Anonymous wrote:I think she is gorgeous. She has the biggest blue eyes I have ever seen on any child and looks like an absolute doll ( albeit a brown-haired doll). I am just worried about when she gets older and other kids/adults start judging based on looks. Nobody else worries about what their kid is going to look like?

I guess that we as parents love our kids and think that they are beautiful. I also realize that no matter what they will get picked on for something by someone at sometime. But having my children base their personal self worth on looks is setting them up for failure. I grew up looking very different than my peers (tall, thin, redhead). My parents taught me to be educated, funny, honest, well mannered, and to charm people. I can honestly say that like most kids/teenagers I never felt "pretty" BUT I also didn't base my identity on my looks. I based it on the sports that I competed in, the grades that I got, and the family that loved and supported me.

It turns out that I came into my looks in my twenties and realized my "attractiveness." The kicker is that looking back I was never unattractive - I was just different. I thank God every day that I was different and that I was told to cultivate myself as a person and not worry about my looks.

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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.

I disagree.. a second baby is definitely not what OP needs until after she gets her obsession with appearance figured out. Damaging one child for life is enough for now, wouldn't you say?

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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.

Nice OP, let's try to change the subject to something that is uber controversial on DCUM. Nice try, not going to work.

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, OP, were you also the poster looking for cool moms who like to sneak their babies a taste of fro-yo.

Nope. I am terrified of giving my baby sweets.

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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?

Start saving for the nose job.

I'm curious, OP, were you also the poster looking for cool moms who like to sneak their babies a taste of fro-yo.

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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.

Personally I'm opposed to piercing ears. So are most of my friends. I've been told it's a Latin American, Hindi, and southern US thing mostly. I don't think it's common in DC.

In some cases it's religious and in others cultural. It's not the same thing as saying that your baby needs enhancement to be accepted, which is what you are coming dangerously close to actually saying in so many words.

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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.

At first I was going to defend op and say that she just was curious about what her baby would look like blonde and then I read the rest of her responses and yes, there is either something seriously wrong with her or she is a troll.

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.

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.

This reminds me of the Plastic Surgery Reality Show where Mom gets plastic surgery for her teen-aged daughter who looks like a string bean with huge boobs (fake, no doubt) but his NO VISIBLE SPACE BETWEEN HER THIGHS.

Daughter got surgery, now has VSBT, and is living happily ever after.

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Anonymous wrote:You don't want to turn your daughter into a fake blonde, do you?

Absolutely not. I do think it would be cute to see how she looks with lighter hair, but I guess that makes me a bad person so I should probably just stfu. I DO think she the most gorgeous thing on the planet, despite what many of you are suggesting.

You doth protest too much, lady. I think you are embarrassed that you asked such a vain, ridiculous question about a baby.

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Anonymous wrote:You don't want to turn your daughter into a fake blonde, do you?

Absolutely not. I do think it would be cute to see how she looks with lighter hair, but I guess that makes me a bad person so I should probably just stfu. I DO think she the most gorgeous thing on the planet, despite what many of you are suggesting.

At least she has blue eyes, eh?

You are kind of a bad person, troll or not. Lemon juice can't fix that.