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So I am a new mother and I am finding that it is not all that convenient to wear my e-ring on a daily basis. I love and adore it, but it is pokey and scratchy for my son, and I worry about catching it on things when I am working at home all day. I have a plain band that I can wear, but it is simply too boring for my jewelry lovin'' heart!
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I am considering buying a scattered diamond band from WF to wear on a more daily basis as a baby gift, since I tried on the Tiffany etoile and loved it so much
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I was thinking of getting an eternity band as a baby gift, but I just don''t think I will wear it much over the next 5 years while I have young children! Or maybe I am wrong about that??

Anyways, I wondered what rings you all wear when you are with your kids?
 
Date: 5/26/2009 1:20:29 AM
Author:dreamer_dachsie
So I am a new mother and I am finding that it is not all that convenient to wear my e-ring on a daily basis. I love and adore it, but it is pokey and scratchy for my son, and I worry about catching it on things when I am working at home all day.
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DD, this is what I was worried about with my solitaire, even before getting pregnant. Right now, I'm leaning toward having a five-stone band (with as low of a profile as possible!) made as my most-of-the-time ring.
 
My Beaudry. Amazingly, it has been a pretty "out of the way" ring. Doesn''t scratch her and I am now used to wearing it. I have my 2mm plain wedding band but it just feels so lonely by itself that I find myself reaching for this puppy. Best $1000 on a ring I''ve ever spent!

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DD- I''m a nanny and I wore my princess cut (sharp corners) e-ring for the past 3 years since my youngest charge was 2 months old. Back in September, I got married and added a prong set princess eternity band (lots of little sharp corners). I wear them both every day and it''s really not that bad. I have scratched a child here or there but never enough to draw blood or anything like that. I''d probably liken it to scratching with fingernails, it can happen but not often and if it does it doesn''t usually hurt the child. My youngest charge is a bit of a whimp when it comes to pain and if she had ever cried from my ring scratching her I just wouldn''t wear them, but it really hasn''t been a problem. The only times I take my rings of during work are playing with playdough, applying sunscreen and when I am putting conditioner in the girls'' hair.
 
ugh. i have ring battles with myself everyday. For one, my fingers got bigger *post* baby (so weird and annoying) so i can hardly get my pave band on and my e-ring does occasionally catch on things so it''s a bit of a PITA.

If my budget would allow i would get something like the etoile too.
It''s just a shame not to wear an ering that is beautiful and $$$. I guess when we moms get past the diaper changes/pick ups/feeding etc. we can put them back on for good.
 
I''ve been wearing my pave WB stacked with my antique bezel-esque eternity. I want a 5 stone as my next project! For me it''s not about scratching as my ering is a bezel-but because I now find myself smacking it all over the place with the babies.

In all honesty I might have my ring stone and bezel turned into a bezel pendant like the lucida one if I don''t find myself wearing my e-ring at all over the next year. That is the long term plan for that stone anyway (DH said I can have an upgrade once we get ourselves settled in our house and have some more $ flowing. YAY!) so I figure why not do it now if I am not wearing it right?

This is the daily stack these days (sorry for the swollen fingers it was only a month after giving birth to the boys.) Can you believe these rings are loose now? Crazy

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I wear my channel set band every day, and put on my ering when I go out of the house. I''m always afraid that it will scratch my son, especially when I''m changing his diaper - he''s so squirmy.
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I don''t normally wear my rings when I am at home, but when we go out, I always carry the baby on my right side, just in case.
 
In 18 months I have never scratched DD ONCE with my ring. I am surprised. I only wear my wedding set 50% of the time (take it off to sleep, shower, and only put it on before I leave the house) so maybe the odds were in my favor.
 
I wear a plain 5mm band most of the time.

tgal- I love your beaudry. I would love to have something like that!
 
During the week I pretty much wear my wedding set all the time - solitaire and 2mm wedding band. On the weekends I only wear my wedding band unless we leave the house. I know I''ve scratched my son a few times but it''s never left a mark or drawn blood. When funds allow I want to have a bezel set band made to wear with or without my ering - nice and smooth with no prongs to catch or poke the baby, and secure enough to wear frequently.
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I wear my e-ring (2ct oec in vintage setting-pretty big and clunky) and wedding band during the week since I work and have surprisingly never scratched T. I do take it off to bathe her at night and tend to not put it on when I''m home with her unless we leave the house.
 
I was scared of hurting my baby also, so the 8 weeks I stayed home after having him I only wore my band, a 3mm 1/2 pave knife edge. It''s knife edge all the way around, and I found some red marks on the back of the baby''s head from sliding my left hand under his neck to pick him up. Noe blood or scratches, just like a rub mark. Now that I''m back at work I wear my set to work each day, and take it off when I get home.
 
I wore a band, then a bezel set 5 stone for 10 years. The bezel set is indestructible and never catches obviously.
 
I wore my wedding set through 3 babies, and I can''t recall ever scratching them! Although I probably only put the rings on if leaving the house. Wear your jewelry and enjoy it!
 
no rings...

i rarely wore my rings @ home before the baby, so i guess now that i'm home on mat leave they only come on when we go out. another reason is that i'm washing my hands so many more times in the day and applying moisturizer each time that wearing rings just seems like a hindrance.
 
same as SBDE- no rings while at home, but I used to wear just a plain band before my upgrade, then it was all off, its a nuisance with washing my hands constantly and applying lotion all the time.
 
I wore my Signed Pieces 7 stone shared prong band since it's extremely low and smooth to the touch. For the times we are home, I removed all rings. Once they are over 2 years old, the nice pieces get some showtime.
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i wear all my rings with DS and luckily i have never scratched him. i wear my wb and ering, both channel set eternity bands on the left, and a diamond eternity band with 2 diamond and sapphire bands on my right. but i also only wear them when i go out. when i get home form going out, i usually leave them on until it''s time to make dinner or something.
 
