Ear Piercing

KS02CS08

When did you get your lo ear pierced? My dd keeps asking since she wants to be like me.

Chapter79

Not yet, and she's 8. She has no desire. I would let her at this point if she asked. But not much before... I want her to take care of them.

TiffanyBerry

She's almost four, so we haven't yet.  And she hasn't asked yet.

I'm in the "when you can take care of them" boat.

I didn't get mine pierced until I was... 20?  I'm not even 100% sure I want to keep mine.

KS02CS08

Haha is it bad I talk to you ladies before my dh?

this decaf life

I'm not going to let DD get hers pierced until we can go to a tattoo shop and have them done with a real needle.  

MrsCodeMonkey

I got DD's done around 10 or 11 months. I cleaned them twice a day for two weeks and no infection.

For a little background, I am Romanian and in our culture getting the ears pieced this early is common. My ILs flipped their shit on us. Fun times... She cried more for vaccines, so I regret nothing but the IL drama.

kristennd

My mother made me wait until I was 12 and it turned out I still wasn't ready to properly take care of them.

Helenahhandbasket

She was 4 months old.

It wasn't hard to take care of them (swipe them with the disinfectant solution 2x a day for 6 weeks).  She isn't aware of them-- we have a really tiny gold huggy style hoop in her ears right now. 

I didn't get my ears pierced until I was 13 because I was really afraid to and I always wished my mom had taken me as a baby.

If she hates them as an older child/ teen she can take them out, obviously.

 

JackoftheBox

I took my BFF's DD (per her request) when she was like 6 months. she still has them and they were never a problem. That said... IDK if i would do my own child's that early, but they are uber cute! 

JackoftheBox

YellowWallpaper12 said:

I got mine done with I was seven, but didn't take care of them well. They got infected so I let them close up. I pierced them again in high school and took care of them. My sister got hers done at a young age and took care of them fine so I guess it all depends on the kid.

That's terrible. Maybe you should post that you love their hair that it is similar to yours and that with a little work it looks great natural.

Helenahhandbasket

JackoftheBox said:

YellowWallpaper12 said:

I got mine done with I was seven, but didn't take care of them well. They got infected so I let them close up. I pierced them again in high school and took care of them. My sister got hers done at a young age and took care of them fine so I guess it all depends on the kid.

That's terrible. Maybe you should post that you love their hair that it is similar to yours and that with a little work it looks great natural.

Go home JOTB.  You're drunk.

JackoftheBox

LMAO THE FUCK?! How did that get here?! Sorry! 

PB102012

16... I wont do LO's until she can take care of them herself.

JackoftheBox

VioletteGrayskies said:

I wasn't allowed to get my ears pierced until I was 12, and even then there were very specific restrictions on the earrings I could wear - otherwise, I would "look like a tinker."  My mom's Irish - she meant the Travellers, which has really, really negative associations for her.

But she was cool about it when I got my nose pierced in my 20s, so yay progress.

Anyway, I won't pierce Pickle's ears until if/when she's old enough to ask for it and take care of it herself.  And I'll definitely take her to my tattooist & piercer, not the mall kiosk.

Is it bad i knew what a tinker is?