Pierced Ears for My Baby

I'm on the - won't do it unless my child can ask for it and are fully aware of the things that can happen when a hole is being put into a body - wagon.

And... I'm a woman that has 15 tattoos, 14 holes pierced in my ears, a vertical libret piercing, and I used to have my belly button, nipples, and nose pierced.

I am waiting until my daughter wants to come up to me and ask mommy to take her to get her ears pierced then i will take her. Great bonding for mommy and daughter. My mom did it with me and my sister i was 4 when i asked and i was so excited to go get it done. I say wait until she decides she wants holes in her ears.

Also they are traumatized enough as a baby with all the shots so i would wait.

Please don't take this the wrong way, and I know you're far from the only one to do it, but I would never alter my child's body w/out their consent. As a matter of fact, we made our older daughter wait until just last month before she was "allowed" to get hers done, just to make sure it's something SHE actually wanted done...and she's 9 yrs. Also, there can be so many reactions to the jewerly, the I personally don't see the point in doing it when they're soooo tiny and can be scarred for life from something silly. JMO

i say 5 or older...hate when parents get their baby's ears pierced, but that's just my opinion

OMG do not listen to the negative responses, theres NOTHING wrong with getting your babies ears peirced. I can't imagine any woman in their right mind ever "regretting" having pierced ears, she will THANK YOU for doing it at an age young enough where she won't remember what happened or worry about having them done and ever be too scared to get them done. I know I wanted my ears pierced so badly as a child and was too terrified I wore stick ons for years. I WISH MORE THAN ANYTHING my mom had just gotten them done at a young age.

P.S. I had my daughters pierced at 6 mnths. It was the perfect age, and we never had issues with her messing with them, ever! She LOVES her earrings now (age 9) and I plan on doing my second daughter when she's 6 mnths as well too. I just stick with Claires, ,never had any issues there. and in NO WAY are baby earrings tacky, their adorable!! Go get her ears pierced, she will thank you later!

I have boys and they are adamant that ear piercing is not cool. So, for now I don't have to deal with this myself. = ) Though I am dreading the tattoo discussion that I pretty sure will start around 15 yrs old.

Some people pierce babies ears for cultural/family traditon reasons. I would certainly would not slam you for that.

That said, as a mom I would worry very much about the after care. At this age, babies limbs are still flailing and their little dimpled hands are still grasping and yanking. I would be very concerned that she will tug at them and make them hurt (which would increase her urge to tug) and they could so easily become infected. Plus...There is already so much to take care of with a baby (nursing, diapering, bathing, rocking, colds, crawling, baby-proofing, teething, etc.). I simply would not want to add piercing after-care to my long list of mom duties.

Her body = Her decision in my opinion.

I had my daughter's ears pierced at 6 months old without any problems and she is now 18 months. Getting them done young worked for us because she has yet to grab or pull on them and I was able to take care of them so that they did not get infected (I used neosporin on her ears to help them heal per the pedi). When she got her ears pierced she cried long enough for me to give her a hug and kiss and was napping peacefully 15 minutes later. I say go for it. This is a great age to have it done.

We got our daughter's ears pierced when she was 14 months old. No problems ever. She is 7 now and I am SO glad they are done but she doesn't remember it. She didn't mess with them and they were so easy to take care of.

And seriously? I can't imagine any woman not wanting their ears pierced. I wanted mine done for YEARS and waited because I knew it would hur. But as a baby, it's over and done quickly. My daughter is SO glad we did hers when she was young. I consider going shopping, getting our nails done, dinner out, etc girl bonding time - not just piercings.

Havent read any other responses yet, but i dont think she is to old, and they have saftey backs, and it was hard for me to pull my daughters off, so i think she should be fine, i got both my kids dont at claires, at the mall, they were alot smaller though, both 2 months, but BE prepared, my girls are 2 and 3, they have to wear earings everyday, and tehy take them out at night, and they refuse to wear the same pair the next day. ( my 2 year old picks up on my 3 year old) they have way more pairs than me.

EDITED: for all those who says its your childs decisions. obvisouly this lady is asking a question becasue she already knows she is going to get her babys ears peirced. So she didnt ask about your personal feelings on life, and how you raise YOUR kids, she was asking a simple question on if her age was too young, not to do it or not. SOOOOOO..... huh AND they are not TACKY, they are adorable, their babies.... OMG get over yourself, i got my ears periced at 6 months... my sister, my mom didnt get hers done, she was so jealous of me, but too scared, and she waited till she was 13 years old, she cried more than my daughter(2 months at the time) and her holes are not in the right place... She was so mad at my mom for not getting them done at a younger age.

6 Months is fine. My doctor actually told me as a baby is best. I used to feel the same way as some as far as how selfish the baby should be old enough to make the desicion, now that I have aliitle girl I talked to my ped. and he said as a baby is best. He was right I have issues with metals and my daughter has had no issue, she does not realize they are even there, it is like a part of her. thay have not gotten couhgt on anything. Nothing!
I think it is one of those things that is the choice of every parent and the rest of us should not judge!!

