Baby Ear Piercing

[TwinKristi]

this is good info

I agree its a parents choice-
I personally feel it should be a child's choice( I don't know if choice is the right word or not, but right of passage so to speak, or a mother/daughter event, yet choice is what I mean- after all it is a hole in a persons head) at around the age 10-12 and one that is talked about extensively with the child- Weird side of it for me is that I feel a boy should be circumcised before leaving the hospital. just me and my quirky ways-

See I wasn't going to bring this up because it's sooooo individual and personal but most people view these as similar choices. Children should have the choice with their own body. The difference is circumcision is not reversible and ear piercings are! Your holes close up and are hardly visible if you don't wear earrings.

[Blackcat31]

See I wasn't going to bring this up because it's sooooo individual and personal but most people view these as similar choices. Children should have the choice with their own body. The difference is circumcision is not reversible and ear piercings are! Your holes close up and are hardly visible if you don't wear earrings.

I couldn't imagine a male CHOOSING to be circumcised... LOL!

A couple years back though I had a DCM that did not have her DS circumcised when he was born because the father's family didn't believe/practice it.

A couple years later, DCM and DCD broke up.....

Yep, she went in and had her DS circumcised. He was 4.

It was NOT a pretty story for anyone. :confused:

[Kabob]

I couldn't imagine a male CHOOSING to be circumcised... LOL!

A couple years back though I had a DCM that did not have her DS circumcised when he was born because the father's family didn't believe/practice it.

A couple years later, DCM and DCD broke up.....

Yep, she went in and had her DS circumcised. He was 4.

It was NOT a pretty story for anyone. :confused:

Makes me think of that Sex and the City episode where Charlotte convinced her boyfriend to get a circumcision...

On a side note, as someone who had a difficult childhood (long story), I just don't like the idea of altering my child's body unless absolutely necessary. Do I judge those that do? No. They don't have my phobias or background. We all have social norms that influence us too...and those norms vary even between two states or even cities within those states. I just try my hardest to accept everyone's differences in ideas of beauty as best as I can. Doesn't mean I'm gonna go out and get a nose piercing, dye my hair pink, or wear fish net stockings...I just wouldn't feel comfortable.

P.S. - My ears were pierced against my will (I was older) and I quit wearing them as soon as I "lost" them...much to my mother's dismay. It really depends on the child....and I was a wild child.

[Mom of 4]

DD # 1 - 18 months when she got her ears pierced. Cried for awhile, then would check herself out and say "pretty" all the time, and it seemed she did want to touch them a little bit.

Needless to say,
DD #2 I did hers earlier (before age 1) so I wouldn't hear the crying or be worried about her messing with her ears.

DD#2 was the easier one and not once did she touch her ears. In fact, she still has her piercers in and she is 6 yo. We clean them and take them out here and there, but she loves them and so we just let her keep wearing them.

[missy]

I personally have always found the baby ear piercing thing strange. I don't find it cruel or anything, but just weird that moms want to pierce ears that young. The friends i have that partake, they say it is so people will know their babies are girls. Well even when I dressed my baby girl in all pink, with flowers and girlie clothing out the ying yang, people still asked if she was a girl or boy!!! So who cares what people think?! They grow up eventually!

[Cradle2crayons]

I couldn't imagine a male CHOOSING to be circumcised... LOL!

A couple years back though I had a DCM that did not have her DS circumcised when he was born because the father's family didn't believe/practice it.

A couple years later, DCM and DCD broke up.....

Yep, she went in and had her DS circumcised. He was 4.

It was NOT a pretty story for anyone. :confused:

When it was in nursing school we did clinicals in the local veterans hospital and there was a 94 year old guy there to get circumcised... There was a medical reason I can't remember what now... It was... Um... Interesting as a fresh young nursing student haha

[hwichlaz]

Some considerations...

It could be a cultural thing. In some cultures baby girls have their ears pierced right after birth.

For better or worse, it is her parent's choice. Would you try to talk a mom out of circumcising her baby boy? The same argument that it is unnecessary pain could be made.

In my own experience, I've had a few DCK's (boys and girls) who've had earrings as infants (younger than a year) and have never had a problem with them.

Absolutely, it's cruel. I don't try more than once though, because it's not my child. I just keep hoping it becomes illegal. It hurts as much as having a toe nail torn off.

Ear piercing isn't any worse than a vaccination, pain wise.

[Candy]

Absolutely, it's cruel. I don't try more than once though, because it's not my child. I just keep hoping it becomes illegal. It hurts as much as having a toe nail torn off.

Ear piercing isn't any worse than a vaccination, pain wise.

I don't think anyone should try and talk a parent out of circumcision. Its the parents choice and you dont know why they chose it. Some boys have to for medical reasons. And they cant make it illegal since sometimes its a religious choice.

[hwichlaz]

I don't think anyone should try and talk a parent out of circumcision. Its the parents choice and you dont know why they chose it. Some boys have to for medical reasons. And they cant make it illegal since sometimes its a religious choice.

Religious circumcision isn't done by a doctor, it's a religious ceremony. And only a cut is made, they don't remove anything. The medical reasons, are VERY rare. More and more doctors are refusing to do it, and insurance is no longer paying for it in many areas, because it's COSMETIC SURGERY.

[Candy]

Religious circumcision isn't done by a doctor, it's a religious ceremony. And only a cut is made, they don't remove anything. The medical reasons, are VERY rare. More and more doctors are refusing to do it, and insurance is no longer paying for it in many areas, because it's COSMETIC SURGERY.

Its not as rare as you think there are 3 boys in my family who have had it done for medical reasons. But again its the parents choice so i never discourage or incourage it.

[mountainside13]

I don't think anyone should try and talk a parent out of circumcision. Its the parents choice and you dont know why they chose it. Some boys have to for medical reasons. And they cant make it illegal since sometimes its a religious choice.

I agree with Candy. It is the parents choice to decide if they want to circumcise or not. It is not our place or anyone else's place to tell a parent to not circumcise their child.