When I was 7 days old, the nurses in the hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, pierced my ears. It is a latin american tradition for baby girls to get this done. I always thought that it was pretty neat to have had it done so early... and also thought it was a neat way to carry on this tradition by having Sophia's done when she was three months old. We were too busy to get it done when she was exactly three months old... so today March 2nd, 2009... Sophia is almost Four and a half months old... she got her ears pierced at Westcoast Piercing.
Before...
Kelly... our piercing guy was really great. Here he is putting the dots on her ears.
She loved the glove ballon they made for her.
It poked her funny.
Trying on the earrings for size...
Nana was so into this... she thought Sophia looked sooooo cute!
Modeling for us...
Getting all the sterilized equipment.
Sleeping after it was all over.
At home... modeling her actual earrings!
Now interested in her toy again!
I had researched this ear piercing thing quite a bit. Many places won't do it because they feel the children are too young. Then I did find this place that informed me of some things I hadn't even heard of. First off... you use a needle... you can't use a gun, because it can't be sterilized properly and also the loud noise is not that great. You also can't pierce ears with gold because it can't be sterilized properly (unless it's 18k gold). They pierce one ear at a time and put in titanium alloy earrings which have the least amount of nickel in them (which is what most people are sensitive to) They also like to use a ring, because it's a lot easier to clean.
Not like many of you need to know all that information... but I just thought maybe you could pass on the information in case someone you know might be considering it.
All and all... it was an ok experience. Sophia did scream for the actual piercing part... but within 10 minutes she had forgotten all about it. So that was ok!!!!
She is doing great now... and that is superb!!!!
Hope you enjoyed being a part of our piercing experience!
6 comments:
o good! i'm glad it went so well! she's totally rockin' the hoops hey? VERY cute! she looks sooo girly now i love it! if her ear explodes resembling an elephant ear...you know who to come to ;)
Auntie H.
Oh elephant ear - I remember hearing about that story! Poor Auntie Heidi!
~ AC
So cute! I don't think Kai or Jer would appreciate if I did that to them. Daddy waited until he was 18 or so...
lol - i told Christa that to keep the tradition going she now has to pierce the left ear of all her sons after birth.
~ AC
Awww!! I love love love it! She is soooo cute!
so....when can we expect a 101st post?
...no pressure...
...well....maybe a little pressure...
;)
h.
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