I vaguely remember crying this much when I first had my ears pierced, I’ve toughened up a bit in the ten years since then though.
Humour aside if it were my kid (or if I were the piercer for that matter) I really would have to search myself very hard for any reason why it would be necessary or fair to pierce someone so young, someone that still isn’t able to control bodily functions most adults take for granted, let alone decide if it’s what they want. It certainly can’t be so they’re popular at nursery school, or because “all the other babies are doing it”.
Granted the physical trauma is minimal but I just don’t believe a baby belongs in a piercing environment, at all..
No offence to the mother (I’m assuming she’s the mother) in the photo but seeing my child in obvious distress, whether it be through physical pain, emotional stress or otherwise, would definitely lead me to reassess any decision that caused that distress, for a decade or so anyway.
I’m sure posting this will restart the “should kids be pierced” debate, so click the previous links then come back here if you feel like taking part or shouting at each other. Just don’t take the last two seriously..
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476 responses to “Cry Baby”
In ten to fifteen years, said child will be reposting the photo on whatever the future equivalent of myspace or facebook or BME and saying “Look how hardcore I was back in 2008!”
People need to get over themselves.
In ten to fifteen years, said child will be reposting the photo on whatever the future equivalent of myspace or facebook or BME and saying “Look how hardcore I was back in 2008!”
People need to get over themselves.
It surley is a culture-thing and I don’t have any problem with the whole “I pierce my baby” deal but maaan do they HAVE to use a piercing-gun ? The piercing itself could be considerd a right of passage or something like that so that’s no biggie but if one should do it, DO IT RIIIGHT.
It surley is a culture-thing and I don’t have any problem with the whole “I pierce my baby” deal but maaan do they HAVE to use a piercing-gun ? The piercing itself could be considerd a right of passage or something like that so that’s no biggie but if one should do it, DO IT RIIIGHT.
It pisses me off so bad when I walk past a clairs and some baby is about to get their ears pierced, it makes me wanna deck whoevers holdin the gun
It pisses me off so bad when I walk past a clairs and some baby is about to get their ears pierced, it makes me wanna deck whoevers holdin the gun
oh snap!Max Brand yes i am for real …and?
like i said candice i didnt instigate,sweety ….
i simple sent in a picture
thanx ridiculouse nick
people get over yourselves
oh snap!Max Brand yes i am for real …and?
like i said candice i didnt instigate,sweety ….
i simple sent in a picture
thanx ridiculouse nick
people get over yourselves
p.s. candice
i noticed in your first comment
that you dont have children……hmmmm
p.s. candice
i noticed in your first comment
that you dont have children……hmmmm
yeah, but i still know enough to know that the child’s ears clearly aren’t done growing and the piercings could end up being lopsided. and also that it’s not very nice to do that to a baby. and that piercing guns can cause serious damage. and that piercing with a needle takes just as long as gun piercings (i don’t know why you think otherwise)… my mother was pierced young and now she had weird nies piercings (look them up in the photo gallery). hope that doesn’t happen to your baby.
god you’re annoying. why would you even submit this to modblog. there’s nothing awesome about it.
yeah, but i still know enough to know that the child’s ears clearly aren’t done growing and the piercings could end up being lopsided. and also that it’s not very nice to do that to a baby. and that piercing guns can cause serious damage. and that piercing with a needle takes just as long as gun piercings (i don’t know why you think otherwise)… my mother was pierced young and now she had weird nies piercings (look them up in the photo gallery). hope that doesn’t happen to your baby.
god you’re annoying. why would you even submit this to modblog. there’s nothing awesome about it.
and?…..well Jen….I don’t know who your husband is, but I can’t imagine what kind of profesional piercer he is if 1. he can’t get a baby to hold still for a needle piercing…..it’s pretty easy…
2. he would know to pierce a babies ears with some more suitable than a 14g needle, like maybe, 18g….duh
3. he would let his baby get pierced at the mall…..
“i would have had my husband who is a piercer at at a local shop do it, but its kinda hard to get a 4 month old to old still for a needle piercing, also i was not going to pierce my child with a 14 gauge…..”
and?…..well Jen….I don’t know who your husband is, but I can’t imagine what kind of profesional piercer he is if 1. he can’t get a baby to hold still for a needle piercing…..it’s pretty easy…
2. he would know to pierce a babies ears with some more suitable than a 14g needle, like maybe, 18g….duh
3. he would let his baby get pierced at the mall…..
