Wednesday 12 October 2011

The Only Point is at the End of the Needle...

Call me old fashioned, but I am totally against babies and toddlers having their ears pierced. Why on earth would anyone think it was ok to punch a hole in their child's body for anything other than to prevent disease? It was bad enough having to sit Louie firmly on my lap while a nurse gave him an injection - but the pain was for the best intentions, not some sort of decorative statement.

I would love anyone to enlighten me as to what the baby will get out of having earrings? Maybe the parents tie strings through the hoops as a means to drag them around town? I am baffled by it, truly. Why would you put them through this procedure for nothing more than a pretty piece of jewelry? Are they not pretty enough as they are? So many questions....

I imagine what parents who have their children's ears pierced would say to justify their actions. 'Oh it's only a tiny pinch, a few tears and then it's all forgotten when I shove their bottle in their mouth.'

Yes, that's fair enough, but what's the point? As a parent to a young child I know how much of a hassle it is to complete simple daily tasks. Getting them dressed without dislocating their shoulder, spending an hour cooking a nice healthy meal only for it to end up splattered all over the carpet, managing to clip one toenail before they wriggle off your lap, taking them to the park and loosing sight of them only to find that they've climbed up the lamp post, ringing fire brigade for the umpteenth time in order to get him down from lamp post,  wiping, comforting, playing, stimulating etc... And despite having to do all of these things some people feel the need to add to their workload by having to clean gunky ears for three months. Not only that, but if they decide when they grow up that they don't wish to wear earrings, they will be left with a scar for life.

I love the untouched, untainted purity of babies. Why can't some people leave them this way until they are old enough to mutilate themselves?

The way I see it is a waste of money and tears. It doesn't benefit them in any way, surely it's just another nuisance that will snag on fabric and be pulled violently by other young ankle nippers. A child is not a possession that you can permanently scar to fit in with your fashion ethos, and besides, tattoos are much cooler.


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