OT: At What Age Did You Pierce Your Daughter's Ears?

[Tink561]

Personally my DS won't be getting his ears pierced, ever. In our family only females get their ears pierced.

I agree with you completely.

 

[Tink561]

I agree with you completely.

I meant to add that my sons wouldn't ever pierce their ears. They wouldn't even go into the store and watch my dd get hers done.

My sons avoid pain!

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

I was curious about boys, because lately I have seen some really young boys with pierced ears.

 

[ksloane]

DD got her's done when she was 3 months old at WM. I held her head straight so the lady could do them (one at a time), that is the only reason she cried. and once I let her head go she was fine. Didn't even realize what happened. She is now 2.5 and LOVES her earrings. jen

I took my daughter and had hers done at WM when she 2 weeks old (the day the doctor cleared me to drive). We had a similiar experience. She cried because people were messing with her...but didn't even seem to notice when they actually pierced her ears. As soon as they got away from her she was fine.

I chose to do my dd's early because I didn't have mine done until I was in 4th or 5th grade and I remember that it hurt and I didn't like it. Point being I looked at it as an opportunity to not have this memory for her. If she ever decides she doesn't want earrings (she's 6 now and that hasn't happened) then all she has to do is take them out. The holes grow up...not a real big deal.

Really this should just be a decision for you. Whatever you are comfortable with, do it. Don't worry about those that feel that it is "wrong." Seems an exagerration to me. I mean it's ok for people to just chose not to, but seems like some of these posts seem overly dramatic....JMO

 

[CrazyDisneyMommy1]

I know you can get your haircut there, so I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a place at world that does ear piercing? That would be a great surprise for our DS. She will be almost 9 on our next trip and we said she had to wait till she was 12. But I think she is ready to be responsible for them. This would make WDW extra special ( if that is possible)!!! It's pretty darn SPECIAL already

 

[Not so Dumbo]

well, I had almost decided to do it when DH tells me that he thinks that baby girls with earrings look ugly. I don't want him to think his only daughter is ugly. I certainly don't share his opinion, infact quite the oposite. Maybe I can get him to change his mind

I figure if most babies don't have aproblem with infection and if I can get past the object of actually allowing someone to shoot a hole through her ear, than I'd rather do it now and get it over with. Then she won't have to worry about it hurting later and the holes will be healed by the time she wants to start changing out her earrings. Plus, at a younger age I can keep a better eye on cleaning them and making sure that they don't get infected.

 

[Bird-Mom]

I would wait until/if she decides that she wants them. All babies are cute; they don't need earrings to make them cute. If you have a girl who is mistaken for a boy, does that really matter? A couple of times when they were tiny and dressed head to toe in pink, my dds were mistaken for a boy. Oh well, who cares, it was a stranger anyways.

I have a severe allergy to nickel. I cringe thinking how a baby would feel with that awful itching, burning, bleeding and scabbing that happens if I try to wear any kind of earring. I have tried surgical steel, 14k gold, 24k gold, sterling...it doesn't matter what it is; I react to it.

I think we should allow our children to chose and show that they are responsible. I knew of a lady who marked her dds' ears with a marker dot every morning, and the girls had to wash it off every night at bedtime for a month. If they did it every day, they proved that they were responsible enough for the piercings.

 

[Becky2005]

My DD has to wait until she's 16 before she can get them pierced. I figure by then she can be completely self-sufficient in the earring department.

I don't have pierced ears, worked in a jewelry department and don't want to mess with the cleaning of the ears, possibly turning green & requiring me to buy 14K earrings, etc...

Plus I get freaked out by it anyway. I was in volleyball in HS & no earrings allowed, I had a friend that got her ears pierced during the season & basically had to re-pierce her ear in the locker room after every game since she had to take the studs out. My best friend also had a ripped earlobe from a hoop earring that got stuck and ripped her earlobe in 1/2 so she had a "V" in her earlobe until after we got out of high school & she got plastic surgery to fix it.

 

[NeedaVacation03]

We do it at 12 yrs. old in our house. It was just a decision we made years ago. My stepdaughter was always having problems with them and I wasnt going through that again until they were old enough to help do the maintence on them. Also I have sensitivity to many metal, and since I have no way of knowing if my girls will also I dont want to spend big $$$ on earrings at this point.

 

[MyZoeJane]

However minor it may seem, any piercing really is mutilating the body. I don't know about you, but I would never want to do that to my child when they were too young to consent. It's not my body, and therefore it is not my choice to make.

 

[bzzymom]

DD (will be 3 in Feb) loves my earrings, and I know would love to wear earrings, but she has very tiny ears that don't really have a "rounded lobe". I haven't found play earrings that will hook onto those tiny ears, I am too scared to have her ears pierced.

