I've been debating this for a while. My daughter is 5 months old and as much as I'd love to get her ears pierced (so she actually looks like a girl as she hardly has any hair), I can't justify myself to get it done and out my daughter through unnecessary pain. I explained to the piercer at Claire's about how my LO likes to rub her ears when she's tired and she was very helpful in telling me now would not be a very good time to get it done because of this and possibility of infectious blah blah. They were very helpful and if I was to consider getting my daughters ears done in the future then I don't think I would go anywhere else except Claire's (although they plan on charging extortionate prices!) but they seem to know what their doing with babies
I didn't get my eldest daughters ear pierced until she was 4 and that's because she asked to have them done. Im really glad I waited. We had an entire mommy day. Went out for ice cream, went shopping etc. then went and got her ears pierced. She still remembers our day and was old enough to understand that she can't touch her ears. Nothing against getting them done as an infant, I just enjoyed waiting and am waiting for my 2nd daughter to become old enough and ask.
While I understand that some have cultural traditions when it comes to piercing ears, my personal belief is that it should be my child's choice as to whether or not they want them done.
It's body modification and to be honest, it's not my choice as to whether or not my daughters should have their ears pierced. What I think looks pretty may not be the same for them. So as of now, both girls do not have their ears pierced. If they express a desire to get them done in the future, I would gladly take them and make a special day out of it.
But as infants, I'd much prefer a doctor pierce them. Claire's, to me, is for older kids.
I just had my daughters ears pierced last week. She'll be 6 months old this weekend and I'm soooo glad I did it when I did. I took her to a nearby pediatrician that does baby piercings. It was quick, she cried for a minute, and then her attention got drawn to something else. She hasn't messed with them at all. From what the pediatrician said, if you want to do it before your baby is an older kid, it's best to do it around 4-6 months because they're less likely to mess with them or really even notice them.
I'm going to do it this weekend. My little girl is 6 months old. I'm not going to Claire's. I thought about it, but I'm afraid to let a teenager pierce my baby There is a jewelry shop here who does it, it's pricier. The earrings are 14k gold though, and it's something we traditionally do. I did my older daughters at 5 months and we didn't have any problems with it.
I've done all 4 of my girls' ears and not one of them have had any kind of infection from their earrings. My friends who have waited until their kids were older have dealt with several. My kids don't notice that there is anything different because their earrings have always just been there.
I've done all 4 of my girls' ears and not one of them have had any kind of infection from their earrings. My friends who have waited until their kids were older have dealt with several. My kids don't notice that there is anything different because their earrings have always just been there.
That was why I went ahead now (that and it's a cultural thing for us for baby girls to get their ears pierced). The ones I got done as a baby were infection free, but I had tons of trouble with the ones I got done at 11 and 14. My daughter doesn't notice them at all.
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There is a jewelry shop here who does it, it's pricier. The earrings are 14k gold though, and it's something we traditionally do. I did my older daughters at 5 months and we didn't have any problems with it.