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Ear piercing for babies

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Nicole1984 · 21/12/2013 06:09

Hi all! I was about to arrange to get my DD's ears pierced but upon seeing some feedback from other mums on another website it gave me a different perspective as some mums had some very strong views and were absolutely against the idea and so I'm just interested to know what you all think. All feedback welcome

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basgetti · 21/12/2013 20:19

Piercing a baby's ears is cruel and it looks bloody awful.

stooshe · 21/12/2013 20:24

Get them done if you like. To read some on here, you'd think it was FGM! Millions have had it done and will continue to do so. This comes under "Ist world mothers looking for problems" problems . It's not illegal and I have yet to meet an adult who remembers getting their ears pierced as a baby.
Go ahead and ignore the others. I also wonder what RockyBalboa means when he/she says "I know in some cultures (such as Spain) it is very much the done thing but here, where it isn't, it just looks really tacky"
Well getting babies ears pierced in Britain IS part of the culture for a lot of people, And not just those of "FORRIN" extraction. Really no children of the "indigenous" get their babies' ears pierced? Furthermore, earrings aren't going to look tacky on babies just because the baby is British. Some people should just give yes and no answers, lest their damning with faint praise prejudice raises its head!

TeamSouthfields · 21/12/2013 20:32

I think a child should decide if they want there ears pieced, not a parent!

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YoureBeingASillyBilly · 21/12/2013 20:44

Stooshe im sure lots of adults dont remember other abuses that were done to them as babies but does that mean it's ok to do it to them?

Is not remembering at a later point justification? So should i punch my grandmother who has alzheimers because she wont remember it tomorrow? Does that make it ok?

WhateverLove · 21/12/2013 22:08

Well getting babies ears pierced in Britain IS part of the culture for a lot of people

Chavs?

Upcycled · 21/12/2013 22:16

In my home country EVERY BODY who are having girls do it regardless of social status or income.
It is done as soon as the girl is born and that is why the parents should give the nurses a pair of earrings.
When the parents don't provide their own earrings, the nurses just use the hospital ones.

Annunziata · 21/12/2013 22:18

DDs are done, it is fine. She has a little pair of hoops for special days and studs for everyday. I just clean them every night with salt water. She is 9 months.

SeaDevilscanPlay · 21/12/2013 22:20

My mum had mine pierced at 6 weeks old. It was very quick and the pain is no different to the vaccinations they get in their leg

How do you know?

Awful thing to do to small children. It should be banned for anyone under the age of 7.

Pobblewhohasnotoes · 21/12/2013 22:23

I hate seeing babies with earrings, it's tacky.

HappyMummyOfOne · 21/12/2013 22:26

Agree, it looks tacky and cheap and people will judge the parents. Babies are beautiful as nature intended and dont need to be pierced.

Quite why anybody would inflict pain on a child is beyond me, we are supposed to protect our children. Piercing should be illegal under a certain age when the person involved can make an informed decision.

MissBeehiving · 21/12/2013 22:26

Why would you want to hurt your child when there is no medical need to do so?

AnnieLobeseder · 21/12/2013 22:28

But WHY, upcycled? What possible reason and justification could there be for the mass mutilation and branding of female infants in this way? Does no-one ever question it?

"Because everyone else does it" is the world's most ridiculous reason for continuing to do something which violates the basic bodily autonomy of vulnerable infants.

SeaDevilscanPlay · 21/12/2013 22:29

Hoops on a baby

TheMuppetsSingChristmas · 21/12/2013 22:30

Stooshe - "Furthermore, earrings aren't going to look tacky on babies just because the baby is British." No, not just because they're british, but because they're tacky, full stop.

Moxiegirl · 21/12/2013 22:30

Would you get a baby's nose pierced? If not why not...there's your answer.

Wolfiefan · 21/12/2013 22:31

My kids can have piercings but when they are old enough to understand the issue. I have pierced ears. Botched with a gun. First one didn't go right through. Bloody hurt. Still struggle over 20 years later to get earring in that ear. Oh and infection issue. So no. I wouldn't.

runningonwillpower · 21/12/2013 22:34

Why does anyone think that cold metal will enhance the appearance of a beautiful, untarnished, unblemished baby or child?

delbee · 21/12/2013 22:40

Noooo don't do it!! Poor baby. My ds has just turned 7 and I told she can have them if she wants, but it really hurts. So has decided against it. Phew!! Yet again after watching my parents are aliens and seeing the girl with her nose pierced, she ask me if she could have her nose done!! I was driving at the time and nearly crashed lol. Pfft....I don't think so??

TheBrotherHoodOfSteel · 21/12/2013 22:41

Absolutely hate them on babies and I also think it's cruel putting the baby through it for your own pleasure. It's not benefit to the baby unlike a vaccination jab!

OutragedFromLeeds · 21/12/2013 22:49

'In my home country EVERY BODY who are having girls do it regardless of social status or income.'

There are lots of things that 'everybody' does that are disgusting. Think for yourself. Look at your perfect little newborn and ask yourself if she'd be more perfect were she to have metal in her ears? Will be decorated ears make her happier or healthier or more successful? I very much doubt it.

OP don't do it! For all the reasons listed, it's gross, it's unnecessary and it's a big infringement of her right to make decisions about her own body.

I won't even mention the little one I know who ended up minus 2 legs and an arm after her ear piercing got infected.

The fact that it's even legal astonishes me tbh.

goodtimesinbontemps · 21/12/2013 22:51

No, just no, please don't pierce your tiny babys ears. Its not right to deliberately cause her pain for the sake of vanity!

somedizzywhore1804 · 21/12/2013 22:57

For fear of sounding like my Gran/Hyacinth Bouquet, it looks really bloody common. Just no.

Upcycled · 21/12/2013 23:02

AnnieLobeseder and OutragedFromLeeds

Read my two posts please.
I am not defending it just telling you a FACT
as to why, I don't know.
Do we really know all the WHYS of every culture of every country or community in the world?
I am not sure how is it going now, if mothers or people in general are less sheep than they used to be when I left the country over 10 years ago.
I did not pierce the ears of my own daughter.

So yeh, maybe we are ALL chavs overthere.
Hope you don't go there for holidays (it is an amazing holiday destination BTW), you will be so disgusted by seen EVERY little girl with their ear pierced.

Megglevache · 21/12/2013 23:03

Myself and dh are both from cultures where this is done when babies are weeks old.

We are the only family to have had a baby girl who did not have it done. We get badgered about it so much even now and dd will be 7 soon.

I just couldn't bear to have it done because I know that it hurts- meh, if she wants it done next week I'd gladly take her though and don't care if others think it looks common or not.

Upcycled · 21/12/2013 23:05

Are people in real world usually so judgemental or is it only here where you are allowed to say exactly what you think?

I don't spend my time checking girl's years nevermind judging them or their parents because of it.

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