Today was a big day for Jocelyn!
She got her ears pierced!
People have been asking me since she was born, "When are you going to get her ears pierced?" I just didn't want to, and couldn't do it when she was a baby. I didn't care if "people would know she was a girl (especially since she is bald)." I always told them, when she is old enough to ask and wants it done, I will let her do it.
So the day came. Yesterday when Jocelyn asked what we were doing today and I told her we needed to go to the mall, her immediate response was, "Oh, maybe I can get my ears pierced." I said I needed to talk to daddy about it and told her a few things about it, including that it was going to hurt a little bit, but she still said she wanted to do it. The morning came and she hadn't forgot. We watched a video online that showed how it was done. I told her that we would have to clean them a couple times a day, every day. I told her again that it would hurt. She still wanted to do it, so we went to the mall, did what we needed to do, and then got to the piercing place where I gave her one last "out". I was hoping she would change her mind. I really don't care if she has her ears pierced and I really don't like doing anything that is going to hurt her, but she was relentless. She picked out little pink flower earrings, then she got into that chair, held the stuffed animal and was "ready".
Or at least she thought she was! I guess ready turned into "a little bit scared".
She got her ears pierced!
People have been asking me since she was born, "When are you going to get her ears pierced?" I just didn't want to, and couldn't do it when she was a baby. I didn't care if "people would know she was a girl (especially since she is bald)." I always told them, when she is old enough to ask and wants it done, I will let her do it.
So the day came. Yesterday when Jocelyn asked what we were doing today and I told her we needed to go to the mall, her immediate response was, "Oh, maybe I can get my ears pierced." I said I needed to talk to daddy about it and told her a few things about it, including that it was going to hurt a little bit, but she still said she wanted to do it. The morning came and she hadn't forgot. We watched a video online that showed how it was done. I told her that we would have to clean them a couple times a day, every day. I told her again that it would hurt. She still wanted to do it, so we went to the mall, did what we needed to do, and then got to the piercing place where I gave her one last "out". I was hoping she would change her mind. I really don't care if she has her ears pierced and I really don't like doing anything that is going to hurt her, but she was relentless. She picked out little pink flower earrings, then she got into that chair, held the stuffed animal and was "ready".
Or at least she thought she was! I guess ready turned into "a little bit scared".
I didn't take any more pictures after the one above because she was crying and I was across the counter trying to console her without hugs while preparing her for the worst--she had to do it one more time!
She seemed shocked when she felt the pain! I told her it was going to hurt! Poor baby! I shouldn't have let her do it! She's too little! There's a hole in my baby! She has to do it again---The things that go through a Mommy's head while watching her baby experience unnecessary pain!
But, the crying ended quickly. She got a sticker and a lollipop, and a ride on a carousel. I swear a lollipop will cure anything for Jocelyn!
She posed proudly for her first pictures with earrings in!
She's really excited to go to school tomorrow and show her friends too, but I'm still a little sad to have put 2 holes in my baby, even if she does look adorable!
Brooke,
ReplyDeleteI was searching for my GF's blog and came across your interesting one about with a great story about your dd, Jocelyn, getting her ears
pierced and I laughed when you said, "...People have been asking me since she was born, "When are you going to get her ears pierced?" I just didn't want to, and couldn't do it when she was a baby."
When I read it, it reminded me of a situation with both our girls, one aged 2.5 and the other 13 mos. When our ODD wanted her ears pierced,
we agreed and she did great except for a few tears as expected. What I didn't anticipate happened.
Our oldest Missy, wanted to know why her baby sister couldn't have earrings too. I tried to explain to her she wasn't old enough until her
baby girl cousin, aged 6 mos showed up for a visit with cute little gold balls in each ear! Again, she wanted to know why her baby cousin
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 was unsure about
doing our infant girl, Sandi, but her sister wanted it done and soon dh was asking why I didn't go ahead and have it done so the girls could wear matching earrings ;)
I asked our ped about having our YDD's ears pierced. 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 8 mo dd with little
pearl earrings! 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 them. Dh and older sis were quiet on the subject. I thought I had made my mind up to wait till she was older.
Wrong. I started seeing other little babies including two in my playgroup and realized how cute our little toddler would look with cute
earrings and yielded to pressure from my 2.5 yr and dh.
Brooke, I 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. It was so much easie than my ODD having it done. She was clueless, cried for 10 seconds. Needless, 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. Promise both girls would look adorable in their upcoming holiday pictures with little earrings :)
Write me an e-mail for our ped's tips if you'd like.
Amy
Amyswor@hotmail.com
lets just hope she doesnt want any more piercings any where else on her body. big girl nice earrings
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