Pierced

Darby's ears were pierced before the age of two in somewhat controversial fashion, which will not be elaborated upon at this time. They were pierced for more than a couple years, but we started having a good deal of trouble with keeping them clean due to her continual touching of them with her grubby toddler fingers. During a particularly bad infection, the earrings were removed to let her ears heal and just never went back in. So, from that time (around age 4) until today (almost 11), she has been piercing free.

Shelby has never been pierced. And this is probably a good thing. She's got a touch of OCD, so I'm not sure pointy metal things in her ears are the best idea. Plus she's got a nickel allergy, so I suspect most non-expensive types of earrings would be out of the question. But since she's not so good at leaving things alone, I imagine the good earrings would find themselves lost quite quickly.

So I got phone call from Darby today while she was with her mom shopping at Claire's with Christmas gift cards. She asked if she could get her ears pierced again. This isn't the first time she's asked this of me in recent years. My answer was, "It's not that you're not allowed, but you have a number of other responsibilities that you aren't quite living up to, so I'm not sure it's best to add another thing you have to take care of at this time."

Of course, she heard "you're allowed to" and came home with earrings. Grrr. I expressed my discontentment with the result of that conversation, and also disclaimed that her ear care is all on her. If they get funky again, the earrings are gone for good. So here she is with earrings. Yea her.