Ear piercing of babies, what do you think?

[mamadadawahwah]

Sometimes i think i live in a romany gypsy camp the number of babies i see with pierced ears and jewellery dangling from their little wrists. Having never adopted the courage to get my own ears pierced, i cant imagine piercing a little baby's ears. Its brutal and so common! What gives with this practice? In my opinion, its mutilation. The dangling bracelets are a health hazard to little ones, and i fear they could break their arms if they got them tangled in their sweaters.

What gives with this?

btw in case u missed it, i dont agree with piercing childrens ears, but wouldnt be so bloody judemental about it. the link to the bears further down is just a little fun.

mamadadawahwah - My dd doesn't have her ears pierced but I still feel I have to say who on earth do you think you are???

Oh mama, you really are trying a bit too hard now to get a reaction.

So the argument you are making is essentially 'Don't get your children's ears pierced, or people like me might regard them - & by extension, you - as being common as muck'?

Sorry - I don't think having babies' ears pierced is a particularly good idea, but I think that's quite an offensive attitude nonetheless...

Only saying what many secretly think.

and child abusers, don't forget that, ignorant, poorly educated etc etc etc

Uh no, child abusers are found in all sectors of society equally, as far as i know. Have to disagree with you there.

No, someone earlier said that as far as they were concerned it was equal to child abuse.

Where is that rolling eyes emoticon when you need it?!

but do they have their ears pierced?

Who misdee ??

i have no idea? i lost the plot slightly, ignore me.

ROFL

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Do you like my earrings?

PMSL

i wouldnt pierce my childrens ears until they asked, however i like earring on them but my opinion is that its ultimatly their choice...so if i have a daughter and at the age of 3, 4, 5 6 or whenever says she wants hers done i will do it!

i cannot believe how bloody awful some of you have been on here towards other mothers just because they have said that they have had there childrens ears done...they are not bad parents, ...

bad parents are the ones who leave there children in the house whilst going away for the weekend, or the ones who sexually abuse their kids or beat them up black and blue....

its very wrong to say that some of the mums are bad parents just because the choice they made doesnt agree with your thoughts! shame on you!

I've just realised we're talking about ear lobes here!

jeez im a slow typer, theres been a shit load of posts since i read this some 15mins ago...i figure that some people just want a reaction to this thread

silly me just give one! doh!

baby ear piercing is like a form of circumcision. Also, its like branding a cow. Those who do it to their babies are making a statement that the baby is "their" property and they have supreme control over baby, even control that hurts and that can get infected. Thats what it looks like to me. when you see a baby with pierced ears, as someone said below in teh thread, its not like baby "asked" to have pins put through its ears. Yes mommy, i would like a nice needle through both of my ears. Sure mommy, didnt you put needles in my arm, whats the diff, if you put them in my ears too.

Yech, i am visualising a 4 month old baby sitting on mommies knee at the local beauty shop. Mommy is saying "now honey, this wont hurt". Glick, in goes one needle. Waaah goes baby, and sssshh goes mommy. then mommy does it again. I mean, come on ladies. If i was in that room I would have no option but to very vocal about it and would probably be thrown out but not without leaving a lasting impression on that mother. Its sick!

Kama, read thread below.

pmsl hunkermunker!

And by the way it IS what i really think. If you or anyone disagrees that is your right. But if you want to "argue" it, to date, there has been no argument in this thread which would sway anyone to pierce a baby's ears. You may have your back up cause deep inside you know its a foolish thing to do, and i bet you dont even really know why you are arguing "for it". What you are arguing is the tone of my argument.

So...don't have your kids' ears pierced, mamaetc. Me neither.

Doesn't entitle you to pontificate to others about THEIR choices, or how those choices will lead them to be perceived by others - by you, yes, possibly. But you really are making some incredibly unwarranted assumptions about quite a lot of people you've never met!