Poll: to pierce or not to pierce

lucyred · February 2009

DH gave the ok to pierce DD ears and now I feel scared to do it. She would look so cute with it done...[Poll]

daisyterp · February 2009

I voted no- not because it should be her decision though- but because I think there is a time when you can do it when they are babies and they won't know to touch their ears, fiddle w/ earrings and I think that's when they are like 2-5 months old.

Check w/ a doctor- but I think at one year they could tug on their ears, yank out the earrings, etc.

britelights · February 2009

I voted no....but only b/c I am a picker and would assume my dd would be one too...always picking at the earrings, or something.!

lucyred · February 2009

Thanks for your explanations girls! I appreciate it. I wanted to get them done when she was younger but DH was not having it, not he even thinks she would look cute with them done.

franciscaz · February 2009

This is something I am against. My parents had us wait until we were 10 and than it was our choice. I liked it that way. I was a bit of a tom girl and didn't want mine until I was 15.

CleoKitty · February 2009

I have no issues at all with dd getting her ears pierced, but I want to wait until she's old enough to ask for them. I'd let her get them done pretty young, but I do want it to be her idea. When I was 4 y/o I started begging my mom for earrings and she told me I could have them when I was 5 y/o. I soooo clearly remember my 5th birthday for that reason!

That being said, if it were left entirely to dh she would already have them pierced. Dh thinks that babies with earrings are adorable and while I agree, I still don't want to do it until she asks for them herself. ?

R&R082606 · February 2009

I wanted to get DD's ears pierced young, but DH kept saying no. And now she's at the age where she would yank them out, as pp said. So I think I'm going to wait until she's about 3, maybe 4. Sad

I wanted her to have them as a baby. Oh well...I guess I have to have another girl!!!

Temp174496125006552 · February 2009

I am also of the mindset that you should wait until they are old enough to ask. That's what I did with my daughter. When she was 6, she said she wanted them done, so I took her. I also made her responsible for cleaning them, with my help, of course.

keri&bruce · February 2009

I was all set to do it a couple weeks ago and then chickened out right before. ?I'm relieved I did though. ?My issues are more about inflicting?unnecessary?pain on her, I can't even bear for her to get shots! ?I guess I will wait until she can ask for them.

StageDva · February 2009

Unless it is cultural - NO. IMO it's trashy.

Rah · February 2009

I guess I've never thought of it as trashy - in my family all the girls have had their ears pierced as infants. So I guess it depends how you define cultural. In the culture of my family it is the norm. Now, that said, I always assumed when I had a daughter I'd pierce her ears. But now I'm not so sure. I kind of like the idea of her asking/wanting them and making it a special day when we do. I guess I'll know when the time comes.

Temp778367875008010 · February 2009

I said no, let her decide. I asked to get my ear's pierced for my 7th birthday and I remember it being such an exciting experience and a good bonding time with my mom.

mrs.aaguilar · February 2009

Wow, surprised to see a lot of you to say no. We got dd's ears pierced at 13 weeks. I was more afraid of her getting an infection, but we always kept it clean. I never worried about her touging on her ears. She never did that. I actually put a new pair on her recently, and she loved showing them off.

mrsmikey · February 2009

If I ever have a DD, I plan on getting them done when she's really young. I had mine done when I was a baby, and my mom said they were no problem, I never messed with them and never got infections, etc. My twin sisters didn't get theirs done until they were older, 5 or 6 maybe, and their's were constantly infected, so much that they eventually had to take them out. I think it was because they were constantly messing with them, even though we tried keeping them clean. There are a couple of little girls at DS' daycare that have earrings, and the teachers said they see them all the time and never have any problems with them. So I'm going with that based on my own experiences.

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