Babies with earings, is it just me?...

[Ian Gentles]

I think its madness to have a babies ears pierced. What say you?

[Billie Goodson]

I think all piercings are madness, so, I may not be objective enough for you on this one.

[Linda Bechtold]

I would never have pierced my babies' ears as I don't feel it is my decision. When my girls were old enough and asked to get their ears pierced I took them and had it explained to them.... if they still wanted it done (which they did) then it was their informed choice.

[Billy Cox]

I think its madness to have a babies ears pierced. What say you?

I think it is silly to get our panties in a bunch over something like a baby with pierced ears. It is reversible after all. :rolleyes:

Parents might as well enjoy that brief period of time when the baby is a natural extension of their ego.

[Dana Grant]

I think its madness to have a babies ears pierced. What say you?

Ian,

It is part of the culture in some areas of the world to automatically have a baby's ears pierced. It is very prevalent where I live to do this. However, when my daughter was born, I was adamant that her ears NOT be pierced until she was old enough to make that decision for herself. I'm very thankful that I didn't because she's now almost 17 years old and does NOT want to have her ears pierced!

It's funny in our situation. Most of the time, the girl is asking the mother for permission to have her ears pierced. Between Lindsey and me, it's the mother asking the daughter "are you SURE you don't want to have your ears pierced?" LOL When we're at the mall and pass by those "free ear piercing" signs -- before I have a chance to say anything, she says "NO MOM, I do NOT want my ears pierced!"

I'm very proud of her for not caving into peer pressure -- even her mother!!! HA HA

[Ian Gentles]

Ian,

It is part of the culture in some areas of the world to automatically have a baby's ears pierced. It is very prevalent where I live to do this. However, when my daughter was born, I was adamant that her ears NOT be pierced until she was old enough to make that decision for herself. I'm very thankful that I didn't because she's now almost 17 years old and does NOT want to have her ears pierced!

It's funny in our situation. Most of the time, the girl is asking the mother for permission to have her ears pierced. Between Lindsey and me, it's the mother asking the daughter "are you SURE you don't want to have your ears pierced?" LOL When we're at the mall and pass by those "free ear piercing" signs -- before I have a chance to say anything, she says "NO MOM, I do NOT want my ears pierced!"

I'm very proud of her for not caving into peer pressure -- even her mother!!! HA HA

ROFLOL oh that is funny lol, thanks for the laugh mom! ;)
Hey, from your photo your to young to have a daughter that age! :)

[Gina Stevenson]

What Dana said ... the first thing that came to mind was certain cultures, especially one, where it's nearly automatic ... you expect, and aren't surprised at all, seeing a very young baby's ears pierced.

As for pierced ears myself ... after trying some of my mother's clip-on ones when young, I decided it was not a bad idea t all; those clip-ons hurt ... they pinch badly! OUCH! :eek:

[Dana Grant]

ROFLOL oh that is funny lol, thanks for the laugh mom! ;)
Hey, from your photo your to young to have a daughter that age! :)

That was very sweet, Ian......LOL

But here they are -- my daughter 16-1/2 and my son will be 23 on Monday!!

OLD Mom is the one in the middle!! LOL

But if you want to talk about FACIAL HAIR, hmmmmmm, well, I guess I'd have to be FOR that and not against it -- my husband AND my son have beards!

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[David Pettigrew]

I'm not a controlling husband. I wear the pants in my family - my wife tells me when I can put them on. However, I do have a "put my foot down" card that I can play a couple of times a year or so, and she obeys, no questions asked. This is one of those issues in which I have chosen to use it.

I have absolutely forbidden her from getting Hannah's ears pierced. I'm really not sure why, but the thought of it makes me ill.

Perhaps it was all those saints in the church growing up that said if you got your ears pierced the Holy Spirit would leak out.

Or maybe it's like when I take her to the pediatrician. I cry when she gets the needle.

Probably has more to do with me just wanting her to stay little.

[Barbara Moulton]

I'm not a controlling husband. I wear the pants in my family - my wife tells me when I can put them on. However, I do have a "put my foot down" card that I can play a couple of times a year or so, and she obeys, no questions asked. This is one of those issues in which I have chosen to use it.

I have absolutely forbidden her from getting Hannah's ears pierced. I'm really not sure why, but the thought of it makes me ill.

Perhaps it was all those saints in the church growing up that said if you got your ears pierced the Holy Spirit would leak out.

Or maybe it's like when I take her to the pediatrician. I cry when she gets the needle.

Probably has more to do with me just wanting her to stay little.

I'm curious about your use of language here. Was your wife so adamant that she wanted to get Hannah's ears pierced that you had to forbid it? Or was it a proactive forbidding? :)

[David Pettigrew]

I'm curious about your use of language here. Was your wife so adamant that she wanted to get Hannah's ears pierced that you had to forbid it? Or was it a proactive forbidding? :)

I knew I'd lose some points over the word "forbidden." Please understand that my wife and I truly are submissive to one another. However, sometimes we totally disagree. When one of us feels strongly that the other should not do something, we don't do it.

So, my wife wants to get Hannah's ears pierced. I said "No." She didn't take her to get them pierced. So I guess in that sense, I forbid it, since if I hadn't have objected they'd be pierced by now.

It's just so incredibly rare that I say "no" to anything (and mean it) that it really stands out when I do, and vice versa.

I rarely post on naznet that I don't include some humor, but set your mind at ease. I'm neither a henpecked husband, nor a caveman.

[Meghan Schoonover]

The area I grew up in had a high Italian-descent population, and it was quite common to see the girl babies with pierced ears.

[Alisa Stoll]

I'm 46 and my ears are not pierced. I was going to do it as a teenager and my grandfather didn't want me to do it - so I didn't. My husband would rather I didn't so I haven't. When our daughter was born it was out of the question. Obviously my husband wouldn't encourage it and my mom had worked at an elementary school where the girls regularly came in from the playground because someone pulled their ear or their hair got caught in the earring and pulled it etc. So I wouldn't recommend it for an infant either. What I did tell my husband was that there are some battles that aren't worth winning and ear piercing is one of them. I have a very girly girl daughter who wore the stickers on her ears when she was young so it was going to happen eventually. I did tell him he could choose the age as long as it wasn't 30. She had them done the day after her 12th B-day - my mom took her - the same mom who didn't do hers until she was 50! My daughter would like to get a second piercing but we've put the foot down on that one - as long as we support her no. But guess what - her fiance isn't thrilled about the second piercing either so it may not ever happen.

Alisa

[Glenda Harvey]

Our area is heavily Hispanic culture and pierced ears for infant girls is quite common. I let my daughter get her ears pierced when she was around 13 or 14 but she takes after me and finds that her ears itch from most earrings so she hardly ever wears them.

[David Pettigrew]

Our area is heavily Hispanic culture and pierced ears for infant girls is quite common. I let my daughter get her ears pierced when she was around 13 or 14 but she takes after me and finds that her ears itch from most earrings so she hardly ever wears them.

Yeah, that's VERY true in Texas as well. So, I may have to add some sort of latent, subconscious race issue to my reasons for not wanting it.