“i would have had my husband who is a piercer at at a local shop do it, but its kinda hard to get a 4 month old to old still for a needle piercing, also i was not going to pierce my child with a 14 gauge…..”
max brand ftw
YOU SUCK JEN
max brand ftw
YOU SUCK JEN
candice come on you are rifuckindiculous,theres no damage to her ears…why i have to keep repeating my self i guess u just dont know how to listen, or read in this case ….i never said this was an awesome pic its a memory for me and for your info i sent the others that follow it of her smiling…not that i have to explain myself to u or anyone
max brand
1 i would like to see the video or pics of you piercing a 4 month old with a needle
2 i know about 18 gauge …duh,but the shop does not carry them on hand
3 we made a family decision
Candice your just an argumenitive bitch
candice come on you are rifuckindiculous,theres no damage to her ears…why i have to keep repeating my self i guess u just dont know how to listen, or read in this case ….i never said this was an awesome pic its a memory for me and for your info i sent the others that follow it of her smiling…not that i have to explain myself to u or anyone
max brand
1 i would like to see the video or pics of you piercing a 4 month old with a needle
2 i know about 18 gauge …duh,but the shop does not carry them on hand
3 we made a family decision
Candice your just an argumenitive bitch
u guys have fun…..ill be taking care of my beautifull lil girl
peace out
u guys have fun…..ill be taking care of my beautifull lil girl
peace out
at least i’m good at it, your horrible woman.
your arguments are based off of… me not knowing the difference between what is right and wrong to do to a human being because i haven’t birthed one myself? give me a break. and how do you know there isn’t any damage? just cuz you can’t see…
whatever. just wait til she grows up and has awful, lopsided ear piercings. maybe you should start stretching them to make it less noticable. that’d be pretty awesome actually… and modblog worthy
p.s. there aren’t videos of people piercing babies with needles because if you’re retarded enough to pierce an infant you’re probably retarded enough to use a gun
at least i’m good at it, your horrible woman.
your arguments are based off of… me not knowing the difference between what is right and wrong to do to a human being because i haven’t birthed one myself? give me a break. and how do you know there isn’t any damage? just cuz you can’t see…
whatever. just wait til she grows up and has awful, lopsided ear piercings. maybe you should start stretching them to make it less noticable. that’d be pretty awesome actually… and modblog worthy
p.s. there aren’t videos of people piercing babies with needles because if you’re retarded enough to pierce an infant you’re probably retarded enough to use a gun
i just mite start streching her ears…good idea :}
i just mite start streching her ears…good idea :}
stretching ……………maybe a nostril as well
stretching ……………maybe a nostril as well
sounds baller
i think septums on youngins could look very classy.. plus you have the option of flipping it up, for a more casual baby look
sounds baller
i think septums on youngins could look very classy.. plus you have the option of flipping it up, for a more casual baby look
I am really sick of all the replies saying “yeah it’s awful but the baby won’t remember”. A baby that young probably wouldn’t remember having the **** beat out of them or being molested either.. And that doesn’t make it any better. I am in no way saying a small lobe piercing is on par with either one of those atrocities, before ya’ll jump on me. But it’s just an absurd argument.
As far as the ‘she probably would have it done later’ anyway. Maybe, maybe not. I know a lot of female friends w/o pierced lobes. And if she did want it done, how wonderful as a treat as a young girl to save up her money, be taught about responsible piercings practices and picking out some really cool jewelry at her local clean shop. Not some awful screaming experience in the middle of a mall store.
Just because something is part of someone’s culture does not make it right. Genital mutilation is pretty f’ed up, and I think it should be illegal. If YOU personally agree with your culture/religion at a certain age and want to have it done because you believe in it, great. I’m sure there will be tons of 18 year old boys and girls who ‘believe’ in it lining up to have their genitals made so they provide less sensation.
I am really sick of all the replies saying “yeah it’s awful but the baby won’t remember”. A baby that young probably wouldn’t remember having the **** beat out of them or being molested either.. And that doesn’t make it any better. I am in no way saying a small lobe piercing is on par with either one of those atrocities, before ya’ll jump on me. But it’s just an absurd argument.
As far as the ‘she probably would have it done later’ anyway. Maybe, maybe not. I know a lot of female friends w/o pierced lobes. And if she did want it done, how wonderful as a treat as a young girl to save up her money, be taught about responsible piercings practices and picking out some really cool jewelry at her local clean shop. Not some awful screaming experience in the middle of a mall store.
