How did your jewelry wearing habits change when you had a baby?

[cwt5770]

I rarely post, so I hope this is the right forum! I was wondering if any parents here had to modify the type of jewelry they wore after having a baby, specifically earrings?
For various reasons, I didn't get my ears pierced until last year. I spent a lot of time healing my ears and just recently started wearing the real jewelry I always wanted like hoops, danglies and diamond studs. I'm due with my first baby next month and wondering if I will be able to wear anything other than studs during the baby phase? I know it's silly, but I think I'm going to really miss my jewelry, particularly my new-found love of earrings, even if it is only temporary.

 

[MeowMeow]

For earrings specifically I can't help. My ears closed up a long time ago and my try and redoing them recently did not go well and they forced me to close them again. But I can tell you my kid loved and still does love to grab my necklaces >.< My main change was avoiding wearing my engagement ring (This was pre anniversary ring that I wear now. ) because it's a prong set halo and it was quite pokey and I didn't want to scratch my baby with it while constantly feeding and diaper changing. I started wearing things that weren't bands after the diaper changes got to be fewer. I did wear bands the whole time though. I just tried to clean them a bit extra since babies are pretty gross and can be dirty with all the spit up and diapers.

 

[monarch64]

I don’t remember changing anything. That probably had a lot to do with the fact that my child was not a clinger and would rather have been doing anything else than pulling on my earrings or grabbing my jewelry. I kept my wedding set on during labor, probably took it off for delivery and the few days PPM when I was still puffy. I have had my navel pierced since I was 16 (had my baby at 35) and I bought a flexible, longer “pregnancy piercing” placeholder thingie to wear when my belly got bigger around 8 months. Had my regular one back in by 6 weeks PPM. I also did not take much maternity leave at all—I was back to work part time around 4 weeks and full time by 6 weeks. I nursed and pumped around the clock. Jewelry was kind of the last thing on my kind the first few weeks. There are a lot of factors that will determine how your habits will change and none of them are predictable.

 

[RMOO]

Besides large hoops that are easy to snag with a little flailing arm/hand, and necklaces that toddlers seem to love pulling on, I found that bracelets were difficult to wear because I tend to hold infants and toddlers on my left arm, where I also wear my bracelets. In any event, know that it is temporary. You could also get some huggie hoops to safely satisfy your jewelry craving.

 

[Lookinagain]

I don't recall that my daughter grabbed my earrings which were generally studs or hoops, and I never really wore necklaces much back then (she's 34 now), other than perhaps a long strand of pearls to work that I wouldn't have been wearing around the house. I always wore my rings. So I guess I'm on the "didn't change anything" side of the fence.

 

[123ducklings]

I’d say it depends on the baby’s temperament. I nursed all three of mine and only one was particularly grabby. If anything I got more interested in wearing jewelry after having kids — a necklace, ring, and stud earrings made me feel more put together with all the newborn mess and lack of sleep. As others have said, it’s short lived. The window of time when a baby has the dexterity to grab your earrings but lacks the understanding to be taught a gentle “No” is brief. Get a pair of studs you’re excited about and enjoy the baby snuggles. Best wishes as your family grows!

 

[Tonks]

Studs!!!!! I had been a big hoops and dangles person and I gave birth to grabby twins. Everything in my ears they grabbed.

I started wearing studs and now I don’t wear anything else.

 

[YadaYadaYada]

I had more of a challenge with my glasses than jewelry, no earrings but always wore a necklace and never had a problem.

 

[Skymonkey2000]

I went from a ring on every finger and 7 ear piercings total to….one wedding band… rings scratched the babies and dangly earrings and necklaces got yanked off! I am just now getting back to wearing more, and my youngest is 19
I still can’t wear dangly earrings or necklaces because they now feel soo uncomfortable

 

[Petalouda]

I find myself wearing a gold band instead of my-ring or diamond band. If I were to get another diamond, it’s highly likely I would either set it very low or in a bezel.