A mum who told her ex-partner she never wanted her babies to have their ears pierced was furious to find out he had got their little girl piercings behind her back.
The anonymous woman, posting in a rant on Netmums , said she was "rather upset" with the father of her nine-week-old baby girl.
She explained how she had never liked the thought of babies’ ears being pierced and didn’t want her children to have the cosmetic procedure done until they were able to ask her for it themselves.
Her ex had told her the baby would look cute with pierced ears and she had expressed her wishes to him.
But then came a nasty surprise.
She explained: "My ex had our daughter overnight (Sunday – Monday). He brought her home to me at 5pm and left as quickly as possible, pushing the pram through the door shouting a quick ‘she’s grumpy, have fun’ and then shot out the door.
"Our daughter wasn’t just grumpy, she was full-on screaming like I had never heard before!
"I got her immediately and gave her a cuddle. When taking her hat off I realised what was bothering her.
"He had taken her to have her ears pierced god knows where! Her ears are still flaming hot and swollen right now! I can’t believe he would do that behind my back and run off before I could confront him!
"He purposely caused her pain for absolutely no reason! He won’t tell me the place where he got them done and I’m scared to death that it wasn’t someone who was trained and my poor baby is going to get an infection from this.
To add insult to injury, when she confronted the dad and asked him why he had gone against her wishes, she claims his only response was: "Told you she would look cute."
Other mums backed her up.
One replied: "I would be fuming like you and not trusting him to look after her again.
"Can you get a doctor to remove them? They could use some anaesthetic or something.
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"Poor little munchkin, can’t stand the thought of a baby being put through pain like that. He’s totally irresponsible."
Another had a similar story to share. She said: "My dad’s new girlfriend took me to get mine done when I was about 10… my mum had said no previously.
"She did it for my birthday. I went home and showed my mum she went NUTS!!!! Ripped them out of my ears and drove to my dad’s house banging his door down.
"I would of (sic) done the same now if I was put in that position. Im not surprised your upset! 9 weeks old!!!!!! Awful."
The debate about whether babies should have their ears pierced or not has been raging on for years.
In 2017 a mum from Hull had to defend her decision to pierce her baby’s ears after other parents branded it ‘child abuse’.
Standard advice is not to remove earrings for six weeks to allow the ears to heal.
Alcohol should be wiped around the piercing twice a day and the earrings should be twisted at least once a day, according to BabyCentre .
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