Amy's Story: Malika and the Perfect Earrings

These last few months I've been busy with the same theme everytime I looked at Malika. To find the perfect earrings. Since she has reach three years old last March (and will be going to be four years old in a couple months ^.^), I decided to change her baby gold earrings. My sister said it would be harder to take them off if the kid has grown bigger. So, I took them off but couldn't find the perfect ones untill now.

A. Silver Drop Earrings
I decided not to give Malika any gold earrings, at least not untill she turns teenage. In this kind of age, kids tend to have less aware on earrings. They don't realise whether it still stuck in there or not. That is why I prefer any other earrings than gold earrings. Especially to protect Malika for any criminal attempts.

On Kalibata City there is a silver accesories booth and the drop earrings seemed attractive for kids and light. They are not expensive too and yet you are able sell them someday.

But I needed to buy it two times just to make sure that these are not suitable for Malika. The pendants kept off from the hooks and then they were gone somewhere else.

B. My Earrings
At first, I tought she could use my   earrings collections. I don't have much of them since I've wear my veil permanently since I was 13.

 They were cute gemstone design earrings. But not for long, it stucked somewhere and one of the pendant gone, again. But I wasn't worry because I have beadings collections and easily find the most suitable. But few days later, one of the earrings has gone. Too bad I don't have hooks collections. So I changed them with earrings that a little bit bigger and longer. The size of the hooks were also thicker, Malika didn't  feel comfortable using it.

But those plastic earrings seems too big and heavy for her. After losing one of them, I change them.

C. Expensive Immitation Earrings vs Cheap Immitation Earrings
Then I went to another booth, trying to find another immitation earring. After some fashion failure with earrings with hooks, I prefer to choose stud earrings. (Well, actually I chose hoop earrings first but it didn't fit in her ears.) Hoping that it would ran smoother, you know a stud earring could be very uncomfortable because you can feel the studs touch your neck behind your ears.

But, beyond my expectation, it broke the next day. Guess, Malika felt too comfortable using it.

Feeling annoyed when your IDR50000 gone just like that, I decided to find some cheap plastic stud earrings. I could buy a dozen just for backups. But those kind of earrings broke even when you try to wear it.

Then I went back to drop earrings. This time, I still chose the cheap one with cute pendants. It went well quite long, untill ...

D. Beware of Little Brother
Yup, this little brother should have been on my beware list. Apparently, you can't be a cute big sister wearing drop earrings. It will be the target for your little brother when the two of you get into a fight.
And on one fine day, I noticed her ear bleed. There were quite deep scratches in the front and back side of her ear. I was afraid she would losing her ear. She is too young for fashion disaster. What a mom am I.

For days I forced Malika to let her ear get cleaned by alcohol and for that reasons I took of her earrings.

Guess, hoop earrings will be the best choice. Still find a time to search for them outside Kalibata City, I suppose. Hope, the earrings hole won't be closed untill that time come. Any ideas, moms?