Olivia Got Her Ears Pierced

     On Monday morning, this beautiful girl got her ears pierced! I knew we were going to do it while she was still a baby, the only question was, when? I was waiting to find out what the pediatrician told me about her head before we went through with it. I didn't want for them to bother her if she had to wear a helmet. At her appointment last week, the pediatrician told us he was confident her head would round out on its own now that she's sitting, so no helmet should be needed. That was just the answer we were hoping for, and the go ahead to get her ears pierced. 

    After doing research and asking for friends advice on a good location to get them done, we went with Pediatric People. They accept new patients for ear piercing. I felt really good with our decision to take her to a doctors office to get it done. I knew the equipment would be sterile, the location would be clean, and Olivia could have numbing cream put on her earlobes to help reduce the pain. I called on Saturday morning to see if they could squeeze us in, but they couldn't get us in until Monday at 10:15. So on Monday morning we all got ready and headed to her appointment.

      When we arrived, we picked out her temporary earrings. They are good for 6 weeks and then we have to replace them with new ones that she can keep in. I picked pearls because they are classic and I love the look of them. The nurse called us back shortly after and asked if we wanted for her to put numbing cream on Olivia's earlobes. I said yes, but looking back I maybe should have said no. Her hair got stuck in the band aids that kept it on her earlobes and it added to the pain when we took them off. Hindsight is 20:20.

 See the band aids on her ears?

After leaving the cream on for 25 minutes, the nurse took the band aids off and cleaned the remaining cream. She marked each ear for the location. Once we were satisfied with the location, she had Aaron hold her with one arm around her chest to hold bother her arms down, and the other with his hand on her forehead. Let me just say, Olivia is strong and I was so happy Aaron was there to hold her! She cried, of course, but only for a minute. Once she calmed down, I nursed her and then she was fine. When she was done, she looked at Aaron and just smiled at him.

 Baby girl is all ready. You can see the little dot on her ear.

      Afterwards, we took her to the pet store across the parking lot. When I was little my dad took me to one after I got mine pierced, so it was only fitting. Plus we had to waste 20 minutes before any restaurants opened for lunch.

I love her! 

XOXO,

Jenn