 

[scorpad99]

My DD was 30 days old, we were at the pediatricians for shots (the 2nd mmr) and he told me i had to bring her back the next day, that she couldnt get the 2nd shot til 31 days from the 1st one (since she was a c-section , she didnt get the 1st one til she was almost 4 days old) So I said lets not make this a wasted trip, could u please pierce her ears! LOL
She is 11 now and has 2nd holes (we got on the jersey boardwalk 2 summers ago) I have 2nd holes so I couldnt say NO! As long as its not her nose, lip, toungue or bellybutton , i wasnt arguing!

 

[*MickeyFan*]

It is a personal choice by all means. Every family is different, however I think some of these opinions are getting a bit off topic. My daughter had a cyst cut out just above her eyebrow as a baby, should I have not done this because she didn't say it was ok (it wasn't hurting her)? My son get c-sized, should I have waited? It's a small hole in each ear. If the child/adult didn't like it she could just take out the earrings. I have 4 holes in each ear, and I only wear earrings in the bottom, I don't feel that I HAVE to wear them in every hole. If your DH or DW feel ok with it by every mean get it done. I LOVE seeing my little girl with earrings, and just to let you know not everyone in my family agreed with it. But it's our daughter, and we knew it wasn't something that she was going to need therapy for later jen

I am not trying to offend anyone. Just wanted to make that clear. I think the poster just wanted to know at what age your child got it done

 

[PaulaSue]

I thought I would get my First DD's ears pierced right after birth. Well the doctor said to wait until at least 6 months for safety. 6 months came and went, I felt less the need to make her look girly (all my girls were born with a ton of hair) and choose to wait until she wanted them done. She and my midddle DD ended up getting them done together 3 years ago and it was a great memory for them.

Now my youngest wants her's done (almost 4) and I told her soon. I really don't think she will do well, KWIM. She is really shy toward anyone so I don't think she would do well with someone touching her. Heck she won't even get her pictures taken.

Good Luck with your choice.

 

[LuvENDisney]

My daughter just turned 6 months and got her ears pierced at 5 months. I recommend getting it done. As long as you stay on top of keeping the site clean, it should be okay. You can switch her earrings after 8 weeks to the ones that have screw on backs if you are worried that they can come out. That is what my sister did for her two daughters.

I have to admit that I was nervous that they would screw up when she got them done. And, they did. I brought them to a place at the mall and they tried to pierce both of her ears at the same time. I told them that I didn't think that it would work, but they insisted that they have done this before. I trusted them, but I shouldn't have. One of the piercings was off. One of the girls completely, completely missed the "purple dot." I was annoyed and pulled it out immediately. They were willing to do it again once the hole closed. I was still very annoyed. So, when I went back and the manager did it. I told her what happened and she told me that her staff should have known better. I told her that yes, I did expect them to know what they were doing and was very disappointed.

So in a nutshell, yes, my daughter cried, both times, of course, but is soo cute with both of her earrings in. Go ahead and get them done!

 

[Andy B]

It is a personal choice by all means. Every family is different, however I think some of these opinions are getting a bit off topic.

Are they if they give a reason for the answers.

My daughter had a cyst cut out just above her eyebrow as a baby, should I have not done this because she didn't say it was ok (it wasn't hurting her)?

No have it done but it had some medical reason

My son get c-sized, should I have waited?

Yes but I can see that this seems to be a cultural thing, was there a reason or did you consider talking to a man who had had a CS later in life to discuss the difference for him before making this choice for your DS.

It's a small hole in each ear. If the child/adult didn't like it she could just take out the earrings.

But not choose not to have her ears pierced.

I try not to be judgemental but why not consider all arguments before proceeding on a course of action.

 

[NYCDVClover2000]

I had both my my girl's ear's done right after their first set of shots. My litle has never bothered with them at all and she is (20 months) I don't think she even knows that they are there. My big one (15) had her done about the same time frame and was happy they were done she is always afaid of the pain and needles. My big 1 has more earrings than all of us put together i Think. I hope this helps.

 

[sassyMNmom]

Personally, I think getting ears pierced so young is ridiculous. Why, oh why, do we want our little babies to grow up so fast? What is wrong with the lovely purity of an unpierced ear? Babies are naturally beautiful and need no adornment. Since a baby couldn't possibly consent, piercing ears is really all about what the parents want.

If I had a daughter, I would think pre-teen would be appropriate...if they consented.

 

[Tink561]

Personally, I think getting ears pierced so young is ridiculous. Why, oh why, do we want our little babies to grow up so fast? What is wrong with the lovely purity of an unpierced ear? Babies are naturally beautiful and need no adornment. Since a baby couldn't possibly consent, piercing ears is really all about what the parents want.

If I had a daughter, I would think pre-teen would be appropriate...if they consented.

I don't agree that it is ridiculous but everyone has their own opinion. I didn't do it to make my dd grow up faster. I do agree, though, that at such an early age it is about what the parents want. I wanted to have her ears pierced so I did it. I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

 

[NotUrsula]

Cultural traditions affect ear piercing just as much as they do circumcision. In Latin countries, especially, girls are expected to have pierced ears, and it is odd not to. I know that in Spain it is traditionally done very early, usually before the child is a month old.