ear piercing

At what age did you/will you pierce your dd(s) ears? I am thinking around her first birthday I will get it done but I am not sure if that is too young. I know people do it even younger too, so I don't know.

 

With my DD I've made the decision to wait. When my mom took me I was 5 and we had a special mommy/daughter day and that was such a good memory that I want to do the same for my own DD

 

I took my girls to the mall around 10-11mths to get them pierced. My doctor told me to wait until a year but I couldn't wait any longer. I know some doctors do it in their office so you can ask your doctor to see if they do (mine didn't). My girls ears never got infected or anything but I did have a problem with Katrinas earings she kept losing the backings. I would check them constantly but for some reson she would lose them, luckily we usually found it but not always. When we did it they both cried for a min or two and then stopped. They pierced the ears one at a time but I know some places do both at the same time.

 

QUOTE(**Diane** @ Aug 30 2007, 11:20 AM) [snapback]385949[/snapback]
With my DD I've made the decision to wait. When my mom took me I was 5 and we had a special mommy/daughter day and that was such a good memory that I want to do the same for my own DD


Same here (except I was 10 and my sister was 5)
I don't know at what age I'll do it, I suppose I'll just wait until she asks if she can have earrings.

 

I was wondering the same thing. I don't wear or even like earrings in my ears. I can't stand the feel of them. I don't want to deprive them of earrings just because I don't like them. ?????

 

I am waiting until Meghan is older. I will do a special day with her and go get them done. I figure I can wait until she asks (or longer )

 

I had my girls ear's pierced when they turned 1. After a couple of weeks, they backings kept coming off, so I went to the Mall and got these rubber backs that firmly attaches to the earrings. Now I do not have to worry about losing the earrings. Later I plan to get the twist back earrings.

 

My mom did the same thing, where she waited until I was old enough to see if I even wanted pierced ears. She started asking when I was around 4 and I didn't get them pierced until I was about 6, and it was a special day for us too!

 

I had 13 in mind for both of my girls (one is now 15 and the youngest is 12). When my oldest daughter was having some troubles at school at around 10 I asked her if she wanted to go and get her ears pierced. She told me she was not ready for that yet. We ended up doing it on her 13th birthday (when she was officially a teenager). Now my 12 year old says she doesn't want to do it and has said that for years. So I guess I will have to think of something else to do for her becoming a teenager.

My reason for waiting was I wanted it to be a decission that the girls make, not one I make for them.

 

I am waiting until they ask me!

 

I had Joy's done when she was 3 months old. No regrets. I know there are Mom's here that totally disagree with doing that, but it was our decision as parents and we are glad we did it. (We had some health reasons, which played a big part in our decision)

 

We have scheduled to have my daughter's ears pierced at her 7 month pediatritian appointment in a couple weeks. But now that I've heard all of the "special mom and daughter day" ideas I'm thinking maybe it would be fun to wait! She looks very much like a girl, and wears a lot of pink, but we still have so many people ask if it is two boys! (we have boy/girl) Maybe because the car seats are both blue? Or because she is very bald? I just think earrings would help, and her sisters both had them pierced as babies.

I probably won't know for sure until the day we go in!

Helen

ps I just looked at the ticker! LOL! it isn't so obvious in black and white! My girl is on the right!

 

personally, i don't believe in ear piercing for babies....so i'll wait until becca is old enough to tell me what she wants.

 

I wanted to wait until my two were one year old, but (as crazy as it may sound) my DH keeps asking me when we're going to get them done, so maybe before then.

But I did have a concern, since they are so interested in each other now, I was worried that they might pull them out of each other's ears? I guess with little tiny ones, they wouldn't be able to, but even just the attempt at grabbing at something glittery (which they always do). Anyone have problems with this?

 

My sister & I got our ears pierced when we were ten. It was a decision that we made. My holes have closed up because it seems I am allergic! I vote on waiting! the special mom/daughter times are important!.

