Can I highlight my baby's hair this summer?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know where I can get my toddler's belly button pierced? Should I try to do it myself?

BTW, do any of you wax your DDs eyebrows? My little one has a unibrow if I don't.

Obviously this was said in jest, but how many of you have pierced your babies' ears? I am talking about a little lemon juice in the hair, not piercing a part of my child's body, subjecting her to physical pain and the potential for infection. No one suggests women who mutilate their child's ears seek therapy.

So you're against piercing a baby's ears, but not against coloring their hair? Seriously?

That being said, I personally made the decision to wait until my daughter asked for her ears to be pierced. She has hinted at it, so we're going to do it soon. She's four.

BUT, I believe that the reason that a lot of people do it as infants, is because there's a lower risk of infection when mom's the one cleaning them every day, whereas with an older child, they may not do it as well, and the pain will not be remembered. It is also not mutilation. Should I take that to mean that you don't have pierced ears?

I mutilated mine as a teen.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, are you the mom who eats 500 calories a day?

Wow, I guess nothing is really anonymous.

So I guessed right? OP, you are crazy obsessed with looks and you are going to seriously screw up your daughter. Get help now!

I guess I don't want her to feel inferior the way I do.

Keep up this bullshit way of thinking and you are going to guarantee it. Go to therapy NOW.

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Anonymous wrote:Hair is light-medium brown and baby will be around one year. Is it safe to put some lemon juice in her hair before going out to play and see if it does anything?

OP needs to get a life, or a second baby.

The last thing OP needs is a second baby that she can pass on her issues to.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, are you the mom who eats 500 calories a day?

Wow, I guess nothing is really anonymous.

So I guessed right? OP, you are crazy obsessed with looks and you are going to seriously screw up your daughter. Get help now!

I guess I don't want her to feel inferior the way I do.

Putting lemon juice in her hair won't fix this. Having a mom in therapy to help work out these problems? Now that will help. Get thee to therapy OP, clearly you need it now before you pass along all of your issues to your child and then she'll need the therapy. Talk to your primary care physician, she can give you referrals.

I am TOTALLY serious here. You clearly need help.

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I mutilated mine as a teen.

You mutilated them? Did you do it yourself? Did you mess it up? Are you one of those people who put 3 inch holes in your ears or something?

OP, just stop. You're not helping yourself out with this argument. I will pray for your daughter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know where I can get my toddler's belly button pierced? Should I try to do it myself?

BTW, do any of you wax your DDs eyebrows? My little one has a unibrow if I don't.

Obviously this was said in jest, but how many of you have pierced your babies' ears? I am talking about a little lemon juice in the hair, not piercing a part of my child's body, subjecting her to physical pain and the potential for infection. No one suggests women who mutilate their child's ears seek therapy.

So you're against piercing a baby's ears, but not against coloring their hair? Seriously?

That being said, I personally made the decision to wait until my daughter asked for her ears to be pierced. She has hinted at it, so we're going to do it soon. She's four.

BUT, I believe that the reason that a lot of people do it as infants, is because there's a lower risk of infection when mom's the one cleaning them every day, whereas with an older child, they may not do it as well, and the pain will not be remembered. It is also not mutilation. Should I take that to mean that you don't have pierced ears?

I think OP has a point with the pierced ears. Highlighting your baby's hair and piercing her ears are both imposing your own beauty standards on your child. And a four year old only asks for it because too many of her peers had it done by their parents.

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Anonymous wrote:
I mutilated mine as a teen.

You mutilated them? Did you do it yourself? Did you mess it up? Are you one of those people who put 3 inch holes in your ears or something?

OP, just stop. You're not helping yourself out with this argument. I will pray for your daughter.

No, just regular old piercing. I still don't think it is appropriate to do it to an infant or small child, though. Surely it is more harmful than lemon juice to see what my kid looks like with highlights.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I mutilated mine as a teen.

You mutilated them? Did you do it yourself? Did you mess it up? Are you one of those people who put 3 inch holes in your ears or something?

OP, just stop. You're not helping yourself out with this argument. I will pray for your daughter.

No, just regular old piercing. I still don't think it is appropriate to do it to an infant or small child, though. Surely it is more harmful than lemon juice to see what my kid looks like with highlights.

Stop feeding the troll everyone. She's clueless.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I mutilated mine as a teen.

You mutilated them? Did you do it yourself? Did you mess it up? Are you one of those people who put 3 inch holes in your ears or something?

OP, just stop. You're not helping yourself out with this argument. I will pray for your daughter.

No, just regular old piercing. I still don't think it is appropriate to do it to an infant or small child, though. Surely it is more harmful than lemon juice to see what my kid looks like with highlights.

Stop feeding the troll everyone. She's clueless.

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This can't really be a real post can it??? My children are Asian - guess we are screwed!!!!!

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I should add that as the PP who went from blonde to brunette as a teen I used to try lemon juice in the summers. It never worked. Just a PSA.

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Anonymous wrote:I should add that as the PP who went from blonde to brunette as a teen I used to try lemon juice in the summers. It never worked. Just a PSA.

Thanks. That was more the kind of advice I was looking for.

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Don't do it. Your baby will have roots when it grows out, and it hurts delicate, fine hair. Plus all that body image stuff.

If you go to the pool, the chlorine will do some blonding (though in my case, I try to keep my kids' hair OUT of the chlorine and sun--see above).

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not your ex-SIL. Sun-In sounds far too harsh for a baby.

I don't think there is anything wrong with my daughter for having brown hair. It just seems like blondes are universally more accepted, thought of as cuter, more popular, etc. What if she ends up being that mousy kid with no friends?

Whew! OK, yes, a troll. Thanks for making that clear OP. Troll grade: B+ (because you had me going there for a minute!)

I'm not a troll, just a crappy mother I guess. No one else worries about this? Or are you all blondes with little blonde babies?

No, I absolutely do NOT worry about this. I have shiny, dark brown hair. My baby has shiny dark brown hair. It looks like a cap, and it's beautiful, as is she. I grew up being popular and well accepted. I had no trouble making friends or getting dates in high school or college. I married a man with brown hair who was also popular and is (in my opinion) VERY cute. His sister also has shiny brown hair and she is happily married. Us brown-haired ladies are doing just fine. Nobody lacks friends strictly because of having mousy hair. If someone lacks friends it's their personality that's the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know where I can get my toddler's belly button pierced? Should I try to do it myself?

BTW, do any of you wax your DDs eyebrows? My little one has a unibrow if I don't.

Obviously this was said in jest, but how many of you have pierced your babies' ears? I am talking about a little lemon juice in the hair, not piercing a part of my child's body, subjecting her to physical pain and the potential for infection. No one suggests women who mutilate their child's ears seek therapy.

So you're against piercing a baby's ears, but not against coloring their hair? Seriously?

That being said, I personally made the decision to wait until my daughter asked for her ears to be pierced. She has hinted at it, so we're going to do it soon. She's four.

BUT, I believe that the reason that a lot of people do it as infants, is because there's a lower risk of infection when mom's the one cleaning them every day, whereas with an older child, they may not do it as well, and the pain will not be remembered. It is also not mutilation. Should I take that to mean that you don't have pierced ears?

I mutilated mine as a teen.

me too, and I absolutely agree that it is mutilation! I don't regret it for myself but anyone who says that it's not mutilation doesn't understand what the word means. I would not do that to a baby.