Ear piercing of babies, what do you think?

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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?

Oh my gawd, ain't you controversial mamdaddaetc. I give it another 20 posts before it turns nasty!

debs26, was your friend's dd really only six weeks?

Kama, why don't you wait until she is old enough to ask for them to be done? It would only be a year or two later than you are planning to do it anyway, and at least then she has a choice in the decision.

Kama, there are dangers involved. Well, risks at the very least. Risk of infection, to begin with. Risk of earring getting caught on something and ripping a chunk of your child's ear off

oops..seems im 36% chav.. now wheres my burberry cap of the market....

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my mum got my ears pierced at 6mths old but personally I would wait until my child was old enough to decide themselves if they wanted it. My mum also had my sisters done at about one but the youngest sister was 7 when she had hers done.

Claires accesories will do them at 4mths old i think. I'm sure thats what a friend told me.

really. friend was almost in tears. i asked her why and she didnt seem to know herself, except that she wanted some earrings from argos for a christening present.

Caligula, you should charge for your special powers!!

shocking!

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Errr, I'm not comparing mutilating girls genitailia to some Asian familes piercing their daughters ears, just want to make that clear.

It said i was a potential Chav. Must of been cos i couldn't answer no to the Trisha question.

Am tempted to get DS's nose done though - through the middle. Or perhaps his eyebrow? Looks SO cute, dontcha think?

I think its foul and disgusting. little girls are beautiful enough without the addition of jewellry or peirced ears. I think it looks amazingly common.

Well in my opinion it smacks of ignorance, looks awful and just sends an immediate message to all and sundry, "what kind of parents has s/he got!"

At my dd's nursery the teacher is lways asking parents to remove their dd's ear rings or at least put in studs. I know the majority are done for cultural reasons at the nursery but still common sense would tell you not to send them in with hoops.

Ha, i can understand an earring through dh's nose. with a big rope through it too for easy maneouvering/!

debs

I won't be allowign my DD to get her ears peirced til she is 13 if she wants it done. That was when I had mine doen and it was a 'becoming a teenager' thing.

Hunker

Just get his willy pierced and be done with it.

Hell, lets get our wee babies tatooed as well. M U M and D A D on each hand.