Ear Piercing

[BeachBlonde]

2 years old for all my girls.

 

[progressivegal]

Culture plays a big role in this too. My dad lived in Peurto Rico for years and said little girls always had their ears pierced at birth. My SIL is from Bolivia where it's the same thing and is dying to pierce her baby girls ears but has to wait until her 2nd set of vacinations in order to have the Dr. do it.
Still, I'm born and raised in the Midwest USA and I think that I would pierce my little girls ears as soon as I could too. There's no way I would let some teenager at Claires or the piercing Pagoda do it with one of those guns though. I've had a problem with aht myself (Though to be fair it was cartelidge.)

 

[jgonz]

I forgot about my son getting his ear pierced. He was 8 yrs old when we let him finally get one (he'd been bugging me for over 2 years, so we finally decided he was serious). He had zero problems, and now (at 15.5) has 4. lol

 

[llghoney]

I'm bumping this because I've been thinking of getting Grace's ears pierced. But I'm scarred to have to have them hold her down.

 

[WorshipBassist]

I was raised by my grandparents and so they set a strict limit of 12 for me. I also had to play for the piercing myself (which was 2 weeks pocket money at the time!) and I had to look after them.

8 years later and I've had no problems.

 

[jgonz]

Nobody "held down" my babies when I had them done. *I* held them, and they did fine.

 

[peace in the vally]

No, I Never Have. She Will Be 4 Soon And I Want Her To Choose If She Wants It Done And Have Full Understanding Of Her Choice. At This Time I Don't Think She Is Capable Of Fully Understanding Such Things So I Think It Best She We Wait. This Is Just My Opinion, I Have Nothing Against Those Whom Do It As They Are Babys As It Is So Cute.

 

[heart of peace]

I'm a non-circing mom so it is fair to say that I'm a non-ear piercing mom as well. I don't agree with medically unnecessary procedures being performed on my babies.

 

[llghoney]

One reason I was thinking of now is because I had mine down when I could remember it & I was horrified.

 

[illudium_phosdex]

I got mine done when I was 5. I do remember having one infection but that was because my mom changed out my ear rings before they were fully healed. It took me longer than the standard 6 weeks apparently. After that she decided to just put in one set and leave them for a while. I had no more problems. My daughter got her's done for her 7th birthday. I left her peircing studs in for 3 months and continued to turn them daily and use the solution that the peircing place gave me for that entire time. Now we change them out about once a week. She's had zero problems. She and I both sleep in our ear rings.

 

[~Mrs. A2J~]

DD is 6 and won't get her ears pierced until she asks AND is old enough to take care of them herself. I don't believe it's right to alter someone's body without their consent for non-medical reasons so that's why we'll wait until DD asks.

 

[llghoney]

See the thing is though if they don't like it they can always let them grow in. A friend of mine had her daughter pierced @ 4 & she was terrified too & needless to say she doesn't wear earrings at all now.

 

[jgonz]

I, personally, think it's easier when they're babies... that way You can take care of them easily and they never fuss with their ears. Plus, as babies, everything heals so quickly!

 

[GolfingMom]

I have two boys so no ear piercing here... I'm glad my mom never pierced my ears and I've never done them myself. I just don't like the look of them
If I had a girl, I wouldn't let her do it until she's old enough to take care of them herself - like 18