3-inch fingernail manicure ie do it to yourself not your DD.

ROFL @ brightongirldownunder.

You're right.
I've heard/read it on here before though and I hate the assumptions that are made just because a child has pierced ears so I answered before it was said.

I did say I was responding to things that hadn't been said this time

Solidgoldbrass
Why do you think that it must look or be Chavvy?
I accept you don't like it and don't agree with it, but why would you think the parent wants a tracksuit?
Is that a supposed Chav thing?

Well some people do it for 'cultural' reasons (and I still don't think much of that just like I don't think much of people who cut bits off their DCs genitals for 'cultural reasons') but doing it because you think it 'looks pretty' is what stupid uneducated Sun-readers do. It's revolting.