I am on the fence on this one and wanted to get some honest feedback-
DD1 (5) is begging to get her ears pierced- I feel fine with this as I was in kindergarten when I got mine pierced. We are taking a trip to Claire's this weekend and I am thinking about getting DD2 (9 months) ears pierced as well. I do love the way that baby girls look with pierced ears, but I certainly don't want to subject her to pain just because I think it's cute.
Anyone have little girls with earrings? What's the experience like for them?
Re: Piercing baby's ears- thoughts?
My niece ended up ripping one of her earings out when she was a year and a half. She got them done when she was about 9 months old. I'm waiting until DD turns 5 at least.
ETA - spelling error and my niece just turned 2 in June
DD 12.2010
MIL already gave me a pair of pierced earrings for DD who has not been born yet! I said "oh we can put these away for when she's a little girl and ready to have her ears pierced."
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I am not a fan of it, why subject a poor little baby to the pain when they can't appreciate it at all and can't take care of them. My mom made me wait til I was 10, which I think was a bit old, but I think the child should at least be old enough to ask for it.
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Does your pediatrician do them? My friends who have girls who had their ears pierced all had their pedi's do it.
As for whether to get them done or not, I'm just really glad I have boys and never had to think about it! LOL
My DD got hers done around 3 months, same as when I did. I took her to Claires although her pedi does them. It did not appear that she experienced any pain because she just sat there and gave a big smile once they were done. She has never pulled on them or had any infections. Cleaning them wasn't a hassle either, but she didn't like the coldness of the cleaning solution.
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She's nearly 15 months now and we have no interest in getting them done anytime soon. She has eczema and picks at her skin enough as it is.
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My mom had mine pierced at 9 weeks. Yes, you read that right. NINE weeks. She was young and stupid and let her mother convince her it was a good idea so that people wouldn't mistake me for a boy. She said it was the only time she was every afraid my dad might divorce her.
I never had any infection and I never touched them. My own opinion on the matter? Wait until your child is old enough to ask for it. I'm glad mine are pierced so I have the option of earrings but I never wear them. I agree with PP, I think it looks kind of low class on a baby.
I ditto this. Don't go to Claire's. I have three piercings in each ear and I got my second holes at Claire's. The gun jammed and the girl got it stuck on my ear. It took three of them to get it off. I think I was 18 or 19 when I did it so I was old enough to deal with it but if I had been little, I would have lost it.
My personal opinion is it is kind of mean to subject a baby to that pain. They obviously have no choice. Plus, I think it's so fun to do it around 5, if they want to have it done. I stil remember getting mine done at 5 and how cool and special it was.