Ear Piercing

chichi589 · July 2014

@MissHSoonToBeMrsS‌ eh as I said to each his own. To me accessories are accessories. Earrings can come out. There's a lot of things that are trashy in this world and tiny studs in a baby's ear is not one of them.

Serenla · July 2014

I sure as hell wouldn't do it for a girl or DS. Partially because I am allergic to certain metals and I wouldn't want to find out my kids are allergic to nickel or something by getting their ears pierced. The other part is because I don't think it looks good on babies.

If any of my kids want one we will wait until they are older. DH got his pierced when he was 16 and I got mine when I was 5/6ish, so sometime after 6 or so.

LaNorte · July 2014

The most upsetting thing in this thread is finding out that @RedDawnsRevenge‌ 's name isn't Dawn. World = upside down.

Rogue237 · July 2014

I'm not into it at all. I'm in the "don't alter the kid's body until they're old enough to make the decision" camp. But I'm a 30 year old without pierced ears. I do have some tattoos though...

Andrewsgal · July 2014

Nope my daughter was cute enough she didn't need decoration. Also in the trashy camp.

Teresa1896 · July 2014

DS is circ'd and dd (3) does not have her ears pierced. I don't have mine pierced, so why would I pierce hers? If she bugs me enough maybe I'll let her get them pierced some day.

stgeist · July 2014

I really wanted to do it with dd when she was a baby but I ultimately decided not to because of my own sensitivity to earrings. A lot of the time, my ears itch really bad when I am wearing earrings because I am allergic to some of the metals. I was worried that dd would have the same reaction and wouldn't be able to tell me. We will do it when she is older (if she wants) and can communicate if they are uncomfortable.

JessieAlbin · July 2014

I have a boy and we are one and done, so my opinion is pretty useless on this one, but I am not into it. I respect that it's a cultural thing for some people, but otherwise am in the "when she's old enough to ask for it and take care of it and we know she's not allergic to metals/of an age appropriate to get it done with hollow needle and implant grade steel jewelry because I believe the guns are icky and most jewelry is cheap and not good enough to live in a healing piercing and why do you want one more thing to take care of on an infant for looks and who are we to modify her body unnecessarily" camp. Phew!

That said, we circumcised Sullivan. We were on the fence, and I left the final decision to DH since he has a penis and I don't. Ultimately decided when we asked a male OB at our practice his thoughts, and he said the HIV statistics would be the reason why he would circ if he was having a son, that even though people are no longer dying from AIDS because of meds, and not a big issue in the US now, we have no way of knowing what std stats will be like when he's old enough to be sexually active, especially since we are seeing new outbreaks of diseases we thought were dead for good.

Eta: All the run-on sentences!!

abbeylanecb · July 2014

I don't get it at all. I don't think it's cute and it seems like unnesassary pain. I will not be piercing my daughters ears until she ask.

Bluebird2318 · July 2014

JessieAlbin said:

I have a boy and we are one and done, so my opinion is pretty useless on this one, but I am not into it. I respect that it's a cultural thing for some people, but otherwise am in the "when she's old enough to ask for it and take care of it and we know she's not allergic to metals/of an age appropriate to get it done with hollow needle and implant grade steel jewelry because I believe the guns are icky and most jewelry is cheap and not good enough to live in a healing piercing and why do you want one more thing to take care of on an infant for looks and who are we to modify her body unnecessarily" camp. Phew! That said, we circumcised Sullivan. We were on the fence, and I left the final decision to DH since he has a penis and I don't. Ultimately decided when we asked a male OB at our practice his thoughts, and he said the HIV statistics would be the reason why he would circ if he was having a son, that even though people are no longer dying from AIDS because of meds, and not a big issue in the US now, we have no way of knowing what std stats will be like when he's old enough to be sexually active, especially since we are seeing new outbreaks of diseases we thought were dead for good. Eta: All the run-on sentences!!

That is more or less me. I don't really judge it and I can't say I think it's "trashy," I just consider it completely unnecessary and don't find it cute anyway. There are no "benefits that outweigh the risks" here. I also feel like it has more value as a coming-of-age sort of thing.

The circ thing is more or less me as well. I was on the fence about circ in general but leaned toward not wanting it for my own son, but since DH is the one who has experience having a penis and he felt strongly about it I let his opinion override mine. If I were parenting DS alone, I am almost certain I would not have done it, but I can see the potential value in it. You can teach your children about safe sex, but at the end of the day they make their own (sometimes poor) decisions.

Mariposa1616 · July 2014

Had my DD done @ 3 months. She is a trooper because she has been doing great. As always I think like most things concerning our children, it's a parents discretion.

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