Thursday, June 18, 2015

Things That Annoy Me Thursday: Banning Piercing Ears?

Apparently there is a petition going around the UK to ban baby ear piercing. (You can read an article about it here.)

I saw this and was like:





We got Natalie's ears pierced when she was one. You can sort of see her earrings in this picture.




This is what happened:

She cried for like thirty seconds and was fine. Fast forward to now. She's 8 and loves her pierced ears. If we had been banned from getting her ears pierced, I'd have been ticked.

My Mom had my ears pierced when I was 3. I'm told I was dramatic. I only allowed them to pierce one ear and then refused to let them go near my other ear. So my Mom had to bribe me with a toy. This worked. I got the other ear pieced. In my case, I did NOT like my pierced ears and would raise a fuss whenever they had to be cleaned. So my Mom just allowed the holes to close up. Do I resent her for getting my ears pierced without my permission? Um, no.


I feel like if I pushed the baby from my bajingo, then I can pierce the dang ears if I want to. Thanks.



What are your views?

17 comments:

  1. I'm pretty sure I was born with my ears already pierced. It's tradition for hispanic families to pierce early, so we did it to all three of our girls as well. It literally was 30 seconds of pain and they were fine. I hate when people bring up the argument about making permanent unwanted changes to a baby. I'm pretty sure if they don't want them when they're older, they can take them out and let them close up.

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  2. People start online petitions for anything nowadays.
    One more day till your birthday!! *throws confetti* whoo hooo (hope your getting something yummy for yourself tomorrow like wine! And cake. Magic Mike? Haha)

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  3. Oh god I just typed your. I meant YOU'RE. Dammit...up to early....

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  4. That is ridiculous. The problem with the world today is that they want too much control. They want to control what we do and how we do it. Are we even free anymore? That is definitely annoying. I agree with the above commenter, it's only about 30 seconds of pain. If the child wants to take their earrings out when they are older, that's all they need to do.

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  5. I heard this too and honestly I don't remember getting my ears pierced since I got them when I was one or something close to that too. I would rather get them when I am young and won't remember than older when they pitch a fit, and remember all the pain. Also I would totally go to a piercing studio not a Claire's type place so it don't hurt so much!

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  6. I don't care if people do it when they're babies or not. I personally prefer to wait until my daughter decides she wants to get them done. I want it to be HER decision. I figure it could be a fun coming of age ritual to experience together if and when she's ready. I worry because of her cochlear implants and would hope she will wait until her ears are bigger so the processors don't bother the earrings or vice versa. I was told that people can have pierced ears when they have CIs though.

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  7. Really? This is a thing? Nonsense. My kid's ears, my choice to pierce them or not (well, her choice, too. We wouldn't have done it if she didn't want them done because I didn't do them when she was a baby). You can't legislate that.

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  8. I think it's a personal decision. If you want to pierce your baby's ears, go for it. If you don't... don't. I think it's cute when I see baby girls with pierced ears... but I also wonder if they ever try tugging on them and fear they would get ripped out... and that doesn't sound fun!

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  9. I live in the UK and I haven't heard of this petition.
    I chose NOT to pierce my daughters ears, only because I KNOW she'll be dramatic and moan (she's 7 now) when I have to clean them. She use to hate me even touching her ears or hair when she was a baby/toddler so it was just easier not to have her ears pierced. When she asks me for them to be pierced, I shall have them pierced :) I've nothing against other people getting there kids ears pierced. I think I was 4 or 5 years old when mine were done and then I had my second holes pierced when I was 12. I don't regret it nor resent my mum for having my ears pierced.

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  10. Mine were pierced when I was 6 weeks old. I haven't pierced Frances' yet, but mainly because it's just one more thing to worry about. I've told her she can get them done when she can be responsible about it.

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  11. I'm not a fan of piercing baby's ears. That said, I 100% feel that is a parental decision. Not something that needs a law. If it's a pain issue, then circumsion should also be banned there (again a parental decision).

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  12. My view is that it's personal, so shouldn't be banned by law! Ridiculous. I wouldn't do it myself to a baby, but not because I think it would hurt them. It's just that Scarlet was my first and I was afraid to do a thing with her, much less worry about infected ears. Natalie was your second so you were all awesome and confident!
    Also Scarlet had insane curls that covered her ears.

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  13. Hahaha I love that Big Bang clip!

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  14. I did both of my girls when they were under a year. I can't remember exactly how young. I think 8 months. They cried for a few and were fine.

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  15. Hahaha had to laugh at the if I pushed a baby out line. We've discussed getting Grace's ears pierced... but I think we are going to wait until after she is done nursing because sometimes she gets milk all up in her ears and that just sounds like more work for me!

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  16. My opinion? It's a personal view and a personal decision, so it should be left at that. If it doesn't cause lasting physical or emotional damage, then why should people care. I had mine done at 13 and part of me wishes that my mom had done it when I was a baby, but another part of me liked making the decision on my own.

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  17. For my family, I want to wait until they can decide they want it done. I had so many problems when I pierced my ears, and it was horrible. I didn't feel like dealing with those issues when they were babies. At least, if they are older, I can tell them what may happen and they can communicate any problems to me.

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