Ear peircing

[Diana508]

My daughter is almost 3 months old and I am thinking about getting her ears peirced this weekend. Thoughts?

[cantwait4baby]

you will get slammed on here for that question but I waiting until my dd was 12 months.  I did everything right and after 4 months I took them out because my gut was telling me they were bothering her.  My next baby I will wait until she is old enough to ask.  Around 4 or 5 years.

[deanne11]

I am waiting until my DD can ask.

My best friend however did both of her girls at 3 mos...with no problems.

[kenadismommy]

I pierced my daughters at 4 months.  I say do it now in that case it won't hurt her later.  I am having another little girl and i'm planning on piercing her ears at the same age i pierced my first.  Good luck.

[momof2girlssm]

I did both of my dd at 2 month's. They both did fine and never even bothered  them and I just made sure I followed the instruction's that they gave me. I would say do it now.

[JJety]

It's a personal choice.

My friend pierced her daughters ears at only a few months of age with no complications.

I personally think it looks ridiculous and am waiting until Maya can ask.  It'll be something for her to look foward to and be excited about, probably for a birthday or something.

[BabyHardiman]

I want to wait until Ava can ask herself, but her Daddy will not have it any other way than to do it while she is still tiny.  His other girls had them done at 3 and 4 months old, they had no problems, at that time, but whose to say Ava want?  I get that thrown at me ALOT.  The girls got this done this time, and that done at that time, and they had no problems.. no child is the same.  Now his 7 year olds ears get infected ALL THE TIME, and his 5 year old gets irritated when she wears "fake" earrings... I don't know why... but it just shows that no child is the same.

[tiredbuthappy]

i'm waiting til she can ask.
mine were done as an infant. growing up it was always a nightmare getting earrings in. i never wear earrings now.

my sister's were done as an infant by her pediatrician. she had to get them re-pierced because one was so crooked it was impossible to get earrings in.

the daycare i used to work at did not allow earrings. it is safety hazard in several ways. they can get ripped out of the ear. also, one day a little girl's earring fell out and they found it in an infants mouth.

my friend was just telling me that she remembers very clearly when she got it done. she wasn't recalling the pain. she was recalling what a special day it was with her mom- how she felt so big and was so excited. i hope to share a special day like that with my little girl (if she wants it!)

[cantwait4baby]

my dd would tug at hers even at 12 months - they are secure to where they cannot get them screwed out if you buy good earrings.  My dd had diamonds that her grandparents got her for her christening - which was a long time before I had them pierced.  A few weeks she was tugging at it so I loosened it and sure enough lost it - panic of swallowing it set it.  Not fun.  Then when I took her other one out she screamed - it was sort of stuck in there.  And when I tell you I am super anal crazy mom that does everything right (at least I try).  I cleaned those and turned them every single night.  That is when I decided it was not worth it to hurt her.

BUT - on the flip side - getting them done - it was a breeze she did not even cry.  She was like what just happened mom.  haha

[April2]

I've noticed that. They do tend to get them more crooked in infants, I think.
I waited until my daughter was old enough to ask.
And by the way, if they do get them crooked you can get them redone if you take it out right away. The hole will close right up and not leave a scar. If you wait too long, the hole may not close up. We had to do this with my daughter. They got one real crooked and at an angle. I knew it would show more if she wore dangle earings when she got older so we took it out, waited a few days and went back in to get it redone. Now they look real nice. She just had them double pierced recently because she's 16 now and asked me if she could get that done. That's about all I'm going to let her do until she's 18, I think.

[spade22]

how do you know that your daughter is going to WANT to have her ears pieced?

[kjbutcher]

As a person who used to pierce ears, I think it is so much easier to do it when they are young!  The easiest time I had doing the piercing and getting them straight is when they are able to sit with assistance and keep their shoulders down...after they uncurl basically and before they get the hang of pushing you away or trying to squirm off of your lap.  So I guess 2.5-6 months of age is the easiest and works out the best.  Children/adults of any age can get an infection, they can be crooked, and can have problems.  The cleaning is also a bit easier because they are at the stage where you can do stuff to them and they dont fight you.  As they get older, it is a fun responsibility at first and before the end of the 6 weeks they have completely ignored what they are supposed to do and you really cant do it for them.  As others have said, it is a very personal decision and I dont think that there is a right or wrong in this case.  You have to feel comfortable with your decision and the person you get to do it.  I will give you this piece of advice...ask to look at the piercing drawer.  It should be clean and neat and should not look like any other peircing have been done.  If anything looks out of place, find somewhere else.  Also, dont draw the dots on your childs ear.  They will have to be removed to clean the ear and most likely if any of the dot still appears it can be confusing for the piercer.  They use a surgical pen and use pin size dots to get it as exact as possible.  However, dont be afraid to voice your opinion of the placement of their dots.  The pen is easily erasable and can be done time and time again until you are comfortable.  Get 3-4 mm ball or stone.  The 2mm ones are cute and will look the best because they are small like your baby, but they can imbed in the ear and cause problems.  The bigger ones are easier to clean and turn.  Also purchase the solution.  It is $2 or something and really works.  You can even use it on cuts and scrapes.  It does not dry the skin out and it does promote healing.  Lastly, to help you feel better afterward, just understand that most of what baby is crying about it the noise.  It makes a loud noise in their ear and it scares them more than hurting them.  

[mal27harris]

I have bn told it is better to pierce ther ears when they are babies. They don't remember the pain and don't know about it to be scared. Also they don't play wih them and as long as the parent keeps rotating the earrings and cleans them everything should go fine!