Just because something is part of someone’s culture does not make it right. Genital mutilation is pretty f’ed up, and I think it should be illegal. If YOU personally agree with your culture/religion at a certain age and want to have it done because you believe in it, great. I’m sure there will be tons of 18 year old boys and girls who ‘believe’ in it lining up to have their genitals made so they provide less sensation.
yea your rite about the septum she could be just like mommie!!!
yea your rite about the septum she could be just like mommie!!!
Jen –
I AM a mother, so will you listen to me?
You claim your husband or boyfriend or whatever is a piercer, yet you chose not to have him do it in a safe, sterile environment because he couldn’t get the baby to “sit still” long enough. Also, you balked at piercing your child with a 14g and stated that you might have considered an 18g but the “shop didn’t carry it.” You apparently though had the foresight to order “sterile” jewelry from the company, autoclave it and bring it with you. Why didn’t you order some fucking 18g needles while you were at it and have your boyfriend do it? I have been pierced with both guns and needles and, honestly, they take the same amount of time. I also have a baby about the same age as yours (my son just turned 5 months old) and, because I am an attentive mother that knows the likes and dislikes of my child, I know how to calm him down and capture his attention. You obviously had to hold your daughter down to have the gun piercing done, why not hold her down a fraction of a second longer so she could have it done in a safe, sterile environment?
Honestly, you freaking disgust me. All the excuses you gave for piercing your little girls’ ears like you did are complete and utter bullshit. Yes, the gun and jewelry may have been sterile (although I highly doubt that), but you still shuffled off the responsibility to a complete stranger with no training or knowledge of, well, anything relating to piercing in an unsterile environment. And why? So you could show all your little trailer trash friends how “cute” she looks?
And what of when she gets a little older? She may not be able to play with them now, but really damn soon, she will and then those “cute” little earrings become a “cute” little choking hazard.
To everyone else:
Lizardman said almost everything else I was going to say.
Just because it’s tradition in another culture does not absolve a practice from being wrong. There are cultures that regularly cut off the clitoris of little girls, stone women for so much as looking at another man and believe that sex with a young virgin will cure AIDS. Can we all honestly stand around in some sort of sentimental circle jerk saying that these horrific practices are somehow okay and acceptable because they’re part of someone’s “culture”?
Causing a child pain, whether it be the “momentary” pain of an ear piercing (which is not really momentary at all…I got my ears pierced with a gun at age 7 and I remember that shit hurting for at least a week), or what can turn out to be the lifelong pain from something like FGM, is never okay.
And, for the record, no, my son is not circumcised. If he wants to get it done, he can do it when he is 18.
Jen –
I AM a mother, so will you listen to me?
You claim your husband or boyfriend or whatever is a piercer, yet you chose not to have him do it in a safe, sterile environment because he couldn’t get the baby to “sit still” long enough. Also, you balked at piercing your child with a 14g and stated that you might have considered an 18g but the “shop didn’t carry it.” You apparently though had the foresight to order “sterile” jewelry from the company, autoclave it and bring it with you. Why didn’t you order some fucking 18g needles while you were at it and have your boyfriend do it? I have been pierced with both guns and needles and, honestly, they take the same amount of time. I also have a baby about the same age as yours (my son just turned 5 months old) and, because I am an attentive mother that knows the likes and dislikes of my child, I know how to calm him down and capture his attention. You obviously had to hold your daughter down to have the gun piercing done, why not hold her down a fraction of a second longer so she could have it done in a safe, sterile environment?
Honestly, you freaking disgust me. All the excuses you gave for piercing your little girls’ ears like you did are complete and utter bullshit. Yes, the gun and jewelry may have been sterile (although I highly doubt that), but you still shuffled off the responsibility to a complete stranger with no training or knowledge of, well, anything relating to piercing in an unsterile environment. And why? So you could show all your little trailer trash friends how “cute” she looks?
And what of when she gets a little older? She may not be able to play with them now, but really damn soon, she will and then those “cute” little earrings become a “cute” little choking hazard.
To everyone else:
Lizardman said almost everything else I was going to say.
