Ear piercing your infant daughter.

[cminamyer]

Would you get your daughters ears pierced when she is an infant?

[kirby26]

I agree with the skanky part being out of line.. bc as ashiepooh said "babies cant dress skanky" haha. My opinion is just that i dont like the way they look on babies..and i feel like they look older than they really are. I would want to wait until she can make the decision herself.

[ashiepooh]

Haha I already voted and what not, and left a comment, but I honestly have no problem with people piercing babies ears, it's just something I want to hear my kids tell me.  And I in no way dress my girls in pink!  I hate the color!  Hahaha!  So I just wanted to state that.  But as I re read this everyday I keep thinking about the circumsition thing, and my god.  I don't know why people have to get all bent out of shape over everything!

Oh but off subject and back to the pink thing, I let my kids honestly pick our their clothes at the store, and my evil MIL only buys my daughter pink, "Because i'm a bad mother who wont let her wear it" ahaha BUT i've told her to even ask her son, my husband, and my daughter doesn't even really care for pink herself.  She has two things that are pink that she will wear, and throws every other pink thing in the garbage, I'm not even kidding.  

Anywho, like someone else mentioned, it's a choice every mother can make, same with the circumsition.  Personal choices shouldn't affect everything to be thrown in a bad mood over something!  But that skanky remark way up there, was really uncalled for.  It's a baby, babies can't dress skanky.  =)

[AnitaRFrith]

I voted no because Its against my religion.  I'm a Apostolic Pentecostal.  We don't wear jewlry, make up, or pants/short/Capri.  ( We wear skirts/dresses.)  I was not raised that way though.  My mom had my ears pierced what I was about 3.  Anita

[Griggsy]

The medical issues are pretty much brainers. . . you know my kid has chicken pox, or a fever, or was diagnosed with this can someone relate or help. . . , but when it comes down to the stuff that doesn't matter like getting your ears pierced, or whether or not you should bath them as new borns or just do a sponge bath, people get really opinionated, and sometimes down right nasty towards those that do not share the same opinion.

I respect someone with a different opinion than myself as long as it is presented in a nice, friendly way, and as long as they are okay with me disagreeing. The best thing we can teach our children is that being civil towards each other goes a long way in the world.

[chantal21]

I totally agree ladies...we need to be more kind and loving on here because I can't imagine we would talk to eachother like this or put eachother down over silly things face to face. I have been attacked and put down for things I believe are right, and it doesn't make me a bad person or a bad mother. I don't think any of you on here are bad mothers or horrible people for piercing your baby's ears (or anything for that matter) even though I don't completely agree with it. Everyone does everything in a different way and I think we should just learn to be respectful and keep nasty comments to ourselves. =) I think you ladies are very helpful on here and that's why I keep coming back for advice. I've been here almost 3 years and I am learning a lot! =)

[ArmyWife208]

I have had pleanty (not the majority) but many people honestly yell nasty things to the moms who have had their babies ears pierced and to me (the person doing the peircing.)

Will I pierce my daughter as a baby? No.
And I can't say that I enjoy piercing babies (or causing any kind of pain to any age) No.

But seriously... be nice people! So many people just get invloved and it's not even worth it. Why be a ****starter? Oooooh! It's my biggest pet-peeve!

This was a good topic though, I can relate to it even though I don't have a child yet. I like checking this page out... It is helping the time pass until I get to take a pregnancy test... I am so nervous!!!