Mommies of girls

[Jules31981]

If and when are you planning to pierce your daughters ears?  My DH and I are thinking about it and can't decide when to do it.  Just wondering what everyone else feels on this topic.

[mim181]

I went to have my little ones ears pierced the day after her 4 month check-up.  I asked her doctor if they did them in the office, because I know some of the offices in our area DO pierce babies ears at their checkups.  However she did not and said its recomended not to do it until three years of age because of choking with the earings.  She also said that this doesn't happen anymore because you can get the screw back earings and told us she has newborns come in with pierced ears and they are just fine.  

I took Makenna the next day to get hers done, making sure I got 14kt gold with screw backs.  I also checked around to make sure someone experienced in piercing was working.  I was not comfortable with an 18 year old girl doing it.  I found a women who managed a store who had been doing piercings for about 10 years-including babies.  I made sure she was working, and took Makenna in.  She cried/let out a yell lasting about 5 seconds right after each was pierced...no worse then when she got her shots.  Then she was fine and happy.  By the time we got home, her ears were not red anymore, but maybe a little sore when I cleaned them.  The next day she did not seem to care at all when I cleaned them.  After a couple days of cleaning her ears, I did notice the solution was drying out her little lobes a little, but no problems.  

I think people do both  wait or do it, we decided to go for it.  

[justice6920]

My first was a girl! She is ten now but I did get her ears peirced when she was about 5 months! She had big ears LOL It went just fine and she loved them when she got old enough to realize what they were! I would say do what you and hubby feel is right.... Its ok to wait and let them decide, or if you want to get them now go right on ahead......

[AmyC311]

Blake has the smallest ear lobes ever so I don't feel comfortable doing it right now. I really really want to and I probably would if she had bigger lobes.

My friend is piercing her girl's ears soon. She is 3 days younger than Blake! She says it is best to do it when they are young like this because they haven't discovered their ears so they won't mess with them, they will just be another part of their body to them.

So if i don't do it soon (like around 1) then I probably won't do it until she is older and can understand not to touch them etc. But yes I would say it is a good thing to do (if you are going to do it) and to do it young is perfectly fine.

[ovaz129]

John and I decided that when Leighton asks, then we will do it.  Our thought was, "Well... would if she doesn't want her ears pierced?"  (I am sure that she will... but we will let her tell us when she wants them done.)