piercing a baby's ears, Right or wrong?!

[waiting4bambino]

Well, i was horrified in town today when i saw various members of a family holding down a baby to pierce her ears!!!

They had already done one, and obviously the baby was crying and struggling before having the other done. I just thought this was terrible!!! The whole family seemed to be there trying to distract her, and they'd resorted to both mother and father holding her down, it was like seeing something from one of those tribal rituals on telly!

What do other mothers think of this?!

Malory, what a horrid thing to have seen

Vile - nuff said.

Wrong ...and IME totally pointless! The only two children that i know had their ears pierced as a baby let them heal up years ago. Worth it then?

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Horrible. Why not tattoo them aswell?

wow some pretty strong reactions! i dont think its right doing it as a baby. but i wouldnt really say it was abuse. chavvy yes. certain cultures fine.

i did let my dd have hers done a lot earlier than most here. she wanted them she kept asking i explained to her about it hurting, having to clean them etc asked her questions to make sure she understood. went to reputable hairdressers to get them done she was fine.

Wrong.

What is the point??? It's obviously of no benefit to the baby (clearly very much the reverse), it looks indescribably chavvy, and the baby runs the risk of catching/pulling it and tearing a lobe. I just don't understand why parents would have this done to a six month old child.

Dont care about whose culture it is. (and normally I would defend to the skies peoples rights to their cultures!) It causes the baby unecessary pain, for what?

When the child is old enough to want it and sit still willingly then fine.

Fgs WRONG

Causing unnecessary pain to a defenceless child is child abuse, IMO. I wish Claire's accessories would stop this. I watched a crying toddler being held down in the shop windowto have her ears "done" a few weeks ago. Horrible. (And it looks terrible, anyway, IMHO).

Lots of things are acceptable in differnt cultures that aren't acceptable in this culture. Bullfighting, for example. Female circumcision (in certain cultures). Polygamy. Aborting female foetuses. Attending public executions.

Don't buy this "different cultures" justification myself. Did the poster even say that the baby in question appeared to be from a different cultural background?

JMO, as always.

wrong

walked past a couple of ladies from the nursery. they were discussing when they get a younger than 3 month old baby girls ears peirced. i felt like going upto them with a piercing gun, pinning them down and putting holes in their body where they had no choice about it.

WRONG
I got the sack from hairdressers at 16 for refusing to help hold baby down so she could be pierced.
I think there should be a legal limit like other piercings, it looks horrid anyway.
WHY do Claires insist doing it in the window however seeing another little girl cry did stop weeks of pestering from DD who has to wait until she is 10.

I don't understand why it's ok to pierce a baby's ears, but not its nose, tongue, bellybutton, eyebrow, lip?

Why not a lovely tramp stamp as well?

oooo maybe frogmella should get her ears pierced, lip, tragus and a tramp stamp. that w0ould make her the coolest baby ever!!!!

PMSL at tramp stamp, what about hair extensions and bleach to complete the look!
Set off of course with a nice trackie and rockies!!

Its wrong..which ever way you look at it.
It looks awful, its painful for the baby, its an infection risk. Its just cruel!

FGS not this AGAIN.

It is wrong to inflict this kind of pain on a baby for something that is no benefit to them.

Even though my mum got mine done at 18 months (and remember I was born in 1989!) I'm in agreement. Mum's a nurse so if I'd been really frightened she wouldn't have, but as and when I have kids, I won't do it til they ask.

when we were in spain with our dd for a few months holiday last year they would all go on about piercing her ears, my dp told them no chance no way no how, he told them it was savage, go my dp!!