No, it's not too old. I had my daughter's done at 7 months.

By the way, I have never met a girl or woman that was upset b/c her parents pierced her ears when she was a baby and it's her body, she should have been the one to make that decision. If she doesn't like them when she gets older (I bet she likes them) then she can take them out! :)

My personal opinion is that you either do it now while she is still little or you wait until she's older. I went back and forth on the idea of getting my daughter's ears pierced as a baby. I let my mom talk me out of it. My daughter is very girly (I'm not really so it kinda surprises me) and started asking to get her ears pierced at an early three yrs of age. I didn't feel that she was "big" enough to understand the whole idea of leaving them alone, the absolute necessity to properly clean them etc at that time so I told her no and we would reconsider when she was a bit older. She asked me several times over the next couple years. (I had kinda let my mom put it in my head that it needed to wait until approx 10 yrs of age.) She's now 5 (will be 6 the end of Jan) has started kindergarten and has a few friends that have pierced ears. One day while shopping a few weeks ago with just her dad and I she asked again if she could have her ears pierced. I sat down with her, explained to her that she would have to be responsible for helping make sure they are cleaned properly and that she would have to leave them alone and only change them with my help. After that talk she still wanted them done. I let her do it. We went into Claire's and they were very sanitary in the entire process. The piercing earrings are prepackaged in sterilized packages & snap onto their piercing gun. They made sure to clean both ears and wore gloves. They also had me sanitize my hands so that I could clean her ears after they were done. There were two people working and they did both ears at once. I am happy to say that five weeks later that everything has went perfect! My DD has really stepped up and helps me clean her ears three times daily (morning, after school & bedtime) She rotates them herself during the cleanings and leaves them alone any other time. I was also afraid of the tummy sleeping even at 5 bc thats what I remember from when I had mine done at 10... and my cartlidge at 16...them hurting the first few nights when trying to sleep. She has not complained one time, nor has she got them caught on anything. I realize that my DD is much older than your 6 mo old, but wanted to share our experience. As I said, I would do it now.... or wait until she's old enough to understand everything. **Sorry for such a long post**

Personally, I think they're your daughter's ears and she should decide when and whether she wants them pierced.

My SIL had her daughter's ears done and they did bother her when she slept. They made nasty poke marks behind her ears and she ended up taking them out.

My daughter got hers at two months old. We used the safety earrings (piercing earrings with a closed, rounded back) at first; they never bothered her at all. When I first changed them, I got child's earrings with screw backs which I would never do again. The backs were so small and shallow, they fell off constantly unless I retightened them every day. Impossible with a squirmy baby! Now, I have her in piercing earrings without the safety back (which I should have just started with). They are super sharp, but the backs "lock" into place at the end of the post so it's all smooth in back. The best part is that they won't come off without force, so she can't just bat them off with a hand. I don't have to mess with them at all, and until she's old enough to understand what's going on and to sit still when I change them, she'll keep those in. BTW, cleaning them was never an issue. I kept the cleanser and q-tips by the diapers and just swiped them whenever I changed her in the mornings and evenings. Easy!

I did my daughters at a mall when she was that old. She was also a tummy sleeper , the problem we found is that she could take um out at night , either in her sleep or she just did it herself. during the day she left them alone but at night she almost always lost one, she never ate any of them thankfully , just about the only thing she DIDN'T eat.
She didn't even flinch when it was done.

6mo is the upper end of "perfect" but it's still a good time. Younger, they can't actually reach their hands up there, but even at 6mo they tend to leave them alone. Versus toddlers and older kids who mess with them.

Many places will not even do it until she is 6 months old, I know that was our rule at Walmart, and also is the case at our clairs. Both places will do babies though, once they are 6 months. Just be sure they have 2 people there so they can do both ears at once. I had mine done when I was one, and they did one at a time, and mom said they had to hold me down to get the other ear done. I did my sons at age 3 at his request, and they did both at once, and it was great. By the time it hurt is was all over! If you get them done and she is playing with them or they become a problem, just take them out and wait until later, but in my experience most babies just ignore them once they are in.

I think all these moms saying this is some kind of body modification need to back off. Seriously, they are tiny holes that can not even be seen if no earrings are worn. When I was working at Walmart I saw so many older girls come in and back out of getting it done out of fear, the babies cried for 2 seconds and where over it. I was so glad that my mom did my young. I never had to beg for something most of the other girls already had, and I was in no way traumatized in fact I can't remember it, and neither will your 6 month old. It is not like you are taking her in for a tattoo or having dermal implants put in! lol

I would do it soon OR wait until they are older. We did my girls (twins) at one year. Old enough to scream their heads off, and fight you because you are holding their head still! Mine didn't feel a thing. We used the precription numbing cream that we use for getting shots. They were a major handful and it caused some problems. Because of the squirming one daughters holes are not quite even.