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Anonymous
Ditto. I couldn't get it done here in the US until dd was 6 weeks and she had had her shots. I don't get why the ped wouldn't do it sooner... after all, piercing an ear is not as big a deal as circumzising a baby is it??? Anyway, my ped did it. |
Anonymous
This is cultural. IMO putting a boy under 12-13 in a suit is low class. It is all relative... |
Anonymous
What? |
Anonymous
| Don't boys wear blazers, ties and slacks or shorts as uniforms at many private schools? |
Anonymous
| Sorry, but I have to agree that I think it is trashy too. I don't care what ethnicity the baby is, I just don't like the way earrings look on a baby. It's just like those little 3 year old girls that prance around in those pageants with lip gloss and hair extensions. Creepy. Plus, I had enough to worry about the first 3 months of my baby's life from diaper rash to cradle cap. The last thing I want to do is worry about infection from earrings or her pulling on them. |
Anonymous
| I think it is cultural. I am AA and I pierced my first daughter's ears proudly, following in my mother's footsteps. I only realized that everyone does not do this after being repeatedly questioned about this by white people. It amuses me how certain white people consider anything outside of their culture "low class." I see the Indian baby girls with their bangles and I think "different." I see latina girls in fancy dresses and I think "different." I see white baby girls with huge hair bows despite having a mere few wisps of feathery hair and I think "different." |
Anonymous
| Previous poster here. Also I note that many of the same moms would not never pierce their daughter's ears are the same ones who a mere 10 or 11 years later are letting those girls where lipstick, eyeshadow and mascara to school. Those same 10 years olds with unpierced ears are wearing heels and stocking and shaving their legs...."different!" |
Anonymous
| People are entitled to their opinions on whether they think something is trashy or not. It doesn't mean that everything 'outside of their culture' is considered trashy. Sounds like you are the close minded one here PP! Way to stereotype. |
Anonymous
| PP hear. I agree that anyone can have their opinions on what is trashy or whatever. It was an overgeneralization to say some white people consider everything outside their to be trashy. My apologies! |
Anonymous
This is not the same as a suit, sorry. Or even worse a TUX |
Anonymous
What is it that you don't understand? |
Anonymous
Don't apologize for making a good point. Where was this "way to stereotype" poster when there was pages of "most African Americans give their kids names starting with De"? Hardly anyone thought that was stereotyping and gross generalizing. I didn't pierce my daughter's ears because I didn't want anything extra to worry about when she was young. I regretted it later as she wants them pierced but is too scared. |
Anonymous
She was not reading the Expectant Moms forum which is where I suspect that was posted. Otherwise, I would've said the same thing. That is the most ridiculous thing I've heard and yes, those people were morons. I'm just saying I don't like pierced ears on babies and it has nothing to do with someone else's or my own culture. In fact I'm greek and many people in my own culture pierce baby ears. I also think matching mommy and daughter outfits are weird. |
Anonymous
| Re: the posters worried their daughters will be afraid of the pain if they wait until they're older. I think that's a good thing. I am AA, but my mother is white and has metal allergies and did not have our ears pierced as infants. She waited until we were older. I vividly remember getting mine pierced because I waited until I was 9 or 10 - and I was deathly afraid of needles. Nearly all my friends (mostly AA) already had their ears pierced and I had to decide whether the pain was worth it to me in order to fit in. Yes, I was afraid, and the fear caused me to wait until I was older, but it was a good life lesson in overcoming your fears, deciding how far you'll go to fit in, etc. |
Anonymous
| I think it is funny to decribe baby/ toddler with pierced ears or wearing a bikini or suit as trashy. I really don't think that babies can be "trashy". Most babies are not whoring it up at the beach/playground or running around in their suits with a pimp cup |