Miss Chloe is now 7 months old! Can you believe it? She's rolling everywhere! And so close to crawling! She finally figured out sitting and has mastered it well. And when she falls backwards, it doesnt bother her. Good thing she is an easy going baby. Full of smiles!
On Feb 21st, we went to Tri-Cities to see my mom preach. She did a good job. Afterwards, at the mall, we went and got Chloe's ears pierced. Now before you call me a horrible mother and say all kinds of mean things that dont need to be said, Jake and I talked to our ped, I talked to our lactation lady, and I researched the whole ear piercing issue. Most people think that I did so my daughter would look cute. New flash, my daughter is already cute! No need to pierce her ears to make her look cute. We did purely for cleanliness. My ped was iffy mostly cause all he sees are kids with infections. My lactation lady said do it now because I would be in control of cleaning it. Most of the people I talked to said do it now. She wont remember. That was really never a factor for me. The main reason I swayed to doing it now is because my niece Kearston had her ears pierced when she was like 4 or 5 or something. She never kept them clean, they became infected, and now she's too scared to get them pierced, but "wants to be like mommy and auntie". I didnt want that happening to my daughter. And the lady who pierced her ears said now is a good time to get it done because her ears are thinner and easier to pierce. So we did! And she looks even MORE adorable then before!! She cried. What baby wouldnt. But I was able to calm her down pretty easily when it was over and then nursed her in the car. She hasnt noticed them since. I take good care of them to make sure of no infection. I was nervous doing it but glad I did. I had the support of my husband and doctors and that helped me.
So if you dont agree, thats fine. You dont have to pierce your daughter's ears. You dont even have to comment on Chloe's ears. What I dont want is for you to tell me Im a bad mother, or I dont care about my child, or that the reason I did it was so "she would look cute". None of those are true. You dont have to like it. Im not asking you to like it. I dont like everything you do. We arent going to agree on everything. This is one of those things. Move on.
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btw not directed at a specific person but everyone in general that doesnt agree with it.
Ah yes the joys of disagreeing with parenting choices.
Here is what I think...make a decision, stick by it and don't defend it. It only matters to you what you do to and with your child. I find MANY people disagree with my choices, beliefs and parenting styles but I could give a crap about what they think. I used to defend it to the death until I realized it only makes me seem to be wrong. "Meh" is always my response when someone tells me they disagree.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE a good debate over things, but in the end, I support a parents right to choose what is best for their child.
Doesn't mean I am not passionate to the death about some things however.
Stand with your head held high. :)
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