Babys with piercings

bitemybanger · 30-12-2007 9:24pm #1

In town today and saw a baby, couldnt have been more than 6-8 months old with her ears pierced:eek: and her brother of about 2 had his ear pierced too. what do you think?

galwayrush · 30-12-2007 9:26pm

Big Hoopie Earrings are very popular with certain People:rolleyes:Saw a baby wearing them some time back, looked so wrong.:(

Jimbo · 30-12-2007 9:27pm

Classy. Travellers?

30-12-2007 9:28pm

My ears were pierced at that age, I wouldn't say it was or wasn't classy...it was the 80's though.

mad m · 30-12-2007 9:29pm

No,no,no,no,no,no.......I let my daughter make her own mind up if she wanted piercings when she was at an age to do so. I personally don't like it on newborns or younger kids and especially two ears pierced on young boys....

Jimbo · 30-12-2007 9:31pm

You might as well put make-up on the child.

The Hacker · 30-12-2007 9:35pm

They sound very posh, being able to afford jewellery for the children like. Must have been from Donnybrook or something.

Ms Inquisitive · 30-12-2007 9:35pm

Personally, I think this looks terrible on young children!

Cheeky_gal · 30-12-2007 9:36pm

jimbo78 wrote: »

You might as well put make-up on the child.

+ 1

It's my first...

Nevyn · 30-12-2007 9:38pm

It's cultural and no it is not just in the culture of travlers.
in spain, brazil and portugal it is done so that the the baby girls look different to the boys.

Personally I don't agree with it, see it as tantamount to child abuse and think that it should be as part of a rite of passage into womanhood.

Jimbo · 30-12-2007 9:39pm

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

+ 1

It's my first...

+1 Mine too

Toto Wolfcastle · 30-12-2007 10:01pm

I was the last in my class to get mine pierced. I had them done in time to be able to put new earrings in for my Confirmation. Poor babies, I remember it stinging for a few seconds, imagine what the poor babies feel.

Guy:Incognito · 30-12-2007 10:06pm

jimbo78 wrote: »

Travellers?

Majority I've seen have been.

30-12-2007 10:12pm

Thaedydal wrote: »

see it as tantamount to child abuse and think that it should be as part of a rite of passage into womanhood.

How did I miss that connection of course it is EXACTLY like starving, beating, molesting and destroying a babys sense of self esteem all rolled up into one!:rolleyes:

shane86 · 30-12-2007 10:13pm

Was at a cousins daughters christening a few years ago and, as you do, we were all in the pub after the church service for a few sausages, chicken pieces, pints and whatnot (this was around 3pm, me and the cousins went on an all dayer after the kid and her parents had headed home, great craic) All the women/girls in the pub were thronged around my cousin to ooh and aaah at the kid. One rather skangery regular Id know starts off...

Girl "Ah, shes gorgeous. Yil have to ger her ears pierced soon, she will look even better"
My cousin "Ah no Im not getting that done, it would hurt her"
Girl "Ah sure what odds, sure she would soon forget about it"

I should have stubbed a lit fag into her hand and when she roared and asked wtf I thought I was doing replied "ah relax would ya! Sure it doesnt matter, a few months from now you wont even remember it happened" :rolleyes:

Not only are they unecessary but the vast majority are utter rubbish, really cheap looking rusty gold.

Theatrebuff · 30-12-2007 10:18pm

I have seen quite a number of female babies 6 months plus with ears pierced. Most were not from Traveller community. These were fashion statements rather than cultural markings.
I was 40 before I had the courage to get my ears pierced as a birthday gift to myself.

Sparkpea · 30-12-2007 10:23pm

Personally I wouldnt have it done on my kids at a young age, I think its tacky

Terry · 30-12-2007 10:35pm

Thaedydal wrote: »

It's cultural and no it is not just in the culture of travlers.
in spain, brazil and portugal it is done so that the the baby girls look different to the boys.

Personally I don't agree with it, see it as tantamount to child abuse and think that it should be as part of a rite of passage into womanhood.

Womanhood?
What about manhood?
Shouldn't men have the right to have their ears pierced?

Your comment is highly sexist in my opinion.

Jimbo · 30-12-2007 10:37pm

Terry wrote: »

Womanhood?
What about manhood?
Shouldn't men have the right to have their ears pierced?

Your comment is highly sexist in my opinion.

Did you get your ears peirced as a baby too Terry?

Nevyn · 30-12-2007 10:38pm

I said personally as it is about my culture.

Requiem4adream · 30-12-2007 10:43pm

Terry wrote: »

Womanhood?
What about manhood?
Shouldn't men have the right to have their ears pierced?

Your comment is highly sexist in my opinion.

Hmmm would depend on if you view getting an ear pierced as a sign of manhood!!!

Reaching puberty, kissing your 1st girl, having your 1st pint, stuff like that would be higher on my list of rites of passage for boys than getting an ear pierced! And yes i do realise ive made 1 or 2 possibly sexist comments in 3 sentences!

Terry · 30-12-2007 10:54pm

Thaedydal wrote: »

I said personally as it is about my culture.

Your culture?
Is that one that excludes men or treats them as second class citizens?

Nevyn · 30-12-2007 11:08pm

No to the second class citizen, the gods knows where you got that from.
There are things that men/boys are just naturally excluded from.
I doubt you are going to get a boy getting his ears peireced to celebrate his first menstruation.

Terry · 30-12-2007 11:20pm

What about his first masturbation?

Ahh, screw it. I'm gonna stop trolling now.

