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Baby EarPiercing discussion on GMTV - Now!

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Milliways · 01/06/2005 07:33

I was watching and thought of you lot. They are having the same arguments that we all were a few weeks ago!

Maybe Pheasant shooting will be on telly in a few weeks as well

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Pinotmum · 02/06/2005 10:46

Ok I'll get off my soapbox

Toothache · 02/06/2005 10:49

But OO - the fact is that I think ears should NOT be pierced until the child is old enough to consent. If that makes Nutty feel like a bad Mum (which it shouldn't) then I'm sorry.... but it's still my opinion that I stand by. I haven't said that people that do pierce their babies ears are bad parents. I don't really think its a reflection of their parenting skills at all!

Kelly1978 · 02/06/2005 10:54

but it isnt permanant, dd has a choice - she can take them out tomorrow. bodily piercing is not the same thing at all. Ear piercing is a common pratice, that most women choose to do, and it is probable that dd woul have asked for it at soem point had I not already done it. body piercing is less common, and isn't as straightforward neither.

oliveoil · 02/06/2005 10:55
Toothache · 02/06/2005 11:01

Kelly1978 - I'm not talking about whether she has the choice to wear earrings! I'm talking about the choice to actually be taken to have holes stabbed in her ears! I don't think you're getting my point at all.

And I can assure you ear piercing is body piercing. Same idea.... and belly button/tongue/eyebrow/lip/nose piercings are not permanent either. They all eventually close up if allowed to. I certainly wouldn't pierce a babies ears just coz she'll probably want them done when she's older!

...can't actually think of how to word what I'm trying to say..

OO - NO! will go look now.

scottishmumto1 · 02/06/2005 11:02

kelly
it would be permenant if kids got an infection in the piercing and left a scar

Kelly1978 · 02/06/2005 11:10

Fair enough point, she didnt get that choice then. At the end of the day that's the difference. Some would rather wait til they are older - but to me, that means more suffering and risk of more compliations.

I actually do have a scar from an infection, so there is no way I would have let my dd get her ears pierced at her age now, as I know she wouldn't leave them alone. She would have had to wait until she was a lot older.

So instead I chose to do it when she was younger and I could take care of them and makes ure she didn't get infected and she was too young to touch them. I can see how that might not be fair, but for my dd it has worked out for the best.

scottishmumto1 · 02/06/2005 11:17

kelly, do you not think about 13 is a more suitable age. at that age, they can make more suitable decisions. they can also look after their piercing and clean it and not fiddle with it.
would you get your kids ears done again so young if the situation arose again.

Kelly1978 · 02/06/2005 11:27

Yes, it probably is in some ways - I think that's when I had mine for the third time, and they actually lasted that time. But I did have quite a few infections because I was impatient and didn't leave them long enough to heal before putting new ones in.
At the end of the day having it done younger does make it more straightforward. As to whether I would do it again, I'm not sure tbh. It worked out well with dd, but I think I would have felt very bad if it hadn't. I've had three boys since, so it hasn't been an issue! I wouldn't get them done, for the same reason I wouldn't body piercing - there is a good chance they wouldn't want it!

nutcracker · 02/06/2005 11:30

I would do it again yes.

scottishmumto1 · 02/06/2005 11:57

does the scarring, infections or allegries to the studs not worry you

sandymogs · 02/06/2005 14:16

and not to mention the risk of septicaemia

MumOf10 · 02/06/2005 17:23

True.

tallulah · 02/06/2005 17:30

Must be something in the water this week... walked past Claires at lunchtime and there in the window was a small babe on her mothers lap waiting to be "done". I didn't wait around for the show.

MumOf10 · 02/06/2005 17:59

! How could that mother sit and watch her DD going through all that pain!

Personally it would be heart-breaking.

donnie · 02/06/2005 18:19

personally I think to have your ears pierced you need to be old enough to look after them. I had mine done for my 12th birthday and had to clean them every day with surgical spirit etc...it made me feel quite grown up ! quite a plaver as I recall but that is the logic I will apply if and when my dds want theirs done.

MumOf10 · 02/06/2005 18:32

I agree.

When my DDs are old enough to know what pain is then they can decide whether they want it done or not.

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