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Peircing babies ears- how young?

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kayjaybabe · 21/01/2012 12:58

i want to get my DDs ears peirced she is 5 weeks old but conicidently today was my due date (5 weeks premi) im not sure if that makes a difference.

What age do you normally get their ears peirced? As i dont want to do it when she is too young but i dont want to leave it to late as the later the more painfull for her!! :)

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madammecholet · 24/01/2012 18:46

Good wind up OP.......Grin

There was one on here not so long ago along similar lines, think it was babies wearing makeup, ran for ages.... hilarious.

ameliagrey · 24/01/2012 19:50

Kayjay it's good you are still here and reading but you don't seem to have really taken on board the other points made.

if you inflict a piercing on your DD at even a year, how do you know she would want holes in her ears? it is not compulsory! I got to 24 without having pierced ears.

Have you not taken anything on board about how earrings are dangerous because ear lobes can be ripped, banned at school except for studs, and they are just another thing for you to worry about when there will be far more important things.

What i find scary is your first post about the "right age".
You seemed to be suggesting that as your DD was 5 weeks prem, having her ears done now at 5 weeks old was akin to having them pierced as a new born baby. No?

It doesn't matter when they are done. At any age you have to accept
a) it will hurt
b) it's not reversible ( unless you allow the holes to close up)
c) it is time consuming to bathe the ears and make sure they don't get infected.
d) children are prone to tearing their ear lobes in sport of play if they wear earrings.

Your DD is not a toy to dress up. She is a human being and should be allowed to make these choices as an adult- or a near adult. Not a 5 year old, or whatever else you meant by " in a few years time".

FGS grow up and start acting like a responsible mother. Not a child with a new doll.

Hulababy · 24/01/2012 19:54

AmeliaGreyThe op has taken other people's views into consideration. Her last post states

"Before i wrote this post i was thinking 1 year old but now i am considering leaving it for a few years and see what she says."

ameliagrey · 24/01/2012 19:57

That is exactly what I was posting about. A few years.

Not until she is 11 or 16. which is what most people are suggesting.

No she says a few years. Her Dd will just be a toddler then. Hardly likely to be mature enough to know what is right for her.

I wonder if she will leave all the choices to her DD and walk away from her responsibility?

Rational · 24/01/2012 19:58

One of the most horrendous things I ever witnessed was a baby, about 18 months maybe, being pinned down screaming it's head off while getting her ears pierced. Altering your child's body for aesthetic/religious/cultural purposes should be banned.

Hulababy · 24/01/2012 19:58

A few years to me suggests a few years - 6, 7 or so at least.

kayjaybabe · 24/01/2012 22:54

ameliagrey a few years could mean 3 a few years could mean 7, if you took notice in what i wrote i stated "see what she says" so taking that it you have to realise that i would wait until she is of an age to make a decision like that.

Also you can not tell me to "grow up" just over enquiring about ear piercing on babies. Maybe you should "grow up" and realise everyone has different veiws, also before anyone bites back at me saying that, i defend myself by stating that i have taken all advice/mainly critisism into account and therfore it has altered my decision.

Also to clear it up for the third time not once did i state i would ever pierce a 5week old baby! even before i started this thread i had already thought 1yr would be the complete earlyest.

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 24/01/2012 23:10

Kayjay - why not wait until she's a teenager, and then it could be something you and she could do together, as a mum/daughter bonding thing - holding her hand whilst her ears are pierced, and then buying her first pair of proper earrings for her. That would be a much much nicer experience for both of you than doing it when she's little and may not understand why it hurts so much - or may say she wants it done, but change her mind after the first one, when she realises how much it hurts. What would you do then - restrain your crying, baby so someone can inflict more pain on her?

As I said in my post much earlier on, I really don't think little girls need lots of jewellry - what they need is to be able to run around, having lots of fun and enjoying life, and growing in confidence - and earrings can be a real hazard if play gets rough - they can get caught on something and ripped out - and then you have to have a trip to A&E, local anaesthetic (which would really hurt, when injected near a ripped ear lobe), and stitches - and a scar, in the long term.

lisaro · 25/01/2012 00:44

*1 year complete earliest88 - a baby in a buggy with earrings is such a sad sight - it evokes a picture of said baby in the future pushing a pram with a baby in earrings and a sad, sad history.
I am not being judgemental - this is MY fact - I have very very rarely seen a baby with pierced ears in a clean buggy. I am observant - hell I'm trained and due to my job more or less conditioned to observe.

Florieinaweddingdress · 25/01/2012 00:56

Broken Britain! :o :o

ameliagrey · 25/01/2012 08:20

KJB Also to clear it up for the third time not once did i state i would ever pierce a 5week old baby! even before i started this thread i had already thought 1yr would be the complete earlyest.

So why did you bother to mention that she was 5 weeks prem? You are not being honest. You asked if being prem would make any difference- this implied that you were about to have her ears pierced now- or soon enough. Don't deny the obvious.

And it's not a case of my "growing up" thanks. I am old enough to be your mum and probably your grandmother too.

Just because you don't happen to like my opinion it doesn't mean I am immature. Whereas your behaviour shows that you are.

SlinkingOutsideInFrocks · 25/01/2012 08:36

100% with amelia - don't be disingenuous, kayjay - why even mention the fact she was 5 days premature and that the day of posting was her due date, if you had no intention of piercing her around now?

It was this comment alone which has everyone shouting 'troll'.

Because for people outside the 'culture' of ear piercing it's just too unbelievable for words that someone with a premature baby would even be thinking about this on their baby's due date, let alone a year later, let alone a decade later.

SlinkingOutsideInFrocks · 25/01/2012 08:39

weeks, even...

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