Our pediatrician told us to wait until Gabby was 8 weeks to pierce her ears. She was 8 weeks as of last Tuesday. I was feeding her on the couch last Wednesday morning and Tony suggested we get her ears pierced that day. Sure why not? We've heard horror stories from friends about doing it when they're toddlers (our niece Elizabeth included), so we decided to do it while she's super young so she won't remember it and hate us forever. We went to
Sweet and Sassy in Southlake. It wasn't that expensive at all. We decided to get flower shaped earrings in her birthstone, crystal. Just an FYI to those parents who want to get their daughter's ears pierced: get the surgical steel earrings in case of allergic reactions. They gave us option of using the surgical steel or 14k gold. Luckily Tony did some research on it beforehand so we knew to do the surgical steel kind.
Before the horrible event occurred:
First ear...
She immediately started screaming. Tony was holding her and he said he's never seen tears start flowing that fast. I heard it doesn't really hurt, but it stings, but I'm sure the sound right in her ear scared her terribly.
The second ear. You can really see how mad she is in this one.
The aftermath. Tony trying to console her.
She really didn't cry that much...maybe 2o seconds tops and she was fine. We timed it so I could start feeding her right after to try to soothe her as well and that seemed to really help. She looks so cute in them! These were taken on my phone, that's why they are so small. I don't know how to fix it...sorry!
She was such a brave little girl! I think she's even cuter than before...if that even possible :)
She is SUCH a cutie! We got Morgan's done at 3 and a half and she didn't even cry, we were soooo lucky! BUT, she did end up being allergic and we had to get them removed by a doctor :( It was so sad, so good job with the surgical steel! Little girls are the best, right?
ReplyDeleteI really miss seeing her every day. Give her a kiss for me! And speak some Spanish to her! haha
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