9 Mo Old Ears Pierced - Earning Went Through the Other Side

I'd just wait too. I let them decide if they want them and are old enough too understand. Not putting down people who choose different, that is just what we did. My 12 year old was 7 when her ears were pierced, we went through some problems, then discovered she can only wear white gold or platinum, now she has expensive earrings, but no problems.

Good luck,
D.

If I was you I would wait on getting her ear pierced again. She is still young. You would'nt want any more complications.

This must be causing her alot of pain. I would take the other out too and wait until she is older. What I did was wait until my daughters were 12 years old and they could take care of their ears themselves. You don't have to wait that long but I would not subject her to more pain now. I can not have pierced ears. Both times I tried, I got keyloids. I am not sure if that is spelled right. I am very light so the doctors were amazed that I got that. It usually happens with people who are darker and have been burned. I saw alot of pictures at the doctors and some were like a mass of grapes where coffee had been spilled on their chest. Mine was on one ear and it looked like a dumb bell. I had to have surgery both times to take the dumb bell out. It was very very hard inside my ear and then the growth on the outside. Why am I writing about this anyway? Take Care.
F.

Hello,

Sorry to hear about your daughter, hopefully she is better. I would take both of them out and wait until she is older. That way she can tell you if she wants them or if they are hurting her.

I got my daughter's ears pierced at 8 months and one of them was to close to the edge so I took it out and was going to wait a month or so to get it redone. Within the month the other ear became infected and a bump appeared in back of her ear. I took the earring out and decided to wait until she is older. If she is allergic to the earring she will be old enough to tell me.

Good Luck,
M

Hi T.
As others have said so far, I would also say wait until she is older - at least old enough to tell you if she is having any discomfort with the earrings. I had my ears pierced when I was 16 years old. But apparently that was not for me as I kept having infections in both holes. After 2 years of struggling and only wearing 24k gold earrings, I gave up and let the hole close up. But due to the amount of infections I had had in the holes, both earlops ended up having knots inside where the hole had once been and I had to get the knots surgical removed (they were quite visual) in order to have "normal" looking ear lops again. Both my sister and my mother have their ears pierced without any issues or allergies what so ever so you cannot always tell by how the rest of the family reacts to the piercings.
Hope it all works out for you and that your little one feels better soon.

My ears were pierced as an infant. Apparently, I had similar issues with the posts and infections.

I've had my ears pierced multiple times, and the only thing that works for me are hoop earrings. My mom finally gave up on my ears when I turned 2, and I was re-pierced (by choice) at 9 and given posts and then, finally, hoops. Hoop earrings are magic. I still love to wear them and own in lots of silver and gold versions. My ears are pierced several times in different places.

I still cannot wear post style earrings of any kind, and metal doesn't matter; my chubby lobes cannot take being pinched off by the tight backing. My own daughter loves her fancy clasp-close non-pierce earrings, and doesn't want her own ears pierced.

I had my daughter's ears pierced when she was 10 months old. One of hr earrings fell off at 15 months and her ear lobe hole closed up. I called Claire's and was advised to have the ear lobe pierced two weeks after it had closed. i suggest waiting for the little one to get better and then ask your doctor about when it is best to get her ear lobe pierced again. I think trying to keep the pierced ear lobe hole open while it's bleeding is too painful for the little one. I tried keeping the hole open after my daughter's earring came off, but it bled. That's why I let it close up. The staff at Claire's have a way of piercing the ear lobes with minimal bleeding. I was told 14 or 15 karat gold are best for ear piercing because gold is not reactive to the skin. Best wishes to you and your daughter.

She could have an allergy to nickel or another metal used in the earring.

I never realized as a teen, but a nickle allergy is what I had -and one ear would always get infected worse. Eventually the weight of my heavy earrings, and because the skin was always infected, it pulled the earring right through and ripped that lobe in two.

My DD now has a nickle allergy to her jean snaps and neclaces, and because of that, I realized that my ear probs were the same thing.

