Ear Piercing: When is a good time? Do your baby have this done?

Mandi - posted on 02/13/2010

why would u put a little baby through pain???i hate takin mine 4 injections what could save there lives,i wouldnt dream of making them have their ears done...its not like the baby will know.its just a fashion statement 4 parents i think...wait til they get older and decide 4 themselves. i had my ears done at 11,and at top of ear at 15.i dont wear earings at all now and dont know many adults who do,defo kidz...ur babies are human beings,with feelings,why would u want to inflict unessasary pain on them,4 what,2 studs in ears..madness...but thats just my opinion,its ur baby at end of day

Louise - posted on 02/13/2010

Same as a few others in that this is my own personal opinion but I do think it's unnecessary. I had my ears pierced at 13 and it was something I really looked forward to and felt it was a real step in becoming a teenager and really exciting. I can't see what purpose having a babies ears pierced serves - unlike jabs that quite possibly SAVE THEIR LIVES (where exactly is that comparison people?!) I try to understand cultural bias to this but still cringe at the thought personally. Why change such a perfect little creature - how can it possibly make them look more beautiful than they naturally do - infact earings on such little ears looks positively weird. Don't understand even thinking about it - sorry.

Elisha - posted on 02/12/2010

My daughter got her ears pierced at 6 mths shes now 10 and never had a problem. She will scream and cry but won't last long

Cindy - posted on 02/12/2010

I have decided to wait until and when she say that she want it, I'll explain all to her and if she still want to go then I'll be there holding her hand. I think it's some what cruel to do it to such a tiny baby, and what gets me most is some people saying : they don't feel it when they are so young?! THEY DEFINETLY FEEL IT JUST DONT KNOW WHERE IT IS!

Jaime - posted on 02/12/2010

Cindy....If you're not sure...then don't do it. Why don't you wait until she's a little older and have another re-think?

Cindy - posted on 02/12/2010

I REALLY CAN'T DECIDE! Whats wrong with me lol. She would look sooooo cute with but can't get myself to do it to her. I'm so scared that she might pull it out and have scarring. Ag I just dont know.

Jaime - posted on 02/07/2010

A personal opinion..but I don't agree with having babies ears pierced. Having this done is personal choice, which the baby has no say in. I think mums (and dads) have a lot to do already without having to worry about cleaning and looking after new piercings and worrying about any possible infections that may occur. I think its easier to wait until the child is old enough to ask themselves or to make up their own mind. I was 7yrs old and pleaded with my dad to get my ears pierced. Needless to say I had them done, unfortunately they got infected and I took them out. Had them re-pierced on my 16th birthday. Too much hassle for a cosmetic look!!...however, everyone has their own opinion on the subject and at the end of the day it is Laura's baby and her choice. Good luck!

Stephanie - posted on 02/07/2010

My daughter had her ears pierced at 10days old - this worked perfectly for us, as she hardly cried, and forgot about it straight away - plus by the time she was old enough to pull on them they were completely healed.
She is now 9months, and never even plays with them, as the have always been there

Amanda - posted on 02/06/2010

My daughter got her ears pierced when she was just shy of 3 month old. We got the double shot method and she cried more about being held still than the actual piercing itself. She cried for maybe 5 seconds, seriously. Shots are wayyy more tramatic!

Melissa - posted on 02/03/2010

Thank you for answering Dewi. Its just the some moms go on about it i wonder why its so important. I totally respect everyones decision. I just wonder when i read that people get them so there baby will look beautiful.

Dewi - posted on 02/03/2010

Answer to Melissa Stewart question... No it's not so important or necessary, but that's Laura's choice if she decides to get her daughter's ears pierced. In the end when Laura's daughter is much older she will want to get earings anyways. So there's no harm in making a decision to get her baby's ears pierced at an early age. So we should just support every mother's choice/decision & wish them good luck.

