Pierced Ears

[Anonymous]

YOu don't like the look, don't get them pierced. Easy.

I didn't get DD's ears pierced only b/c I didn't want one more thing to worry about (keeping clean, etc.) But, if/when she wants them pierced, we'll get them pierced. It doesn't really hurt, anyway. More of a startle, than pain. In my experience, anyway.

[Anonymous]

I don't think little girls having their ears pierced or wearing bikini's is trashy. I find their moms that have tattoos to be far more trashy.

[Anonymous]

Is it trashy for dad to have a tattoo too?

[Anonymous]

I think it is trashy to use the words ghetto, trashy and low class in just about every post on this board. If you do not agree with ear piercing, tatooing, circumcision, bikinis, suits, washing your childs pjs etc, DON"T DO IT. But please stop using these words to judge other people

[Anonymous]

trashy is to judge someone that you don't know only based on their kids ears.

in some cultures it is the NORM.
where i was born the nurse does it after getting the baby's blood and the foot print.

the kid gets into the nursery with the earings on already. mom and dad bring it to the hospital and hand it to the doc before delivery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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

This post made me smile. Perhaps the words "baby" and "trashy" should never have occasion to be in the same sentence. Pierced or not, cultrual or not, it is all good and cute on babies. Now the mothers, on the other hand....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My honest opinion is that I think it looks ridiculous and somewhat low class on baby girls. I tend to feel this way about baby bikinis too.

I wouldn't do it.

DOn't be so judgemental

[Anonymous]

Here's what I've always wondered about piercing babies' ears---given the size of the ear---is there any concern that as the baby grows, the hole will no longer be "centered" on the lobe? Do people who have their ears pierced as kids ever have to get them sewn up and "re-pierced" later?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's what I've always wondered about piercing babies' ears---given the size of the ear---is there any concern that as the baby grows, the hole will no longer be "centered" on the lobe? Do people who have their ears pierced as kids ever have to get them sewn up and "re-pierced" later?

The hole remains centered as the ear grows. During the first few years after an ear is pierced it can easily close up if earrings are not always kept in the holes. So there is never a need to sew them up, the holes will heal naturally unless an earring is frequently in them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am pregnant and if I have a little girl I will have her ears pierced while she is an infant - like I had mine. I am latina but not low class or trashy, it is just because I like it

Seriously, "because I like it" is a rather immature response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am pregnant and if I have a little girl I will have her ears pierced while she is an infant - like I had mine. I am latina but not low class or trashy, it is just because I like it

Seriously, "because I like it" is a rather immature response.

NP -- why is that immature? Why shouldn't she do it because she likes it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am pregnant and if I have a little girl I will have her ears pierced while she is an infant - like I had mine. I am latina but not low class or trashy, it is just because I like it

Seriously, "because I like it" is a rather immature response.

NP -- why is that immature? Why shouldn't she do it because she likes it?

Not the previous poster, but piercing a baby's ears isn't painless, and it's not without risk of infection or other problems. I'm not suggesting it's akin to major surgery, but it's not nothing. It's a little saddening to see parents choose to do it... you know, just 'cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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."

It's "different" all right. Dresses, bangles, and bows don't harm the babies. Piercings are wounds that have to heal. Why would you want to cause harm to your baby, whether she remembers it or not?

I don't think it's low-class, but I sure as hell think it's cruel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am pregnant and if I have a little girl I will have her ears pierced while she is an infant - like I had mine. I am latina but not low class or trashy, it is just because I like it

Seriously, "because I like it" is a rather immature response.

NP -- why is that immature? Why shouldn't she do it because she likes it?

Gee, I think nose piercings are really cute and I love cosmetics, but I wouldn't pierce by kid's nose or put make-up on her just because "I like it." Is the PP 12 years old? C'mon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My honest opinion is that I think it looks ridiculous and somewhat low class on baby girls. I tend to feel this way about baby bikinis too.

I wouldn't do it.

DOn't be so judgemental

Not the PP, but why is it not okay to state an opinion? I personally feel it looks ridiculous on babies too. With my daughter, I've decided to take her to get them done if she asks for it but at 14 months old, she's a little too young to communicate this. Most importantly, I would be concerned with her tugging on her ears and possibly infecting them. In my culture, it is very common for baby girls to get them done at birth but I've just never agreed with it.