 

I'm unsure. We just had this disucssion the other day, becoz I put in ear rings which I don't do very often and the girls said they wanted earrings too. I said u go to the mall and they put in the earrings it hurts a bit like this kinda pinched their ears and they still said they wanted it done.

Although I haven't done it yet not really sure and they've not mentioned it again soooooo not sure it seems such a big thing, I don't know

edited to add, I woz about 13 my grandma took me


amanda

 

Ruthie was 2.5. No regrets, she loves them and she was old enough that I explained the process to her and she understood and she did great!

BTW, I planned on doing it when she was born, but I couldnt... I wanted to be able to talk to her about it. KWIM?

 

We took the girls when they were 6 months old. the worst part for them was being held down. They could've cared less about the piercing gun. They both screamed for about 30 seconds after the actual piercing, and about 3 minutes before that for being held down...... Once we gave them their bottles to suck on they were fine!

ETA: They no longer try to pull them out. The first couple of weeks they were interested, and i think their ears itched a bit, but now we don't have any problems. We got the standard gold and silver balls....

Also, just becuase they have earrings DOES NOT mean that people will not ask if they are boys! Our two almost always wear pink or purple, or dresses of some kind, and people are CONSTANTLY asking if they are two boys, even when they have ribbons in their hair!

 

We had Keira's ears done after her 2 month appointment. I have no regrets about it. I had my other DD's ears done at the same time frame. If you are going to do it when they are small, this is a perfect time, since they can't mess with them. I cleaned them 3 times a day and turned them when they needed to be turned, and have not had any issues.

 

I will let my girls decide when they want their ears pierced. I got mine done at 7 and remember that day well. I want them to have the same memory (I'll probably take them to the same shop!). -Leighann

 

I too would wait till she knows what's going on. Make it a special day w/ me. I wouldn't want someone poking holes in my just b/c it's pretty if i don't know what's going on.

 

We had Karis's ear's pierced when she was 5 months old. I grew up for several years in Colombia, S.A. and the baby girls there come out of the hospital with their ears pierced! I have two holes in both of my ears done on my 5th and 6th birthday. I clearly remember at least one of those piercings getting so infected because I messed with them so much. I remember my mom holding me down trying to turn them and it hurt soooo bad! But I didn't want to let them close up.

I guess I kind of had always wanted to pierce my little girl's ears early on. Karis had absolutely no problems with the piercing. I think she cried for several minutes and after that they didn't bother her at all. At that age, they don't even know they're there and they don't mess with them. I would clean them a few times per day as I nursed her...it worked great!

Since then, at her age now (3 years old) she sometimes doesn't want to wear earrings...and I don't make her. But at least now her holes won't close up (they haven't anyway even when going a month without earrings).

As far as the special mother/daughter thing there are lots of other things we can do!

I don't regret it at all, and we plan to get the twins' ears pierced soon...sometime after 4 months. It will be an easy way for others to tell them apart, too, since we'll use different earrings for each girl.

Go with whatever you're comfortable with.

 

I asked my pedi and she said they do it at the 9 month appt if we want them to do it. She said it's a good time because they don't get any shots... and they are a little bigger with bigger earlobes. She said she has seen situations where parents pierce too early, and when the child gets older the hole really isn't in a very good spot and they re-pierce. I'm probably going to do it at the 9 month appt.

 

When they ask me... I'm excited to get it done, and part of me has wanted to do it before now!!!

 

We don't have this issue with our twins since they are little dudes, but, I can weigh in on what we did with our dd. We pierced hers when she was about 3 months old. It went really well - we've never had an infection or any issues at all and she loves to pick out new earrings to wear.

 

Way toooooo early. I really don't like babies with pierced ears. They're babies. They'll have to ask me first and then they definitely need to be a teenager before I approve. I was 18, it was fun for a few months, now I haven't worn earrings in years.

 

I guess I am the odd one here. I did my girls at 4 months. I knew I wanted them done when they were little. They don't touch them, they didn't get infected and they healed quickly. They cried less than they did when they got their shots. They look adorable!