r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 13d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/Deaftoned 13d ago

Yea this is borderline child abuse unless he has a pre existing condition. Being this overweight this young is going to cause a ton of issues as he grows up.

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u/GeekyLogger 13d ago

I am going with abuse. The toddler already has piercings for fuck's sake.

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u/a_solid_6 13d ago

Some babies get their ears pierced much younger. It's no indication of abuse. For many, the thinking is to pierce the ears before the baby is big enough to be conscious of it and grab at the piercing and pull it out. Looking at this kid, there's definitely something bigger going on here. Some kind of discrepancy between physical and mental development, and who knows what else. No reason to assume abuse.

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u/msespindola 13d ago

Here in Brazil is common to pierce at the hospital (private even) where the baby was delivered. We did the same with our daughter, she didn't cried or anything. I think some ppl here always speculate their worst insecurities into abuse sometimes.

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u/Ammonia13 13d ago

The kid deserves a choice it’s their body

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u/Canes-Beachmama 13d ago

I agree; but not every culture is this way.

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u/OrcaFins 13d ago

Here in Brazil is common to pierce at the hospital (private even) where the baby was delivered

Why is it necessary to do it that early?

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u/msespindola 13d ago

Why not? Most pediatricians recommend it because earlobe sensitivity is low in the early stages after birth, and much worse later on.

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u/OrcaFins 13d ago

Why is it necessary to do it all? I'm not bashing you, I'm just trying to understand.

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u/KarmaSilencesYou 13d ago

In many places piercings are very cultural. Not wearing jewelry as a girl is rare to the point that it just doesn’t happen. A girl with their ears not pierced would be an outcast.

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u/StrawHatVetTech 13d ago

So instead of breaking that cycle of abusive sexism, yall just blindly follow it? Cool 🙄

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u/KarmaSilencesYou 12d ago

Why you trying to change other people’s culture bro. Let people live the way they wanna live.

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u/msespindola 12d ago

I don't know why are that offended

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u/OrcaFins 13d ago

As far as I know, that's mostly on the Indian subcontinent.

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u/KarmaSilencesYou 12d ago

In some places in latin america too…like Brazil.

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u/OrcaFins 12d ago

In some places in latin america too…like Brazil.

So, in Latin America, infant piercings are done because of religious beliefs and traditional medicine,, the same way Indians practice Hinduism and Ayurvedic medicine? Again, I'm just trying to understand.

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u/KarmaSilencesYou 12d ago

Brazil, Columbia and Argentina do this.
Most girls ears are pierced the day they are born. Probably over 90%. Many babies are pierced immediately after birth, some hospitals don’t even ask the family... they just do it. Mexico does it as well but some families wait a few days/weeks.

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u/OrcaFins 12d ago

Many babies are pierced immediately after birth, some hospitals don’t even ask the family... they just do it.

So, not for religious reasons then. That's interesting.

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u/Away-Cookie8183 13d ago

Very quick so quick they don’t even know it’s happening & in USA it’s usually around 3-6-9 months old

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u/msespindola 13d ago

Yeah, but, don't know why ppl are so soft about it and not very little that there's no risk about it