Melissa - posted on 02/01/2010

Just a question to parents who decide for their children, why is it so important to get them done. A woman isn't a woman if she has earrings, so its not like its necessary. I just wonder why its so important?

Tarsha - posted on 02/01/2010

my partner and i are also wondering when to get out daughters ears pierced.i disagree with the fact they and a tattoo are the same.i think it all depends on the child wether or not they are going to pull them out once they are done.thats the major concern, so no advice here, just good luck!!!

Dewi - posted on 02/01/2010

In Australia bub has to be 6 months old. I did my daughter's ear piercing when she was 6 months old. She was actually really good, she didn't move at all but she definately cried for a little bit. I'm happy i've made a decision in getting her ears pierced & she has never touched them cos she's too occupied with her bracelets on each arm.

NOTE: If your baby figits alot then i wouldn't recommend ear piercing, cos that's when they can get infected.

Jo - posted on 01/30/2010

I'm in the no ear rings camp.I have four beautiful daughters,and three gorgeous sons.They were all born perfect,I won't be defacing any of them.Why would I want to?A bit of shiny metal stuck in their ear doesn't look pretty,a pretty dress does,pretty shoes,pretty hair,my girls love all that now they're old enough to make a choice.Children have no need for piercings and jewellery,there's years ahead of them for that.
When my kids(I hope the boys have a dabble too) are teenagers I look forward to them experimenting with hair and clothes and piercings.Right now my babies will be babies.

Heather - posted on 01/30/2010

I said no way. Not cuz I think it's mean or I want to give her the choice....I just don't want one more thing to take care of, lol. When she's old enough to clean them and turn the earrings 2X a day for the first few weeks by herself, she's welcome to!

Mia - posted on 01/29/2010

Well put, Laura.
I wouldn't compare it to a tattoo necessarily, but would you dye your babies hair? It would only burn for a minute?

Laura - posted on 01/29/2010

i think this is so sad! why does everyone want to get their babies' ears pierced!? is it beacause u want your baby to look prettier or what? sure they might not cry for that long but there is more to it than that. im 100% with melanie here, its tacky and its for the parents satisfaction, not the baby's best interests. ur girls are pretty as they are, let them decide what they want when they are older. they arent dolls.

Lindsay - posted on 01/29/2010

I pierced my daughter Kyle's ears at 2 months old, she screamed for about 3 min and hasnt really been bothered by them at all. If you do it while they are younger, they get used to the idea, once a toddler i think they rrealize something is there and will try to play with them. My husband also thought that she should wait until she makes taht decision on her own, but I really wanted them done. I did make daddy hold herwhen they did it though. I think it hurt me more than it hurt her!!!!!

Mary - posted on 01/29/2010

yah i pierced my daughter's ears when she was 2 month old and all was ok, at least by then she could not interfere with them

Michelle - posted on 01/29/2010

Got my daughter done at 6 1/2 months, hardly cried

Natasha - posted on 01/28/2010

when I worked in the infant room earrings where band as they are a choking hazard and we got tired of having to look for earrings that feel out or got pulled out.

Terri - posted on 01/28/2010

i got my 8 month olds done at 2 months and my 10 year olds done at 2 months too

Leslie - posted on 01/28/2010

We did my daughters ears when she was almost 6mo. She cried for just a minute, mostly cause daddy wouldn't let her touch the ladies glasses. lol They have never bothered her, she doesn't mess with them, but she LOVES to look at them in the mirror! I do recommend using a hypoallergenic metal. Ask the beautician, she can reccomend some. We got my daughters done at the jewelry counter at walmart..with the gun. They got my neice's done when she turned a year & they had problems with her messing with them. It's up to you wether or not to do it, but I reccomend before 8mo or wait till 3 years.

Jessica - posted on 01/28/2010

I got my baby's ears pierced when she got the 3months and she doesn't pulled it. She had no problems, no infections because i cleaned the piercings 2 or 3 times a day for almost 8 weeks. Everything went great and she look sooo pretty with her flower earings! (Mom's Pride, haha!) I think as more age, more is the pain, so that's why i did it at her 3 months old. But i sent dad to hold her and i went faaaarrrr just in case she cried but she didn't. I think the trick is keep the piercing super clean.

