Fuming dad bans grandparents from seeing his daughter alone after they ‘permanently damage’ her body while babysitting
A FURIOUS dad banned his parents from seeing their granddaughter after they “permanently damaged” her while babysitting.
The father, 22, explained he had a nine-month-old daughter named Thalia, with his fiancée, 23.
But he no longer trusted his parents to spend time with the baby after they took her to get her ears pierced without his consent.
Taking to Reddit, he said: “Everyone in our family has been coming around more to see [the baby].
“Two months ago we stopped talking to my parents after they pulled some s***.
“We basically decided it was gonna be up to Thalia when she older if she wants to get her ears pierced.
“To be honest I was never into the idea of it being done as a baby when they can’t consent, like my fiancée parents pierced her ears when she was a baby and she always hated wearing earrings. Still doesn’t wear any.
“Just like every other parent that was our decision not to do it to her while she’s a baby.”
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But it seems his parents disagreed with the decision to wait and not piece their baby daughter’s ears.
He explained: “My parents didn’t shut up about it for a while saying: ‘She’d look so cute.’
“But we told them already no and that’s our answer. When they babysat for us once they got one of my mym’s friends to do it and we were f***ing p***ed they went behind our backs.
“We stopped talking to them after that for disrespecting our decision.
“Everyone was saying we were making a big deal and we can’t cut them out their granddaughters life over something like that.
“So we decided they’re allowed to only see Thalia when one of us is around and they won’t be left alone with her.
“That’s where everyone is still saying we’re being massive a**holes because we’re still punishing them over something that’s not a big deal and we’re treating them like children.
“Even my fiancée’s parents think that only letting them have supervised visits is too much and they should be allowed to babysit or have Thalia at their place alone like before.
“We’re still not wanting to change our minds on our conditions so it’s pinning everyone against us.”
Fellow Reddit users were quick to jump in with their thoughts on the situation.
One person said: “I wouldn’t be leaving my child with them ever again. My mum cut my daughters fringe and I lost it; this is another level all together.”
Another said: “They permanently damaged their granddaughter’s ears to put jewellery in, which can cause an infection and possibly kill the child if it was not done with sterile gear, which is not confirmed because it was just one of their friends and possibly not a professional.
“If the granddaughter doesn’t like the piercings when she is older, then they permanently ruined on of the main parts of her body. That is absolutely absurd.”
A third said: “I think body modification against a parent’s explicit wishes makes them unfit carers.
“What other instructions are they going to ignore because ‘it looks cute’.
“They deliberately hurt your baby for cosmetic reasons. And let’s be clear. Piercings do hurt.”