I've been occasionally sitting for our friends (who have a 4 year old and a 1 year old) since before my husband and I got engaged, and have almost always worn my e-ring (and now wedding band) while I'm there. Never scratched either of them - but every 'corner' on my ring is a smooth/rounded one. There's nothing sharp about my ring, which is nice.

I definitely plan to wear at least my wedding band (small bezeled rounds) 24/7 as I do now when I have kids, though I know it will get dirty
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EBree That is something I have been toying with too! But like Jas says, it seems a shame to have such a gorgeous and expensive ring sitting in the jewelry box! And I love looking at it just so much...

TGal Love that ring... do you have a thread on it? Is it full eternity?

Mia I guess it isn''t so much the scratching that I worry about, but the solitaire just catched on thing sometimes... like blankets when I pick him up etc... and I bash it on things, like Neatfeak said. I could not wear it around the house, but again, what a waste!

Neatfreak What will you do for an uograde??? How exciting! I love that stacked pair.

Vesper That is one benefit of channel set bands for sure, they are so comfortable and easy to wear

Butterfly I love that you carry your baby on the right just in case! I am right arm dominant so I guess I do that too.

Tacori See that is the practical thing to do, just wear it out of the house... but I love to look at it all day long! Probably because it is still so new.

mrsS Classic. I love a substantial gold band. I remember that you ended up parting with your cushion halo because it wasn''t practical with the kiddos. If you are used to the gold band I can imagine that all that pave was too delicate!

Diva The smoothness of bezels really attracts me to them too!

Burk HAHA your set isn''t "clunky"!

MustangGal I will definitely wear my rings when I go back to work, but that isn''t for 7 more months!
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Lyra I see a trend... bezel bezel bezel... I love bezels, did I mention that? Maybe a re-set is in order... I have always found the solitaire a little pokey and I have bashed it more times than I care to think about.

DS hee hee... I guess I am not as worried about my baby as I am about my ring
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SBDE I don''t really moisturize my hand... I should, but I am not great at all that "upkeep" stuff
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D&T didn''t you miss your rings when you were around the house? Maybe I am obsessed!
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Chrono See that''s what I am thinking, I need something to wear for the next 5 years until my kid(s) are over 2!

Puffy Thats a lot of bling! Do you have a thread?

Musey How do you clean the ebzel band? Does it have holes in the back? If not I imagine it is very low maintenance...


 
Date: 5/27/2009 8:39:22 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie
Musey How do you clean the ebzel band? Does it have holes in the back? If not I imagine it is very low maintenance...
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It does, but I kinda wish it didn't... here's a picture:

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I clean it like anything else I guess, but I think it's tougher to get clean than my other stuff. I don't really need an ultrasonic with my other things (just a toothbrush and gemcare), but this really needs it periodically. Though I have to admit that I only clean it at all (brush/gemcare) every 3-4 days, and have only used the ultrasonic maybe 5 times since I started wearing my band (which comes out to a little under once per month, I guess). I wear it 24/7, including showers, only take it off for SUPER messy cooking and lotion.

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Here is something relevant that I stumbled on in another thread: Jellybean makes this comment about the impracticality of a full eternity ring when you have small kids: "This has become a case of what other gross things can Jellybean get in her eternity band. Desitin was probably the worst yet, although the ketchup, mashed potatoes (with gravy) and -- get this -- infant vitamin drops were all pretty bad. I managed to spill my son''s bottle of PolyViSol all over myself and the kitchen table on Sunday, ruining my shirt (iron stains!) and getting it all over my ring! I was so afraid I was going to get it under the diamonds but it doesn''t look like I did... My husband asks why I even bother to wear it." She was contemplating a half-eternty at the time
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Musey Such holes are so common in jewelry, but what are they even for?? There''sa thread about it somwhere, I saw in linked once and didn''t read it. They seem like all they would do is trap messy things under the stones!
 
Dreamer~He he...I mean clunky in comparison to some of these super sleek 1.6mm bands ect. I love my ring but it is pretty big and I bash it on tables and doors constantly (bad, I know) but have luckily never gotten T. Are you still considering the bezel band?
 
during the day (when I'm with the baby) I wear none! When I go to work/out, I wear my wedding ring. I wear the engagement ring on bigger occassions (dinners out, family get togethers,etc.). I never thought I'd do that, but it just is easier and more practical (I've never scratched DD either, but I just find it gets in the way, especially with washing bottles and diaper changes). Baby and co-workers don't really pay much attention to my fingers anyway (although one guy did ask why I didn't wear my e-ring, I thought that was a bit weird!).
 
I still wore my wedding set and yes, my kids did get poked a few times, but only a few. If there was a serious problem, I would have worn almost exclusively my wedding band and then my eng. ring when going out. The only significant changes I made was no more dangly earrings and pendants. I switched to diamond studs and went about three years without a necklace.
 
Dreamer, what about getting another diamond and bezeling it?
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Date: 5/30/2009 1:50:24 AM
Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl
Dreamer, what about getting another diamond and bezeling it?
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LOL! I thought about bezeling my .63ct diamond that is in a pendant, but really I want to wear my big diamond on my finger, I like looking at it too much!

Burk I am not getting the scattered band because I have chosen a different baby band! Stay tuned
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Date: 6/2/2009 1:58:31 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie
Date: 5/30/2009 1:50:24 AM

Burk I am not getting the scattered band because I have chosen a different baby band! Stay tuned
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Ooooh......can''t wait to see what you''ve come up with!!!
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