The Talk and Ears Pierced

Yep. I had the talk with my daughter. Since she will be ten soon, I decided to talk to her about having a period and test her knowledge of sex and babies. I feel as if it went in one ear and out the other. I got a book to help discuss it with her but its as if she just wasn't interested. I got, I know mom, i already know that, blah blah. But I made sure she heard it all, we went over body part, getting to know the vagina and reproductive system of both boys and girls, how babies are made..which she already knew a little about, and breasts. I also talked to her about the importance of keeping herself clean because she isn't always too good with that. She knew a little more about sex than I thought she did but some of things she thought were just myths, things she heard from friends. The stuff kids believe. I won't say everything. Don''t want to be here all day. Anyways, I cleared some things up and I hope she learned a little. I have a feeling though when she is 10 we will have to go over everything again. BTW, the funniest thing she said is "Mom, I hope my boobs get to be your size." LMAO.
Moving on, my daughter has her ears pierced. Her father did it when she was about 3 or 4 and I've always felt that girls shouldn't have their ears pierced until they are responsible enough to take care of them, around 12. Well it happened. Katherine left the same pair of earrings in her ear for about a month, without taking them out, without turning them, with the post pushed up against the ear, as far back as it would go. Sure enough, the skin grew around the backing. Last night she told me her ear looked swollen. I looked at it and indeed it was. Almost purple looking. Good thing the earrings are sterling silver because there was no infection. Micau had to get the tweezers to get the backings out. There was blood; there was crying. She did well. It will take about 2 months to clear up probably and I am not going to let her get her ears pierced again until she's older. Some will say it is my fault. In a way it is. I should have kept a better eye out on her ears and made sure that she was changing them. I guess I just plain forgot about them. It isn't really that big of deal now; but I hate seeing my daughter in pain and scared. Last night, she was both. Lessons learned.