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Ear Piercing?

It's fine!

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Glamorgirli

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Posted: 10-16-06 13:31pm


I've had my ears pierced since I was a few months old, I can't remember it at all ,didn't effect me in any way! I did hate earrings when I was younger though! Plus when you get them done when your a baby you don't have to worry about them closing up! I can have my earrings out for months and there still open! It always looks so cute on babies! I say do it!

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Posted: 10-16-06 13:39pm


Wow, I didn't realize this would get so heated!

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Posted: 10-16-06 13:44pm


I never realized how many people were against it. I personally think it looks cute. Parents put cute clothes on babies and they don't realize it either. I had mines done when I was a few months old and I of course don't remember a thing. I'm glad it was done that young, because I got another ear piercing after that and it hurt like hell. I can go literally years without earrings and they've never closed. Ava's getting her ear's pierced after a few months.

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Posted: 10-16-06 13:48pm

ayamiyaki wrote:

wow, I didn't realize this would get so heated! Shocked

ditto!

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Posted: 10-16-06 13:51pm

michelle1981 wrote:

ayamiyaki wrote:

wow, I didn't realize this would get so heated! Shocked

ditto!

double ditto,wah wah wah!

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Posted: 10-16-06 13:57pm


I got mine done when I was 6 or 7, and I remember it vividly. I cried sooo hard and didn't want the lady to do my second ear. It was only when my dad told me .I'd look funny with one earring that I let her. It sounds stupid, but it was traumatizing. That's really why I want to do it now, to save .Aly from that. But .I'm also paranoid that she'll pull on her ears if she gets an ear infection or when she starts teething and might rip her little earlobes. How do those ear piercing people know where to put the earring, so that it's still centered when the ear gets bigger?

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Posted: 10-16-06 14:02pm

melissa_20 wrote:

michelle1981 wrote:

ayamiyaki wrote:

wow, I didn't realize this would get so heated! Shocked

ditto!

double ditto,wah wah wah!

.Melly, you too funny :p

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Posted: 10-16-06 14:13pm


I feel that we are all different and if you want to have your little one's ears pierced then go for it or do it yourself, it is your choice. I did not get mine done until I was 20 and I do not wear earrings very much but I still can wear them and I asked my daughter when she was 5y/o and she said that she did not care and at 6 and said she did not know and at 7y/o she got them pierced on her birthday and I got her a pair of diamond studs, her father and I talked about it while she was a baby and we both decided to wait and make it her idea. That was our choice though.

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Posted: 10-16-06 15:05pm


My in laws keep asking me if i'm going to get .Adriana's ears pierced, because most of my hubby's nieces had them done as babies....And I have told them .N.O a million times. I refuse to do it until she's old enough to want them, and ask for them. It's just a personal choice, but i'm terrified that she would someday discover it and pull on it, or that it would get caught on her sheet, a blanket or her clothing and it would pull and rip her ear lobe. I have nothing against it, but I wouldn't do it to my child. Just thought i'd throw my 2 cents in

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Re: Newborn Ear Piercing?
Posted: 10-16-06 15:35pm

ayamiyaki wrote:

we're considering getting .Alyvia's ears pierced. I'd like some opinions!

And, if you've had your baby's ears pierced, tell me about the experience! (that means you, .Sarah!)

this post really angers me off,for gods sake I cannot beleive some people.
Why dont you pierce its tongue whilst your there,yeah maybe youll get a deal,like get your ear done and your tongues free. Disgraceful and idiotic and so not the right thing to do. Evil or
Very Mad

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Posted: 10-16-06 15:36pm

jessesgirl wrote:

i never realized how many people were against it. I personally think it looks cute. Parents put cute clothes on babies and they don't realize it either. I had mines done when I was a few months old and I of course don't remember a thing. I'm glad it was done that young, because I got another ear piercing after that and it hurt like hell. I can go literally years without earrings and they've never closed. Ava's getting her ear's pierced after a few months.

thats what you are.

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Re: Newborn Ear Piercing?
Posted: 10-16-06 16:12pm

jungle juice wrote:

ayamiyaki wrote:

we're considering getting .Alyvia's ears pierced. I'd like some opinions!

And, if you've had your baby's ears pierced, tell me about the experience! (that means you, .Sarah!)

this post really angers me off,for gods sake I cannot beleive some people.

Why dont you pierce its tongue whilst your there,yeah maybe youll get a deal,like get your ear done and your tongues free. Disgraceful and idiotic and so not the right thing to do. Evil or
Very Mad

excuse me, but .Aya was simply asking everyones experiences about ear piercings for babies, not for someone to jump down her throat because it angers *you* off. She wants to hear from people that have done it to weigh the pros and cons. This is a support forum, and if you can't put your opionion in a civilized fashion, I suggest you leave because it will not be tolerated.

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Re: Bad Parent
Posted: 10-16-06 16:25pm

jungle juice wrote:

jessesgirl wrote:

thats what you are.

i'm sorry you're so upset about it.
She asked for opinions and I gave her mine.
Have a wonderful day!

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Re: Bad Parent
Posted: 10-16-06 16:36pm

jessesgirl wrote:

jungle juice wrote:

jessesgirl wrote:

thats what you are.

i'm sorry you're so upset about it.

She asked for opinions and I gave her mine.

Have a wonderful day!

you're not a bad parent girlie!

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Posted: 10-16-06 16:45pm


You know, I peireced my daughter's ears myself and I know that I didn't do it for my own personal enjoyment. I mean come on. Pierce my baby's tongue? How does the tongus compare at all to ear lobes? Like the other posters said, why go through having a 5 year old scream and not want to get the other ear pierced? Junglejuice: this post was made to get opinions. And of course, that's what it's about. You are the one heating the situation up, so please, be a grown woman and respect other's opinions. Aya: you know how I feel. Pm me if you wanna talk more about it! Sarah

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Re: Newborn Ear Piercing?
Posted: 10-16-06 17:00pm

jungle juice wrote:

ayamiyaki wrote:

we're considering getting .Alyvia's ears pierced. I'd like some opinions!

And, if you've had your baby's ears pierced, tell me about the experience! (that means you, .Sarah!)

this post really angers me off,for gods sake I cannot beleive some people.

Why dont you pierce its tongue whilst your there,yeah maybe youll get a deal,like get your ear done and your tongues free. Disgraceful and idiotic and so not the right thing to do. Evil or
Very Mad

uhh, what the hell? Just vote "no" and be mature. Jesus! Evil or
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Posted: 10-16-06 17:03pm


And thank you to everyone else who was able to disagree with piercing without flipping the f*ck out. I appreciate your opinions.

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Posted: 10-16-06 17:09pm


It shocks me that people have to act so childish and fly off the handle calling people bad parents for such a small thing, when the conversation was going on maturely and wasn't turning personal at all. It's pathetic. People like that must have real huge problems functioning in the real world.

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Posted: 10-16-06 17:30pm


Tanyaface, I really agree with you! How can anyone be that rude is beyond me! Aya .Miyaki I do like .Oni's ears pierced though.

alanna

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Posted: 10-17-06 09:26am


I personally won't be getting lily's ears pierced until shes old enough to ask for them. I don't like watching my daughter get shots let alone a piercing that is unnecessary. She's not a barbie doll. But thats my opinion. I got mine pierced when I was 8, and it went just fine for me. And then at that point, I could take care of them myself.