Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Pierced
So my Ella for a while now, like 6 months at least, every time I would pull her hair back in a pony tail she would stress out about her ears being ugly! Absolutely no idea where she would've gotten that from! They are just about the cutest, tiniest, against her head ears that I have seen! But she would push them against her head and tell me that they were ugly! My heart broke and I didn't know what to do to convince her of just how cute they are!! So a couple of weeks ago I had the idea to ask her if she would want her ears pierced and if that would help her like her ears better! She is always obsessed with putting my earrings in and out so I told her we could do it on her upcoming 5th birthday, the 25th! She said she had to think about it, and was nervous it would hurt too bad. So yesterday her and I went to the mall to run and errand and I asked her if she wanted to see what the earrings would look like and talk to a girl about it and she did... after we walked out she asked if she could do it today! So, of course I jumped on it and said YES!!! My brave little girl chose the pink flowers, of course, and sat there tall and brave and did not shed one tear! Just a tiny little flinch and she was done! hOoRAy!! She couldn't wait to show all her friends! And today while getting ready for school she asked if she could wear her hair back to show all her friends her new earrings! Too adorable! Happy early 5th birthday baby!!!!! much love to you! You are beautiful inside and out!
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Camille,
ReplyDeleteI was searching for my GF's blog and came across your interesting one. Was reading about your oldest dd having her ears pierced to make her ears look pretty!
When I read it, it reminded me of a situation with both our girls, one aged 4 and the other 13 mos. Like you, I wanted it done, but dh was unsure and wanted to wait. Well, when our ODD wanted her ears pierced, we agreed and she did great. However, she wanted to know why her baby sister didn't have earrings too. I tried to explain to her she wasn't old enough until her baby girl cousin, aged 12 mos showed up for a visit with cute little gold balls in each ear! Again, she wanted to know why she had earrings and her sister didn't. My SIL said it was something she had wanted to do since birth and her dd did very well and they were easy to care for.
I asked our ped about having our YDD's ears pierced at the same time as our 4 yr old. She said, it have become more popular to pierce newborns, infants and little girls ears because is safer with the newer ear piercing instruments than the traditional methods of using a needle, thread by the mother or grandmother. I asked her advice and she encouraged me to go ahead and pierce our YDD's ears since she showed me a picture of her two girls w/earrings at similar ages. I was surprised at her response and told her I would think about it. Her reasoning was when mommy cared for them, there was never any problems during the healing time, but when little girls wanted them, they often failed to care for them properly.
I was still uncertain until she gave me some suggestions for moms having their dd's ears pierced. I put them away and thought it would be years before I needed to read it. Wrong. I finally gave in seeing other babies and little girls with cute earrings and yielded to pressure from my 4 yr old and got both girls done within a few weeks of each other.
Don't know if you'd considered having your younger dd's ears pierced now, but after I did, my ODD was so proud her sister had earrings. Both girls looked adorable in their pics with little pierced ears and never had problems.
I'd say if you've remotely thought about it, then your mommy intuition is telling now is better and go ahead with both girls. Write me an e-mail for our ped's tips which included some OTC meds to minimize any discomfort from the procedure.
Amy
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