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Jewellery on a baby

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lotty34 · 23/03/2004 18:32

I guess this is down to personnal choice but what do you think about a baby wearing jewellery.

My daughter will be 1 next week and my Gran has bought her a very simple gold bracelet. I am not really sure what I think but my husband is horrified at it and is very against her wearing it. He says he thinks it looks cheap and tacky to put any jewellery on a baby. I agree with him to a point but a little bit of me thinks the braclet is harmless and looks quite pretty on her.

I guess the simple solution is for me to only put it on her when she is in the company of my Gran but it got me thinking about what people think of seeing jewellery on a baby.

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hercules · 23/03/2004 21:03

Vile, vile and even more vile.
It's dh's culture to have dds ears pierced so we made ot very clear that relations were to buy no gold earrings as dd would not be having hers done.
Revolting!
Baby perfume? ffs

nutcracker · 23/03/2004 21:09

My dd's both have their ears pierced. DD1 was 4 and dd2 was 2 at the time. They have also had countless rings, bracelets and necklaces, but they never wear them so i don't buy them any more.
I will not let them wear those little hoop earings though (much to dd1's disgust). A little girl at dd2's nursery has hoops the size of a ten pence piece. The mother has been asked several times to take them out but she won't.
I had mine peirced when i was 3 so thats probably why i don't have a problem with it.

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nutcracker · 23/03/2004 21:11

Meant to add that when i was looking for somewhere that i could get their ears pierced i discovered that at Clairs Accesories they will peirce babies ears at 2 months old.
I did think that was terrible.

stupidgirl · 23/03/2004 21:17

Nutty, please don't think I'm picking on you, but why did you choose to pierce your childrens ears? (Interest rather that attack, honest!)

hercules · 23/03/2004 21:20

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nutcracker · 23/03/2004 21:26

Stupidgirl - Well dd1 asked if she could have them done, and after much debating i agreed. Dd2 was there when dd1 had hers done and wanted hers done too. I told her it would hurt and that it would make her cry and she still wanted it done, so i let her.
Like i said before, i had mine done when i was 3 so it's never really been a big deal to me.
My dd asked me when she was 5 if she could have her belly button pierced (dead serious she was too), and i said no, mainly because i wouldn't want a 5 yr old flashing their belly at everyone.
If she wants it done when she's alot older then i'll reconsider.

Slinky · 23/03/2004 21:53

Yuck - I hate to see jewellery on babies and young children - looks naff and tacky!

As for Chavscum, love that site DH and I often have a game of "I spy...Chavs" when we're out (and you get quite a few in this town - yuck!).

And if I have any more children then they shall be called...Sapphire Charmaine and Storm Elvis...in true "Chav" style

mummytojames · 23/03/2004 21:58

bracelet i can live with but when you see six month olds with there ears pireced then i thik that isgoing a bit to far we will be buying a grow with me braclet for ds on his first birthday but will only be put on his wrist to size it then of and into his baby book so he can see it when hes older or even give it to his child i he decides to have any i think its a nce thing to pass down but thats it my mother had mine to pass down but it got thrown out by my grandfather and we never found it shame realy

survivour · 23/03/2004 22:04

Hi girls my son has a silver chain on his wrist, he has had this a while, he is now 20 months old..... It is a medic-alert bracelet, if he goes blue or has a heart attack it lets the paramedics know that he has a heart defect. So sometimes its not just for ornimentation......

lydialemon · 23/03/2004 22:09

I won't pierce DDs ears until she asks for it, and as for any other body parts - she can wait until she's 18! However, DD has an engraved silver bangle which I occasionally put on her, it looks rather sweet. Horses for courses I suppose.

Lotty34, it doesn't matter what other people think. What matters is how you feel. But I do feel sorry for your Gran....

lydialemon · 23/03/2004 22:23

OK had a look at that website to see what exactly a 'chav' was (obviously missed out on this somewhere along the line). Ever had the feeling you're missing something? I can't really put this into words except to say I feel the same way I would if someone had told me a racist joke and then waited for me to laugh. Very disappointed sorry.

mummytojames · 23/03/2004 22:35

survivor thats diferent that bracelet will save his life you can useualy tell the difference

dinosaur · 23/03/2004 22:40

well said lydialemon

jampot · 23/03/2004 22:51

Lydialemon - I merely brought up the "chav" website as it linked in to bedecking with jewellery. My pal who told me about it has a child with the Burberry cap, burberry jumpers etc and a gold chain. I don't think it can be likened to racism as it doesn't single out one type of person. As for the names i think it's just one of those things that more unusual names are cropping up instead of the more traditional names. My aforementioned pal named her son after a certain alcoholic drink!!!!!!

kiwicath · 24/03/2004 07:12

Just yesterday they vegeman man in the souk commented on what a lovely baby boy I had. Asked him how he knew he was a boy (still very confusing for most) and he said "Easy!! - all baby girls MUST have their ears pierced" Never the less, he still had a go at me for not adorning him with little dangly "evil eyes". Agreed wholeheartedly (not!!) and got my veges for half price

FairyMum · 24/03/2004 07:42

I don't like it and I think earrings on babies are just common.

marialuisa · 24/03/2004 08:49

Usually people start referring to Spanish girls having pierced ears to make it easier to know whether to say "Que guapo" or "que guapa" but even in spain it's considered to be "common2 in certain circles....

DD hasn't got her ears pierced and the christening bangle stays in her memory box. she does have some cute wooden dress-up jewellery but it's for home use only!

marialuisa · 24/03/2004 08:54

Oh my God, my DD's chav name is "Tia Chardonnay" but you only need to change one letter of "Tia" to get her actual Christian name. We are obviously secret Chavs.

twiglett · 24/03/2004 08:57

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Hulababy · 24/03/2004 09:06

I hadn't heard of Chavs before either - we used to call them Townies when younger. My younger sister (21) knows the term though, although again I think here is is Charvers more.

Trying to thing of the other 'types' we had - the people into heavy metal were caleed "sweaties" at school - even they refered to themselves as it!!!

Can't see how it is likened to racism though. Seems a bit extreme - sorry.

fio2 · 24/03/2004 09:18

I had never heard the word chav either, maybe I am one?

WSM · 24/03/2004 09:24

I really don't see the need to have baies ears pierced, it doesn't make them look any more attractive and seems to just satisfy their parents vanity more than anything else. After all, how many under 2's can actively express a genuine desire to have their ears pierced ?! Unnecessary pain for no aesthetic (or otherwise) gain, IMO.

My chav DD would be 'Lara Christina'
DS would be 'Dean Storm' - They seem to have less boys names than girls on that site.

WSM · 24/03/2004 09:26

Of course I man 'babies'. When I was in high school they were 'Kappa Slappers' due to a love of lots of gaudy gold jewellery and kappa tracksuits in all colours of the rainbow, usually teamed with a lovely 'crunchy' (too much mousse) spiral perm

WSM · 24/03/2004 09:30

FFS ! 'I MEAN BABIES' !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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