Kimberly - posted on 01/27/2010

I see this is an old post, but I want to respond anyway. My daughter was 6 months old when we got her ears pierced. It was very traumatic for both of us but for me the most! The lady who pierced her ears did the right, then the left, & that one was crooked! SO we had to take the earring out, & pierce it AGAIN! What a nightmare! But, what seemed like forever with my baby girl screaming her head off, tears rolling down her cheeks, it was over in 10 minutes & she was smiling like she always is!!

Lindsey - posted on 01/27/2010

We just pierced my eight month old daughters ears a week ago. She has not had any problems. My mom pierced my ears at eight months as well and I am very thankful because I have never had any problems that many friends of mine have had with infections and things.

Melody - posted on 01/27/2010

I going to get my baby girl ear done for her 1st birthday.

DESIREE - posted on 01/27/2010

MY DAUGHTER WAS I THINK LIKE 2 1/2-3 MONTHS WHEN WE GOT HERS DONE. WHERE I STAY U HAVE 2 HAVE HAD @ LEAST YOUR 1ST MONTH SHOTS.

Lisa - posted on 01/27/2010

I think you should let them decide if and when to pierce their own ears. I'm glad my mother gave me that choice. But each to their own I suppose.

Paula - posted on 01/27/2010

I'm a hairstylist and I don't recommend this til at least a year. But waiting til ther older is my thought.

Dazaray - posted on 01/27/2010

i got my daugthers ears pierced at the end of august she was almost 4 months

Melissa - posted on 01/27/2010

I have my ears peirced and i made that choice on my own, and paid for them im just wondering why its so important for a girl to have earrings that mothers are making these decisions for their children. This is just a question, im not judging. I know sometimes people take things the wrong way on here, im just asking a question out of curiousity

Jamie - posted on 01/27/2010

i got my daughters ears pierced when she was 3 months, as soon as she got her first shots, it will hurt you more than the baby, you might start to cry, i know i did.

Julie - posted on 01/27/2010

I got my daughter's ears pierced 3 weeks ago. She is 8 months. She did surprisingly well, she only cried for about 20 seconds each ear and was happy as a clam after. They healed really fast because she didn't touch them, she could care less about them and would rather play with toys. I would highly suggest it because when they are older they will play with them and have a higher risk of infection.

Kirsty - posted on 01/27/2010

i had my lil boys ear done 2 weeks afta his 3 rd jab, cz the place i got thm done wont do them til 2 weeks afta there 3rd jab, hes been fine, hasnt bothered with them at all.

Dayna - posted on 01/26/2010

The morning my daughter had her two months shots i gave her tylenol before hand. After her shots we went directly to the mall and she got her ears peirced. She has never messed with them. It's as if she were born with them and doesn't think about it.

SHANELL - posted on 01/26/2010

I HAD MY BABIES EARS PIERCED AT 5 1/2 MONTHS AND SHE DID GREAT..SHE DIDN'T CRY AT ALL...BUT IT'S BETTER TO DO THEM SOONER THEN YOU THINK CUZ THEN IF U WAIT TIL THEY KNOW ITS THERE THEN THEY WILL PULL ON THEM AND IRRITATE THEM.

Julia - posted on 01/26/2010

Both of my daughters ears are pierced. I had mine done by my grandmother when I was few weeks old. That is when it is done in my family. I did it because I love the way little girls look with earrings in their ears also, I hate having to explain to EVERYONE that my 8 mth old is a girl! I don't think that it makes them beautiful, girls are beautiful for being just that a girl!!! Also I tried to get a second hole in my ears when I was older and didn't have the patience to take care of it myself. SO therefore I have one hole in my ears. And am so thankful to my mom for getting it done when I was little because I love looking like a girl myself and putting earrings in for no reason other than I like the way they look!



