ear piercing

aishabyron

what are your thoughts on ear piercing your newborn?

punkrockabye

Once she is old enough to ask for it and understand what it requires, then she can have her ears pierced.

Something to consider is the method used. The crap done in the mall is not safe, sterile, or done properly. Yet those little "guns" are the only way to pierce a baby because no licensed piercer will touch a child who has no understanding of the procedure. The way the gun shoots through the tissue can lead to damage, hence the need for a proper piercing technique involving sterile, single use, hollow piercing needles. By the time DD is old enough to be ready, we'll be able to take her to a piercer.

byrne15

I personally would never pierce a NB's ears.

If my child wanted their ears pierced when they can ask for it and participate in the "care" of a piercing, then I would.

heather3879

I think it looks adorable! But I haven't decided for sure what to do yet. I am going to ask my pedi.

ThatWasAHoot

I think our pedi will do it at 2 months.  We will be getting it done when she says it is okay. 
I have had my ears pierced since 2 months old and so have all of my cousins and my sister.  So I don't see the issue as long as it is clean and done correctly!

lovebug33

My child will have to wait until middle school. I teach elementary school and I have witnessed one too many recess earring rip outs that are bloody and painful. One student required surgery. I want dd to wait until she isnt outside playing as much and can be more responsible.

IncognitoSuperhero

My mom had mine done at 1 month old, said I barely cried and that way I don't remember it , or the pain of it. I'm too much of a chicken so I probably wouldn't have chosen to have it done as I grew up. It's a personal choice I guess, I have a DS so I don't have to worry about it yet.

svdrummajor07

I'm waiting until she is old enough to decide if she wants it on her own. I didn't enjoy her two month shots obviously so there is no way I could do that to her unless it were her decision.

jen302

No offense, but In all seriousness, how many girls don't want their ears pierced? Everyone I know that didn't get their kids ears pierced regret it cuz now they are bigger and the kids are freaked out and dont want to get it done. When i had mine done at the age of 3, i had to be pinned down because i wouldnt sit still amd my piercings are messed up now. wjen tou do it when they are little, theydont lnow whats goig on, and its over on the blink of an eye. My pediatrician says as soon as she gets her vaccines after 2 months, she is fine to get it done. I'm going to a pharmacy that specializes in children's piercing. I heard they were fantastic. 

buffyverrban1

I took my DD at 5 months (My dad came with me and took her in because I was nervous about it). I took her to a tattoo parlour (I know scary. lol) who has 30 years experience with piercing including babies. He used a sterile needle (not the gun because it can do damage to the tissue) and she cried only as long as he was touching her ears. As soon as the earring was in she was over it. (She whimpered a little bit and I fed her and she was happy as a clam)

I had asked my Dr about it before hand and she said it was fine. If you want they have a cream you put on an hour before and it numbs the skin (they have to be 3 months to use it) and people I know who used it said their baby slept right through it.

(Also, the earrings that I got are surgical steel with a ball screwed onto both ends so it can't poke into her skin) 

 

ksteeb611

DH and I just talked about this 2 days ago!  She'll have to wait until she's about 10.

aishabyron

Thanks for the responses. Our pedi recommended that if we decided to have her ears pierced we should do it now or wait till shes in middle school. My OB does them so she got her ears pierced. She did cry, obviously, but she has not had any pain or discomforts since.