Day 76/365. Baby girl got her ears pierced. Unexpectedly stoic child. Her Mama is a wimp, however.
I had always assumed I'd have my infant daughter's ears pierced soon after birth just as mine were but I just couldn't fathom taking an infant to the mall to get this done. I clung to the idea of having a nurse at a doctor's office do it, but unfortunately her pediatrician's office doesn't pierce ears. They recommended we go to the mall. Great, thanks for the tip!
I know there are people who will criticize our decision to pierce her ears this early; they'll mostly argue that we took the choice away from our child, that it would have been better to wait until she could ask for them. It is probably a cultural thing, but I simply don't see anything wrong with babies having their ears pierced. My issue was that as time went on I thought I had missed the window of opportunity. Wouldn't it be worse to have Eirin's ears pierced now that she was older? Wouldn't she be more aware of the pain and more apt to touch her ears and risk infection? I also thought about her brother. Now that they're older, they are constantly pulling, rough-housing and sometimes even bite each other. What if Liam got hold of one of those earrings and hurt her accidentally? So, I would forget about it, let time continue to pass by.
In the past couple of months Eirin has on a handful of occasions grabbed hold of my earrings and then pointed to her own ears. "Baby girl, do you want earrings like Mama's?" I asked. She eagerly nodded yes. So, today, finding ourselves at the mall, my mom asked if we should just get it done already! What are you waiting for? I had discussed this with David before, so I called him to confirm that he was still OK with it, which he was. So we schlepped it over to the piercing pagoda, only to be told that we'd have to wait until they had 2 staff members there, she explained that it is best to pierce both ears at once, which makes complete sense. We waited, I picked out a cute pair and braced myself for the screams. Baby girl was amazingly good, she did not make a peep and loves her earrings to boot. Easy as pie...
3 comments:
I think that it's okay to pierce your babies ears. When they are older and they don't want to have pierced ears they can always let them close up. She looks cute! Glad mom was there to help you stop being a wimp.
Eli,
Was searching for my GF's blog and came across yours. Loved your thoughtful reasoning and description and pictures of having your dd's ears pierced as an infant . I think you were a super smart mommy for doing it now when mommy can care for them. She'll thank you later!
Our ped also encouraged to do it when mommy could care for them. I think babies and little girls with pierced ears are adorable. It celebrates their femininity and femaleness. Like you, I kept seeing babies and little girls with earrings and how cute they were with little gold studs in their ears poking through their hair.
Our ped gave me some suggestions for moms having their infant dd's ears pierced as well as for "Tips for moms having their dd's ears pierced/Care of Newly Pierced Ears."
If you or any other moms thinking about it and want to do it now or would like them, write me an e-mail.
Angie
Angietune@hotmail.com
Thanks Angie. :)
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