Toots · 30-12-2007 11:23pm

God those piercing guns hurt!! That must have been horrible for the poor baby! Agree with mad m, I'd leave it until the kid decided for themself. Much the same as I'm not going to cut my kid's hair until they decide they want it done, be they male or female.:)

FlutterinBantam · 30-12-2007 11:29pm

Chavs, thats what they are.

Cheap and useless chavs.

Nevyn · 30-12-2007 11:32pm

Terry wrote: »

What about his first masturbation?

Ahh, screw it. I'm gonna stop trolling now.

Good.

kowloon · 30-12-2007 11:43pm

Always thought eartags were best suited to livestock.
Piercings for babies go into the same file as designer baby clothes and child beauty pageants.
For the benefit of the parents and not the children.

Will · 30-12-2007 11:53pm

I know most reputable body piercers in Dublin wont pierce kids under 15/16 years of age. Seen it first hand when i was in a place about 3months ago.

Personally speaking i think its terrible mainly because the kid didnt have the choice. Not to mention the piercing guns, but theyre a whole different story...

Le Rack · 31-12-2007 12:03am

piercing gun = bad
piercing gun + baby = very bad

think it looks awful on a baby, and it's just not right, for so many reasons...
wasn't allowed get mine done till I was eight and had silver studs or diamondy ones for my communion, and it was a stretch to convince my mam to let me get em done a second time at 15 or 16...I've since got a lot more but anyway...

Is there not some sort of unwritten law saying they can't do that...I guess it could just as easily be done at home, tonnes of people pierce their own ears but an actual piercers or as was in my case a town jewellers doing it should not be allowed

tolosenc · 31-12-2007 12:12am

Babies screaming their heads off is annoying as anything, but when you make them start, BY CHOICE...

Why?

Gauge · 31-12-2007 12:16am

I saw a baby boy with a gigantic gold hoop in one ear. It was... weird.

But yeah, not a fan, why wouldn't you wait until they're old enough to decide for themselves whether they want their ears pierced or not?

Chiron · 31-12-2007 12:20am

Knackerism of the highest order!

Ginny · 31-12-2007 12:34am

Its wrong and shouldn't be done on a child who has no say, I got mine done at 11 and that was after years of begging my parents.

Masada · 31-12-2007 12:46am

might also be worth mentioning that in some cultures an ear piercing is thought to help sick children to get better, particularly in some asian cultures.
Also id imagine the people who mentioned it being painful must not have ever had a piercing done or wnet to a butcher to do it. I used to have one ear pierced and it didnt hurt at all, no more than someone flicking your ear really, just gets that warm feeling afterwards.,

Crumble Froo · 31-12-2007 12:46am

Moonbaby wrote: »

How did I miss that connection of course it is EXACTLY like starving, beating, molesting and destroying a babys sense of self esteem all rolled up into one!:rolleyes:

actually, did you know that most professional piercers have age limits and will often demand to see ID before they pierce someone potentially under 18? that's because they can actually be charged with assault of a minor otherwise.

Ginny · 31-12-2007 12:51am

vtec wrote: »

I used to have one ear pierced and it didnt hurt at all, no more than someone flicking your ear really, just gets that warm feeling afterwards.,

Not sore at all really, but there is a risk of infection, and those buggers hurt, couple that with a baby who can't tell you whats wrong...

ejmaztec · 31-12-2007 12:53am

They should go the whole hog and have a dinner-plate wedged inside their bottom lips, in a similar style to some of the indigenous tribes of South America. Now, there would be a fashion statement

Ginny · 31-12-2007 12:55am

And become best mates with Sting...

Nightwish · 31-12-2007 1:53am

Its tacky as hell to do it. Where I used to work had a jewellery department, and all of the women who came in to buy "baby earrings" were either travellers or just chavs in general.

LovelyTom · 31-12-2007 1:59am

saw a 1-year old lookin baba eatin a big orange pepper in one of those baby pounches on oconnel street... that is so much more bizarre

amazingemmet · 31-12-2007 2:23am

All piercings and modifications should be SSC, Safe, Sane and Consentual, in the case of babies I doubt they are consentual. Also the safety factor comes into play as no reputable parlour will pierce kids so they end up getting them done with a gun in somewhere that isn't the cleanest. Imagine if your 6 month old got celluitis from a dodgy piercing. ugh

Fighting Irish · 31-12-2007 2:50am

bitemybanger wrote: »

In town today and saw a baby, couldnt have been more than 6-8 months old with her ears pierced:eek: and her brother of about 2 had his ear pierced too. what do you think?

I think the world would be a great place if everyone minded their own business

Is the ear piercing hurting anyone?

Masada · 31-12-2007 2:52am

well, lets just say we have many more important issues to worry about than piercing a childs ear.,

peachesxcream · 31-12-2007 4:02am

My mum got my ears pierced when I was 2 and it's not like I resent her for it, because I know when I went to get them peirced a second time, I was bricking it! I see what that woman some posts back meant by the baby forgetting it...howe many things do you remember as a baby??

Dave! · 31-12-2007 4:05am

Fighting Irish wrote: »

I think the world would be a great place if everyone minded their own business

Is the ear piercing hurting anyone?

I'd say it hurt the child...

Dudess · 31-12-2007 4:07am

God I think it's a terrible thing to do to a baby! I know they'll forget it immediately but it's still so painful - what's the point/rush?

And yeh, I think it looks fuppin' rough.

Terry · 31-12-2007 11:30am

LovelyTom wrote: »

saw a 1-year old lookin baba eatin a big orange pepper in one of those baby pounches on oconnel street... that is so much more bizarre

Six times as much vitamin C as an orange.
No harm there.

Babys with piercings

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