Anonymous
Post 11/12/2025 13:49     Subject: Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
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Anonymous wrote:And she can get her ears pierced when she asks. So far she doesn't have any interest.


Pp here and this is my ear peircing rule. When she asks.


Same here! My ears were pierced when I was a baby, so I have no issues with my DD piercing her ears when she's ready and wants them. That said, I don't wear earrings very often, so she doesn't see them very often, and therefore hasn't asked about them yet.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 18:51     Subject: Re:Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
Anonymous wrote:I have two little girls ages 4 and 1. I've been using Piggy Paint since my 4 year old was a year old I love painting their nails! I did toes only for a long time, then stepped up to fingernails when my 4 year old turned 3. My 4 year old has even had a professional mani/pedi!! (not because of me though! Fancy bday party )


This sort of this reminds me of the book,
"All Grown Up and Nowhere To Go".

What's the rush??
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 18:49     Subject: Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
Yep, piggy paint.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 18:24     Subject: Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
I think it is totally trashy. And tacky.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 16:39     Subject: Re:Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
I have two little girls ages 4 and 1. I've been using Piggy Paint since my 4 year old was a year old I love painting their nails! I did toes only for a long time, then stepped up to fingernails when my 4 year old turned 3. My 4 year old has even had a professional mani/pedi!! (not because of me though! Fancy bday party )
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 15:32     Subject: Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
" Although his father frequently does dishes and laundry, so perhaps that was problematic?"

Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 15:26     Subject: Re:Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
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Anonymous wrote:Yes my DS wants his nails painted when he sees mine done and I don't mind doing it for him ?

Does he see his father much?


NP, but my son also wants his nails painted and yes, he sees his father every single day - my spouse is actually a SAHD. He also sees me and his older sister.


Oh, but see, the fact that your DH is a SAHD explains your DS's confusion.

^^that's sarcasm in case it's not obvious.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 15:24     Subject: Re:Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
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Anonymous wrote:Yes my DS wants his nails painted when he sees mine done and I don't mind doing it for him ?


To each their own, but I grew up with a little boy like this (was the third boy in a family when they wanted a girl). Perhaps he knew his sexual identity early on, but he's now openly gay as a young adult (they also bought him barbies to play with in the pool). i wouldn't care if my son is gay, but I won't be encouraging it by painting his nails.




Yeah I don't think you can "encourage" you kid to be (or not to be) gay. They are who they are.


PP here. I agree that kids "are who they are." That being said, I think boundaries should be set. If my son asked to have his nails painted on his own accord several times, I'd oblige (and probably meet with a child psychiatrist to understand his needs). If my son wants his nails painted because mine are, I'd say no. I don't raise my kids to adhere to stereotypes for their sex, but think there's a level of appropriateness that parents should enforce.


You're the one who needs a psychiatrist. For real.


You're entitled to your opinion, but I think our children are the first generation where "transgender" is a common topic and I think it can be confusing for them. If my son also wanted his ears pierced, wanted to wear dresses, etc. I would seek a professional opinion to help navigate his preferences and sexual identity. I don't think I need to see a psychiatrist because I don't want my son having his nails painted.


Seriously, half the boys at my kids' high school have pierced ears.

I actually thnk that, unless a kid is consistently voicing serious displeasure with his/her gender, that it is very counterproductive and even harmful to make a big deal (like seeing a psychiatrist?!) out of a young kid's interest in things he/she sees the opposite sex parent do. I vividly remember wanting to pee standing up when I was a little girl, like my father and brother did. Doing it didn't make me gay or transgender (though it did make a mess).
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 15:17     Subject: Re:Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
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Anonymous wrote:Yes my DS wants his nails painted when he sees mine done and I don't mind doing it for him ?


To each their own, but I grew up with a little boy like this (was the third boy in a family when they wanted a girl). Perhaps he knew his sexual identity early on, but he's now openly gay as a young adult (they also bought him barbies to play with in the pool). i wouldn't care if my son is gay, but I won't be encouraging it by painting his nails.




Yeah I don't think you can "encourage" you kid to be (or not to be) gay. They are who they are.


PP here. I agree that kids "are who they are." That being said, I think boundaries should be set. If my son asked to have his nails painted on his own accord several times, I'd oblige (and probably meet with a child psychiatrist to understand his needs). If my son wants his nails painted because mine are, I'd say no. I don't raise my kids to adhere to stereotypes for their sex, but think there's a level of appropriateness that parents should enforce.


This sentence makes no sense.

My DS wore nail polish sometimes when he was a preschooler. He liked pink and sparkly things and Barbie dolls. He also liked matchbox cars and Legos and blocks and construction equipment and rough housing. He's 18 now and appears to be heterosexual.

And yes, he was raised with a father in the house, not that that matters. Although his father frequently does dishes and laundry, so perhaps that was problematic?
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 14:51     Subject: Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
Anonymous wrote:I let my 3 yo daughter wear nail polish. Pick your battles op.


NP. I don't "battle" with my toddler, over anything! I've taught her that sometimes I say yes, sometimes I say no, and sometimes I say not right now. She responds well to disappointment, and says "thank you" and shows appreciation when I say yes!
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 14:49     Subject: Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
On the rare occasion my girls ask I allow it and I am definitely conservative with stuff like this. But it's so harmless. Memorial Day weekend we went to Target and they each picked out a polish color and I painted their toes and hands that night. They're 2 and 6.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 14:23     Subject: Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
I let my 3 yo daughter wear nail polish. Pick your battles op.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 14:21     Subject: Re:Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
Anonymous wrote:My four year old has been begging as well - there are a lot of girls in her preschool class wearing it (older sibs ) - we bought piggy paint which went on easily and then basically came off in the bath - seemed like a good compromise. . .


+1 we also used it as a bribe for good behavior...and totally worked. Piggy Paint chips really quickly but she just like shaving it sometimes, even if it's 1/2 chipped off.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2016 09:23     Subject: Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
My mom was visiting and painted her fingers and toes. We agreed that nail polish on a three-year-old's hand just freaked us out, and removed it, but left it on her toes.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2016 23:05     Subject: Re:Do you let your 3 year old wear nail polish?
I had never heard of piggy paint. Thanks DCUM! My 3yo wants polish on her fingernails but I've only let her have it on her toes because she sucks her thumb. I wonder if the promise of piggy paint would work to bribe her to finally quit. Dentist has finally put the fear of orthodontia in my heart.