A MUM has been slammed for piercing her one-year-old daughter’s ears with large gold hoops.
Molly Ahern took to social media, sharing a video of her tot which left people horrified.
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The clip, which has now taken the internet by storm, shows her daughter snuggled under a blanket with her mum.
The only thing shown is her daughter’s large gold hoops hanging from her ears.
In the clip, the mum joked she was making the most of her daughter’s cuddles before she grew up.
She wrote: “Treasuring these cuddles cos in 15 years I’m gonna be a ‘fat s**g’ for not letting a drug dealer with one tracksuit and a 3.5 to his name stay in my home with her.”
Molly also captioned the post ‘No boyfriends.’
But that was not what caught viewers’ attention.
Instead, people were focused on the little girl’s earrings and had plenty to say about it.
The video shared on her TikTok account @molly.ahern21 went viral with over 200k views and people didn’t hold back on their opinions.
While some said it was giving ‘council house’ vibes others called her a ‘chav.’
One person wrote: “Holy council estate.”
Another commented: “The earrings say enough already.”
“Oh dear,” penned a third.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “Those hoops are a choking hazard.”
“The earrings are a NO!” claimed a fifth.
Ear-piercing babies and toddlers
CAROL Cooper, Sun Doctor, reveals the medical implications of ear-piercing babies and toddlers:
- Ear-piercing in babies and toddlers is controversial. On the one hand, it could be seen as a form of child abuse. But it’s also widely done in many countries and cultures, and is a lot less of an assault than other procedures some girls have to endure.
- There are certainly medical hazards.
Infection is one, which is why many paediatricians recommend waiting until at least the first tetanus jab at two months of age. But there are also many other potential infections which routine vaccines don’t prevent. Getting ears pierced somewhere that just looks clean is no guarantee. - Tearing the earlobe is a risk if the earring gets caught on clothing or bedding, or the baby just pulls on it.
- The earrings can also fall out, and they’re small enough to be a choking hazard to a baby or young child.
Sometimes keloid scarring results, with an unsightly lumpy scar. - That’s why it’s better to wait till your child is old enough to want pierced ears, as well as to look after them herself.
Someone else added: “The earrings! Poor baby.”
But Molly didn’t seem fussed as to what haters had to say.
In the comments, she told them to ‘put a sock in it,’ and revealed her baby didn’t cry when the piercing was done.
In another clip, laughing at the nasty trolls, she said she and her baby was unfazed by the hate.
“My little baby doll chav,” she captioned the post.