By the way my oldest had hers done when she was 9 mths and again when she was 28 months. My ex - husbands mother argued with me when I got them done the first time and the second I was gone (I was in the Army and deployed to Iraq) she took them out saying that she kept getting infections. So I did it again as soon as I got back from Iraq. My 8 month old just got hers done. Her Uncle and Aunt from her daddy's side went and paid for it and held her and got it done I had NO objections.

Maz - posted on 01/26/2010

I had my eldest daughters ears pierced when she was 8 months old and at 9 years old she is glad that they were done then coz she said she wouldn't be brave enough to do them now. I now have another daughter who is 8 months old but every time I think about getting her ears done I get butterflies, I'm a lot more nervous about things in my 30's than I was in my 20's, lol.

Mikayla - posted on 01/26/2010

I'm pretty positive piercings don't cause allergies. The only problem with piercings/allergies is that you may be allergic to the jewlery, but you would have already been allergic.

Kaisa - posted on 01/26/2010

True so true!

Lacey - posted on 01/26/2010

Its crazy how different something like this is from country to country. Shows how different coultures really are.

Kaisa - posted on 01/26/2010

I live in Finland and here we don't pierce are babies. I have never seen a pierced baby. I don't say I'm against it, everyone have to decide for them selves, but I would personally not do it. Piercing your body is one of the things that make you more likely to get allergies so it feels like something I wouldn't want to risk as I have lots of allergies my self. I was a little bit surprised about this topic but as I said it's probably because it's not something you do in our country.

Lacey - posted on 01/26/2010

Well I dont think it is tacky. I got my daughters done at 5months. Yes I think it looks cute buts that isnt why I did it. I know that when there older it can be harder to keep them from becoming infected. This way I am the one takeing care and cleaning them and know shes not touching them and so it is far less likely for her to get it infected at this age. Also why you should ONLY use gold. If she doesnt like it she can take it out. What I was able to find when I did some reasearch was that there are very few nerves in the ear and there really isnt pain that there feeling it is more of a hot feeling in the ear. So its more of a shock then anything. Anyway thats what I remeber finding when I did resaerch why I was still pregnant. Maybe that isnt true, it is what I found though. But its a personal choice.

Mikayla - posted on 01/26/2010

And I agree with you, Kim.

Mikayla - posted on 01/26/2010

I was going to get my daughters done, but I want them done RIGHT. I've done a lot of research and there are no Pedis anywhere in my STATE that pierce ears anymore apparently, so my only choice would be Clarie's or other mall piercing places, and I just want to slap someone every time they tell me to just go to Claire's. BTW I have lots of tattoos and piercings myself, and understand the negatives of those awful piercing guns they use at the malls, and I refuse to use them. So it looks like, after all, I will be waiting until she is older and wants them, and take her to a proper body piercing facility.

Melissa - posted on 01/25/2010

Dont take it personally Kim, I just dont feel it necessary, some people do get them done cuz they think its beautiful, thats what i disagree with. So if thats not why you got them for your daughter, then my post wasn't really directed to you.

Kim - posted on 01/25/2010

@ Melissa - I personally did it so that my daughter would have the option of wearing earrings when she's older without having to deal with the discomfort. I don't necessarily think she's "more beautiful" with earrings, I just wanted to give her that opportunity. Say what you want about "hurting your baby," I am thankful to my mother for doing it for me before I could remember it, and that I could wear earrings as a child - I loved them (and still do)!

Melissa - posted on 01/25/2010

There was another of these threads started that i read, and a lot of the mothers were talking about how the younger the better, and a lot of them the only reason they got them was so they would look beautiful. I think thats a sad reason to put your baby through pain even if its for a second since they dont understand why just so your baby will look beautiful. Your baby should be beautiful with or without peircings. It is totally up to you, but honestly is it really necessary?