This is an update to an older post which can be found HERE.
Okay. It's been four (4) months now since my 5 year old granddaughter had her ears pierced. She has been through so much pain and discomfort and trauma over those pierced ears.
The right ear was so oozy and bleeding and swollen all the time that my daughter had to take out the shorter Hello Kitty earrings and replace them with longer posts. They were just clear crystal stones. That was no easy task. The child has been so protective of her ears because they hurt all the time, that if you so much as brush against either of them, she screams. You can't brush her hair without her reminding you not to touch her ear. Obviously, she was not going to sit still for her mommy removing the earrings. She had be held down. It was just terrible, but it had to be done.
With the new earrings, it looked like things were going to get better but she still had oozing. Then this week, my daughter noticed dried blood in the child's hair and sure enough, her ears were bleeding again.
She finally just gave up and a couple of days ago, she took the earrings out. Now my granddaughter's ears are finally healing and she doesn't scream when you touch them.
For me, this just reinforces that you should wait until your daughter is old enough to make an informed decision and commitment, because she should be old enough to tend to her own pierced ears. My daughter still disagrees. Because some kids do fine, she still feels it's worth a shot. It just didn't work out for her daughter.
From my perspective, it's not even worth the risk. It's a gamble... and if it's a bad bet, it's the child who suffers most. I'm sticking with 13.
Okay. It's been four (4) months now since my 5 year old granddaughter had her ears pierced. She has been through so much pain and discomfort and trauma over those pierced ears.
The right ear was so oozy and bleeding and swollen all the time that my daughter had to take out the shorter Hello Kitty earrings and replace them with longer posts. They were just clear crystal stones. That was no easy task. The child has been so protective of her ears because they hurt all the time, that if you so much as brush against either of them, she screams. You can't brush her hair without her reminding you not to touch her ear. Obviously, she was not going to sit still for her mommy removing the earrings. She had be held down. It was just terrible, but it had to be done.
With the new earrings, it looked like things were going to get better but she still had oozing. Then this week, my daughter noticed dried blood in the child's hair and sure enough, her ears were bleeding again.
She finally just gave up and a couple of days ago, she took the earrings out. Now my granddaughter's ears are finally healing and she doesn't scream when you touch them.
For me, this just reinforces that you should wait until your daughter is old enough to make an informed decision and commitment, because she should be old enough to tend to her own pierced ears. My daughter still disagrees. Because some kids do fine, she still feels it's worth a shot. It just didn't work out for her daughter.
From my perspective, it's not even worth the risk. It's a gamble... and if it's a bad bet, it's the child who suffers most. I'm sticking with 13.
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