We were always too scared to get Ananya's ears pierced, but since Amisha seems to be so completely fearless, we thought we'd get her ears pierced. We took her to Claire's in Valley Fair, where they do this all day long, and picked out some simple, pretty earrings for her. While Amisha was getting her ears pierced, Ananya was playing outside with Adhara.
Amisha sat in my lap, didn't really squirm, and cried for maybeeeee 30 seconds total. And then she was her regular smiley happy clappy self! Phew! Easy!
Then, Ananya comes back into the store and decides, with a bit of cajoling from us, that she, too, wants earrings just like Amishoo. But then it went completely downhill from there. She proceeded to SCREAM bloody murder for literally 10 minutes straight - while the Claire's employees were cleaning her ears, marking the piercing spot with a pen, and, of course, when they did the actual piercing. SCREAMING. FLAILING HER ARMS. SCREAMING. I can't emphasize enough how much screaming occured.
Of course, when it was done, she calmed down and decided she wanted a treat, so just like that, as if nothing happened, we went to the food court and got her (and us) some frozen yogurt. Yum!
I don't even think Amisha realizes that she has earrings, it doesn't bother her at all. Yay! For Ananya, it was more traumatic - every time we touched her ear, whispered to her, put a headband on her hair, stood next to her - she's complain that it was somehow really hurting her ear. But day by day, it got better for her (mentally and emotionally b/c I'm pretty sure that physically, she wasn't in that much pain) and now she just absolutely loves having her "shiny diamonds". She now notices other people's earrings and proudly shows off her own to pretty much everyone she meets!
Lesson for other parents out there: if you're going to do this, do it while your kid is young!!!
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