Just because it’s tradition in another culture does not absolve a practice from being wrong. There are cultures that regularly cut off the clitoris of little girls, stone women for so much as looking at another man and believe that sex with a young virgin will cure AIDS. Can we all honestly stand around in some sort of sentimental circle jerk saying that these horrific practices are somehow okay and acceptable because they’re part of someone’s “culture”?
Causing a child pain, whether it be the “momentary” pain of an ear piercing (which is not really momentary at all…I got my ears pierced with a gun at age 7 and I remember that shit hurting for at least a week), or what can turn out to be the lifelong pain from something like FGM, is never okay.
And, for the record, no, my son is not circumcised. If he wants to get it done, he can do it when he is 18.
Gracefire: I agree with you 100%.
I’m also a mother to a 3 y/o boy whom we chose not to circumcise. Both my partner and I work in the body modification industry and felt that making such a decision to circumcise or pierce our baby’s ears would be instigated by nothing other than mere North American aesthetics.
I’m absolutely sickened by the amount of mothers that parade their child around as if in a fashion show. Children are NOT an accessory and are NOT to be accessorized for the benefit of the parents.
Gracefire: I agree with you 100%.
I’m also a mother to a 3 y/o boy whom we chose not to circumcise. Both my partner and I work in the body modification industry and felt that making such a decision to circumcise or pierce our baby’s ears would be instigated by nothing other than mere North American aesthetics.
I’m absolutely sickened by the amount of mothers that parade their child around as if in a fashion show. Children are NOT an accessory and are NOT to be accessorized for the benefit of the parents.
Well said, Gracefire!
Fuck off, Jen. Your boyfriend is quite clearly a hack piercer, and what kind of -mother- does this to their child, seriously? You’re both disgusting.
Well said, Gracefire!
Fuck off, Jen. Your boyfriend is quite clearly a hack piercer, and what kind of -mother- does this to their child, seriously? You’re both disgusting.
“Should anthropologists strictly document this practice and say nothing (bar their opinion once they’re writing it up in an ethnography), or should they say something about the brutality of the practice (you can’t argue it’s not brutal) to the people doing the “ritual”, should they try to educate the people about the pain a woman goes through once they’ve been infibulated, or the dirty rusty blunt razors used?”
Difficulty is, for the most part the practice is performed by women on girls. You imagine that those women haven’t been through exactly the same as they perform? As far as I’m concerned that only makes the whole affair -more- horrifying, but the notion of its victims requiring “educating” by people who haven’t been through it about how bad it is sits poorly with me.
“Should anthropologists strictly document this practice and say nothing (bar their opinion once they’re writing it up in an ethnography), or should they say something about the brutality of the practice (you can’t argue it’s not brutal) to the people doing the “ritual”, should they try to educate the people about the pain a woman goes through once they’ve been infibulated, or the dirty rusty blunt razors used?”
Difficulty is, for the most part the practice is performed by women on girls. You imagine that those women haven’t been through exactly the same as they perform? As far as I’m concerned that only makes the whole affair -more- horrifying, but the notion of its victims requiring “educating” by people who haven’t been through it about how bad it is sits poorly with me.
Wow.. looks like a nice sanitary purse store.. exactly where I want my disease free baby to pick up their first infection! yay..
*gag*
Wow.. looks like a nice sanitary purse store.. exactly where I want my disease free baby to pick up their first infection! yay..
*gag*
#93- I do not agree with this situation and how the parents went about it, but why the hostility? I feel your attitude is uncalled for and what right do you have to treat the parents in such a way?
#93- I do not agree with this situation and how the parents went about it, but why the hostility? I feel your attitude is uncalled for and what right do you have to treat the parents in such a way?
Oops! I meant # 194
Oops! I meant # 194
i am soooo done wtih this …..194 you fuck off you dont know us just because you comment on a blog you think you know who we r,uhhhh not…..
i am soooo done wtih this …..194 you fuck off you dont know us just because you comment on a blog you think you know who we r,uhhhh not…..
i feel bad for jen… submitting this picture has obviously brought her to the realization that she and her babydaddy are both complete idiots.
i mean jen has obviously run out of any good defense or excuse so lay off, guys. the damage is done to both her and her child.
hopefully she won’t do any piercings without her daughter’s consent.
i feel bad for jen… submitting this picture has obviously brought her to the realization that she and her babydaddy are both complete idiots.
i mean jen has obviously run out of any good defense or excuse so lay off, guys. the damage is done to both her and her child.
hopefully she won’t do any piercings without her daughter’s consent.