Ear piercing for 6 to 9 months old daughter

[blueblackdye]

I'd like to have my daughter's ears pierced between 6 and 9 months of age. Could anyone recommend where to go in Cental London ?

I was in Claire's Accessories a few weeks ago. A little girl about 2 years old had just had one of her ears pierced and was refusing to have the other one done. She knew what to expect second time around
The mum and dad were cajoling, bribing and virtually threatening her to have the other one done. I had to walk out, it was just awful.

Looking Well, apparently, she blowdries the hair first and then just runs the ghd's through and (I quote) 'it's not as though I burn her head'

Genuinely speechless!

If not understanding why you'd want to cut holes into bits of your baby daughter makes me a judgemental harpy then so be it. I am happy to be one. I don't give two shiny shites whether it's cultural or not. That's just a flimsy wall to hide behind. Why would any decent parent want to inflict unnecessary pain on their baby?

I don't understand the cultural argument. It's "popular" among certain cultures (dd's Jamaican heritage being one of them) but that's as far as it goes surely?

Genuinely still at ghds and ear piercing for babies.

Maybe we could all club together and buy those kinds of 'mothers' a plastic doll they could pierce/ make over however they wanted?

Just so we could all sleep at night knowing their poor kids were being left alone.

Ghds frying soft, fine baby hair is just horrendous.

I have a six month old and would never dream of inflicting pain on her!!!! She isn't going to be thinking "look at my sparkly ears" she's going to be screaming in pain. It was bad enough seeing her scream getting her injections never mind willingly doing it, plus I think that should be her decision in life not yours!!!!

LovelyMeredith - that is such a ridiculous comment to make, choosing to have your child protected by an injection against mumps or measles is totally different to piercing your child's ears for her to look good!!!!

I have a 5 month old dd. I think she has experienced pain about 3 times ever from surface injury. Yesterday I caught her on her forehead with my finger nail getting her dressed. Her little mouth goes right down at the corners and she cries huge dramatic sobs. I feel awfully guilty for ages afterward just for accidentally inflicting a tiny scratch.
I could not wilfully hurt her. It would break my heart. Anyone choosing to hurt a baby in that way has issue IMO.
She isn't yet jabbed either ftr.

Wow people, just wow.

I had my ears pierced the day I was born, as is the custom where I come from. I am very happy with the way my ears look, thank you very much, now and always. Please do not talk to me about 'tacky', I am the pinnacle of tastefulness, just like everybody else is.

DD was born in the UK. I did not have hers pierced because I vaguely feared she would be perceived as 'different'. But never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined this mass hysteria. It is also quite rude, incidentally.

BTW, most of us are ignoring the OP's original question. Sorry, OP.

GHD ??? Bad parenting, disgusting behaviour. !!!

Would I rather be considered 'rude' or inflict deliberate harm on a baby, hmmm tough one

stickygotstuck - I think this thread is completely ridiculous. But then I don't get excited about circumcision either [walks off whistling, ready for the thud of missiles hitting back of head].

My dd got her ears pierced in dec aged 5,

i didn't clean it religiously

she had it done abroad, her cousin got it done when they went shopping.

it is not sore, is not infected, no volcano of blood and pus, and it never hurt her at all.

They aren't your ears to permanently mutilate. Regardless of any issues of pain, getting stuck, ripped, etc; it's entirely possible that they might be fine from that point of view, but a parent simply shouldn't have the right to mutilate some part of their child's body for superficial, non essentially medical reasons, cultural or not.

If you tried to get her belly button or tongue pierced, social services would be on your doorstep tomorrow. How are the ears so different?

You call it mass hysteria...

I call it mass condemnation of a digusting selfish (and yes tacky, HUGELY tacky) act that any real mother would never do.

Guess we'll have to agree to disagree

I have spent too many hours in A/E digging lost earring backs out of young children's ears (usually the small butterfly ones) very painful and due to that far to many end up in theatre having them removed under general anaesthetic. Can you tell I am not keen?

Devora, it is, isn't it?

I am not that interested either, TBH [shrug]. Think I'll join you and walk off too.

It's not tacky. If you go anywhere in Southern Europe, South America and the Caribbean it is the norm.

And in those countries children who have their ears pierced generally wear small hoop earrings, which are easier to keep clean and don't have butterfly backs.

God forbid anyone have different taste/opinions...I love the bana judgements-go to Darlo/Netmums/Claires...So what someone wants to do this?
SO WHAT!?? Really? Why do you care!?

Smugness galore...A 'real mother' would never do it...urgh that makes me feel a bit queasy.
What is a real mother? Haha!!

It's just so..boring and mundane, and old fashioned...and predictable. I don't agree with a lot of things but seriously, people have different tastes, norms, cultures, backgrounds, ideas, you name it...GOd I must be bored to join in.

for every horror story, there are hundreds of others that nothing happened......just saying

But why do it? Do you think it looks nice? Well it really does look tacky, truly it does.

Just because they didn't get infected or we don't recall them bring pierced doesn't mean it didn't hurt like hell on the day!

Please don't.

Well, if its predictable and boring to not want to force sharp metal through a tiny babies flesh for no reason, count me in.

I would have thought it fairly obvious that as parents most of us try to prevent our tiny infants being hurt and scarred, rather than cause it to make them look a bit sparklier.