Try gold or sterling earrings. I would let it heal up and wait until she is older.
Best of luck,
Gail

Dear T.,
Sorry you are going through this.
Many people get their babies ears pierced with no problems, but since your little one is having this much difficulty, I personally would wait for quite some time before considering re-piercing that ear. Whether you leave the other earring in is up to you, but I would just go ahead and take it out.
My ears had been pierced 8 years when I was given a pair of my grandmother's gold earrings. My ears got so infected that, well, I won't go into that. Let's just say it was horrible and I had to let my holes close and didn't re-pierce them for several years. I am highly sensitive and allergic to certain metals. I can't even wear good gold earrings for more than an hour because my ears will start itching, running and swelling. I only wear surgical steel. I even found some really cute earrings at Claire's (I believe) that had some type of plastic posts and loops that worked great but I wouldn't advise them for a baby because they aren't as sturdy if tugged on etc.
Everyone in my family has pierced ears and I am the only one with metal allergy issues. It sucks because I LOVE earrings!
I would just let your baby's ears heal up and do some research on metal allergies before revisiting the piercing idea.
I wanted to get my daughter's ears pierced when she was a baby and her paternal grandmother had a complete hissy fit and forbid me. When my daughter was 3, she wanted it done, but I found the cutest little decals that looked exactly like earrings and she was happy with those. Her grandmother came to get her one day to take her shopping and the minute she got her in the car, she held her down and peeled them off. She wasn't taking her granddaughter anywhere in public looking like she had earrings.
So, grandma wasn't allowed to take her anywhere alone anymore and I eventually got my daughter's ears pierced and there was nothing the old bat could do about it.
(Her ears weren't pierced so NOBODY should have their ears pierced. She didn't have a wedding ring when she got married so NOBODY needed one).
I was an adult. It was my life, my child, my decisions, not hers.
I only say this because everybody has opinions and they aren't always the same.
I don't fault you for the ear piercing decision, but for whatever reason, it's not working out well at all and I would just let it go all together. With all the problems I had with my ears, if my daughter showed the slightest sign of irritation, that would have been the end of it.
Just get your baby feeling better. That's the main thing. Earrings are just ornaments when you get down to it. They aren't a necessity of life.

Best wishes!

Unless you have a religious or cultural reason to have her ears pierced, it would be best to wait until she is older. She may have very sensitive ear lobes or an allergy. Wait until she is older so that you do not end up getting her sick. You may also end up doing significant damage to the ear lobe if you continue to pierce it. It may not heal properly and could prevent her from ever having her ears pierced.

As an RN I suggest taking the earring out and let her heal. Let her decide later if she wants pierced earrings. It is an invasion of her body and can create infections. My 4 year old granddaughter demanded that the earrings be removed cause they "hurt" and she does not want them back in. Most seem to work fine but some just react to the metal no matter what it is and do we really need to pierce babies ears? Why? For us?

I would wait until she is older. Her ears seem sensitive and I don't think it's worth her getting sick. Personally, I waited until my daughters were old enough to ask for earrings (which turned out to be 5 and 4 years old.) I hope your little one gets better soon.

My Daughter has one ear lobe fater than the other. We had to get a post that was longer. We also discovered that she is allergic to nickle and had to have posts that were nickle free or her earlobes swell and get infected. Both are suggestions for you to consider.
W. M.

Only 50/50 chance she'll be in agony again - why not????

I think you should take it out and wait until she is older but that is just my opinion, which I believe you were asking for. I know this great store where this lady works, she also pierces ears there. She strongly believes in piercing a child's ears when they are old enough to make their own decision. She said she will not pierce baby's ears or small children. I strongly agree. I hope everything works out with your little one!

Since ear piercing is not a necessity then I would definitely wait until a child is older. Why put her through more pain & discomfort when there have been problems with it in the past?? I agree, there could be an allergy of one kind or another. But I definitely wouldn't try to "troubleshoot" when it comes to something that isn't a necessity. Infants should be having fun in the midst of teething pain & growth spurts, not having additional reasons to be uncomfortable so they can look "pretty", or whatever the reason is for ear piercing an infant. Even if it's a cultural thing, it's not going to change her inability to let it heal properly, so, I would wait, personally.

I don't think you should risk her getting another infection. If she gets a staph infection it could be very dangerous. It is not worth it. Wait until she is older.

You might want to wait until the ear is completely healed with no previous signs of piercing. Then try surgical steel for the initial piercing. From what I know, although I'm not absolutely sure, it's the least likely to cause an allergic reaction. If there's no prob with the other ear, I'd leave well enough alone.