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SO: Infant Ear Piercing
For those of you considering piercing your infant's ears, remember that ears grow. What are cute, centered piercings at six months won't be at 18 years, after the ears and lobes have stretched.?
Just something to think about. If you think 'baby bling' is cute, stick-on earrings are a less permanent way to achieve that look.?
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Re: SO: Infant Ear Piercing
I've never been the fan of earrings on babies. I will confess to looking down my nose at the practice, I don't find it remotely cute.
I had my ears pierced at the age of 5 and I hated it. I let them grow over until my teens.?
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I don't care if people pierce their baby's ears. And I've never heard of them ending up all lopsided and shiz.
However, if I have a daughter, I'll wait until she wants to get them pierced, so she can get all scared and nervous like I did when I was 10
It'll be fun!
Not for everyone. I had mine done as an infant and they are still in the middle, look totally normal, and I wear earrings everyday. It really is a personal choice.
But it's not, is it? You're choosing it for her. What if her ears stretch and she ends up with funky piercings/holes??
People are going to do what they're going to do. I just know I'd be pissed if I ended up with wonky piercings/holes as an adult because my mom thought it'd be cute to have a pierced kid. And if anyone's on the fence about it, maybe realizing the piercings might not be so cute in ten + years will convince them to wait.?
Ugh. Then don't make any decisions for your child because they might grow up and be pissed about it.
I have several friends who were pierced as infants and most of them have weirdly positioned holes. Even if it doesn't happen to everyone, why take the chance??
This. It is the personal decision of the parents, and should be a "to each his own" decision. Just like many other things out there.
First, choosing what a child has to eat for dinner =/= putting holes into your kid's body for purely aesthetic reasons before they can consent.?
Second, I don't really give a rat's ass what anyone chooses to do with their child's body (within reason). I'm just presenting something to think about for those on the fence. Easy peasy.?
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that is how I feel too. Whereas I DO think it is cute (I love pierced ears, I have 4 on right and 3 on left) -- I am waiting to let our DD make the decision. I begged my mom at age 4 and she let me as long as I did not cry (which I can proudly say I did not). I still remember it and have worn earrings everyday since. It was a fun memory to have with my mom.
Just out of curiosity:
If you were able to look into the future and saw that your daughter's piercings were distorted from normal ear growth/stretching (as a teenager/adult), would you still choose to pierce them at such a young age??
If I were looking into the future at my DD I would hope that I am not stuck looking at her ear lobes. If I could look into the future at my teenage daughter there are PLENTY of other things that I would concern myself with-earlobes would not top the priority list.
Just because it happens to some, doesn't mean it happens to everyone. Again, to each their own.
This, I was 9 months old and mine are still fine, I'm very glad my parents had it done when I was little, I agree it's a personal choice
Eh. Mine have been pierced since I was 2 weeks old. They are not lopsided now.
I don't give a crap what other people do with their kids re: ear piercing. There are much bigger things in life to get worked up over.
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I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then. ~ Alice
Ditto.?