Having a girl, and ear piercing?

Re: Having a girl, and ear piercing?

• lsteiner0321 member

  April 2017

  If I had a girl, I would think about doing it early. I can't say for sure when though. Maybe a year?
  I have seen a flier up at my Doctors office about them having trained nurses that do it there in the office with a different type of earing to prevent infections but I think they only do it for babies 6 mo and up.
  It may be something you can ask or see if it's available in your area or doctors office
  

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• schef070911 member

  April 2017 edited April 2017

  I'm going to wait with my LO but I have lots of family that has done it.  Agreed to check with your doctor's office
  
  ETA: I was 7 or so when I had mine done and it was my choice. I'm sure it hurt like hell but of course I don't remember it now!

  
  

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• soon2bmomof3-2 member

  April 2017

  Hmm... for some reason I feel like doing it when she's tiny would be best, but then again not sure I want to put her thru that.   I'm really trying to figure it out.. anymore thoughts on this would be helpful.  

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• MWoodside member

  April 2017

  Not us. It's a body modification so we let our girls decide for themselves if/when they want that done.

  DD1 born 5/24/10.

  Missed M/C at 14 wks Feb 2012.

  DD2 born 5/14/13.

  Missed M/C at 9 wks July 2015.

  Expecting someone new 4/17/17.

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• Taylor72 member

  April 2017

  We are having a girl and have decided that once we feel like she is responsible enough to take care of cleaning them, we will let her get her ears pierced.  Probably as a birthday present or something and of course her daddy will be the one to buy her first pair of diamond earrings....especially since it will be her birthstone lol

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• M&Max member

  April 2017

  Same as @Taylor72 - I think we'll let her decide if she wants pierced ears.  I really believe if kids are too scared to do it then they aren't ready to have them. 

  
  

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• catem07 member

  April 2017

  I'm torn. I know if you do it early the piercings stay open much easier, but I don't know when I'd make that decision for my daughter. Whenever you do it, do not go to some place at the mall (Claire's, Piercing Pagoda). Either a doctors office or a well-regarded and professional tattoo parlor is your best bet. 

  DD #1: April 2017
  DD #2: May 2020
  Baby #3: EDD May 2023; MC October 2022
  
  

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• soon2bmomof3-2 member

  April 2017

  I'm beginning to lean towards letting my girl decide if and when she wants it done. Although I think it would be easier when she's little, I don't really want to put her thru unnecessary pain.  

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• HGRich member

  April 2017

  My parents let me decide and I appreciated that. It really only hurts for literally a half second, and then I was fine. I'm thinking the same for mine. She can decide when she's older and she also has to be the one to maintain them. 

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• Dannylion24 member

  April 2017

   My daughter just decided she wanted hers pierced a little before she turned 9. We made a big deal out of it and she was so proud of herself for making the decision and going through with it. She's also old enough now to clean and turn them with minimal supervision and reminders. By the time her actual birthday rolled around (last Friday) part of her gift from her grandma was a bunch of pairs of fun new earrings and an earring tree since it was perfect timing for her to change her earrings for the first time. I plan on doing the same piercing plan for her younger sister (3) and our newborn.

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• rachelgreene-2 member

  April 2017

  So I got my ears pierced when I was a baby, decided when I was about 11 years old that I didn't want them anymore and took them out, they sealed shut (or pretty close to it), around 14ish decided that I wanted them
  pierced again and snuck off to the mall to get my ears pierced (don't ask me why I didn't ask my parents since they clearly okay with it). Of course the studs were plated with nickel and my ears got infected and my body started rejecting the earring and tried pushing it out of my ear. After that I swore up and down that I would never wear earrings. It wasnt until last year that I got my ears re-done (at a tattoo parlor) when my dad gifted me a pair of diamond stud earrings for our wedding. 
  
  Due to that tramatizing experience if we have a girl (we're team green) I will let her make that decision if and when wants it done. I like the idea of making it a special moment for her. 

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• soon2bmomof3-2 member

  April 2017

  Thanks ladies. Although my ears have been pierced since I was a baby, I think I'm going to let my girl decide when and if she wants to get hers done, and I will happily take her.  I would feel bad about deciding for her and then she goes thru the pain from the healing process, since I've heard that sometimes the earring will snag and stuff.  I wouldn't want her to experience such discomfort. 

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