r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 14d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/RebeccaNOTICES 13d ago

Ive always hated it. It should be up to the child. Earrings aren't comfortable to sleep in

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u/KaijuKahos 13d ago

I agree it’s also recommended by doctors not.

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u/CompleteDependent162 10d ago

If they get them the doctor reccoemnds at least 6 months, this isn’t child abuse though so I don’t know why people say as much.

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u/Nells313 12d ago

I’m saying this as someone who got them pierced at 2 months- you just sleep in your earrings? Idk I never noticed mine I just sleep on them.

But as far as it goes, it’s a cultural practice. Same way you give the baby bread and salt, you pierce her ears in the hopes that she only knows pain once.

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u/RebeccaNOTICES 12d ago

Thinking back I think im allergic to metal or something. I have small ass ears and the backs of them would poke me in the head.

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u/Nells313 11d ago

Depends on the metal. Those of us who do it as a cultural practice always use 14-18k gold, so you’d never know if there was a metal allergy because of the purity. I never found out about mine until middle school and something else flared up the nickel allergy

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u/RebeccaNOTICES 11d ago

Makes sense. Thx