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I once saw a baby of a few days old with pierced ears. I was a student midwife visiting the Mum and baby at home. She was of African decent and had used a needle and thread so the baby had a thread dangling from it`s ears!How cruel. Rosalyn

Em I personally wouldnt have my kids done young., I can see the dangers of ear piercing (im a worrier) But its up to individial parents to make their own choices, it doesnt make them bad parents, and i just wanted to make a point of the possible pro's in getting a small child done, as weve heard the cons lol My cousin was about 9, and went to have her ears pierced. They got this freezing spray and within seconds she was screaming in pain. They left without having it done. The week later they went somewhere else, and they just used the gun, it was so quick and far less painfull. E x

yes i see Elaine, and i do think we did stray off the point a little, you are right it is not a slur on a persons parenting skill, just that i do wonder if they have thought the matter through fully or just acted because its the done thing to do.

I wonder too Em, I once won a baby doll in Majorca (not a nightie..blush), playing bingo lol when I was 17, The doll had pierced ears and earrings, which I found very amusing at the time. I do wonder (and this is no reflection on all the wonderful young mums out there) if a very small minority of very young mums have a little girl , and love to show her off like a dolly ? ( I know we all gush over those little pink dresses awww ) (remember i'm not knocking all young mums, or any mums who have had their babies ears pierced. the majority are sensible and...well...great mums ! ) E

Any man who hits his wife needs to be locked up. Since when does a woman have to ask her husbands permission to do something. Its the 21st century. He may disagree, but to hit his wife is no excuse. and as usual, the army pulles ranks

And vice versa!

yes Paul I agree a woman hitting her husband should have the same treatment.

hello everybody my daughters had their ears pierced when they were 11 it makes me cringe when i see babies and tots with ears pierced they dont have the choice mothers vanity me thinks lynn

My ears were never ripped open by other kids when I was a kid. and I wore sleepers then not studs. While were on the bottle subject the only thing that gets my back up is, is kids eating sausage rolls etc in their pram or anything else, and the mess all over them and the pram. its disgusting. I always remember a neighbour years ago telling me once that when I was in the pram and I was dressed in white she went to give me some chocolate and my mum said dont you dare. Cos all the chocolate would have gone on my clean outfit. Yvonne

Yvonne. Sometimes when youre out for the day, little uns have to eat their food in the pushchair, a little mess diddnt hurt them, and we always cleaned up as we went along. (good old wet wipes) sometimes its not possible to get to, or be able to go and sit in a resturant every time. I remember having to feed my son, he was about 7 months old at the time, at a wedding. We were waiting to be let into the reception hall, (it was a farce) and he was hungry end of story. We had nowhere to sit, so we fed him in his pushchair. Lucky we had a few changes of clothes.. ..same type of thing at a market, nowhere to sit and we were running late, so son had snack in pushchair. Elaine x I agree with chocolate and young babies, its unnecesary. what they dont have, they dont miss.

It's wrong and it's common - it should be the child'sdecision no younger than 10 or 11- I was 14 and I think I was old enough then to look after my ears after the piercings.

Well Im sorry Elaine, its just good job I dont have any kids cos they would have to starve, cos there would be no way I would have them eating a sausage roll in a pushchair with a mess all of them. If you clean them up fair enough, but some dont even bother to wipe their faces eeeeeee It was bad enough when my nephew was little eating a jam buttie in our house I just couldnt bear him with sticky hands and kept wiping them eeeeeeeeeee sticky little hands Yuk. Regards Yvonne

sorry Yvonne.. but thats just silly... jammy hands is part of being a child! come on... we were all one once ;)) lol

I know Em, I was a kid once LOl but I think as Ive got older I cannot bear sticky little hands.. eeeeee they were acky LOL I can still feel his little hands. Hes not so little now though hes 26 and about 15st in weight LOL its must of been them jam butties. I love him to bits. Yvonne

Come on all you lot !! Auntie Yvonne is babysitting tonight lol !

ooh good idea Elaine... i will supply the jam!!! lol

and the pushchairs hehe how about some squishy banana ?

lol I can still remember feeding all my children spaghetti bolognaise when they were only a few months old... the sights were worthy of photographs... which i still have! oh, and chocolate pudding...

bex had her ears pierced at 10 ........it was her choice it didnt hurt her at all and she never had any problems with them by the time she was 15 she had 8 piercings althogether in her ears but no where else all her own choice but we like them and were ok bout her having them done anyway at 17 she had a tattoo done both me and her dad were fine about it i did talk to her bout it being permanent etc but she is a wise girl and had thought bout that already and chose a lovely simple star design i went with her to hav it done i was upset to watch her being in pain but she knew it wud hurt and she went bak a few months later to hav two smaller stars added to it so it cant hav been that bad !! both bex and her brother kris had bottles till they were at least two years old although only ever had water or milk in them both had dummies a bit and bex also sucked her thumb wen tired both hav good teeth...........kris has no fillings bex has one tiny one they 20 and 18 and well balanced good adults who work fulltime in good jobs and r well respected just want to clarify one thing...............kris was tube fed then breast fed or given my breast milk via a tube or bottle for as long as i cud manage it.... then he had a bottle bex was breast fed untill i was very ill and then she had to b bottle fed as the drugs i took for my illnes wud hav harmed her..then she was bottle fed

LOL Elaine and Em At least you will have clean kids when I return them to you. I will supply the toys. Please please no Jam eeeeeee icky fingers. Yvonne