She was so excited when she got home from school yesterday, that we went last evening. To the piercing shop. The guy was very kind and knowledgable. He held her lobe with a small pair of ring forceps, gently pushed the needle through, attached the earring to the needle and threaded it through her lobe. She cried a little on the first one, so we sat and talked until she felt ready for the second. She didn't cry at all with the second one. He spent a long time talking to us about how to care for her piercings until they heal and he talked to her, too. On the way home she lectured her little brother that he is not allowed to touch her ears, cause no one is exept her or mom or dad when we are helping her with cleaning.
THis am she says they don't hurt at all. I see this as wound care, and the nurse in me is fastidious about wound care, so I think we will be okay.
I feel like she was old enough to make a choice in this situation. My ears aren't pierced and neither are my older daughter's. This is something my younger daughter has been asking about for awhile.
When will they make piercing babies' ears illegal? That could launch me onto a whole nother topic which would be way off topic....so I'll stop here, with one more whole-hearted thank you!!!
Last edited by midwife; 10-31-2006 at 09:10 AM.
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