Getting your baby's ears pierced?
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Our Dr. does ear piercing for babies with surgical steel earings after they have thier first set of shots
My daughter had her's pierced when she was 8. I wanted it to be her decision and not mine.
You and your husband should agree on a time to get her ears pierced. I took my oldest when she was 9 months without her father's permission and he was pissed for months. Our youngest is two and still doesn't have hers done. I'd say the decision is up to you but you should include your husband since he was included in making the child.
Child abuse. Let your child make this decision when she is an adult.
I pierced my baby's ears at 2 1/2 months but regreted it because it was too hard to get her to not mess with them.. when she was 9 months old she pulled one out of her ear, so i took them out. She is 4 now and still has holes. But for my other 2 daughters I didnt pierce them... I wouldn't recommend it until they are old enough to NOT mess with them.
5 years old!
I got my babys ears peiced at 4 months...they are so cute...
And now I just had another baby and plan on getting her ears peiced in the next month or so.
When they are babys they don't remember the quick pain, they get over it quickly and they don't pull on them or even know they are there.
At five they know about them and will just keep messing with them, especially if they are not used to them.
why put wholes in her pretty little ears shouldn't it be her decision if she wants em pierced? It really bothers me to see em pierced on little kids it looks like parents are trying improve whats already very beautiful. Please leave her ears alone.
I am totally against it. I think that you shouldn't be making a body-altering decision for someone who has no say in the situation. Plus, why put your child through UNNECESSARY pain, just for your gain? It's cruel and I think it should be the child's decision when they are older.
Well, If you wait until she is 5 she will know what is going on, and will be afraid.I think you shoud do it now,but watch what she does so she is not pulling them out.
I think if you are going to get it done, get it done early...
I wanted to get my daughters ears pierced, but decided that that would be something she can decide to do when she gets older if she wants.
But if your going to make the decision, then i say sooner than later, it gives them time to heal, and there is less risk of infections since babies dont really play out in the dirt and grime of the world.
i think that u and your husband should reach an agreement. as for me i had my ears pierced when i was about 3 months old and i still have my holes. i am actually glad my mom and dad did pierce my ears.
hope it all works out!
I think the earings pose as a choke hazard, but you're the parent and ultimatly the decision is up to you. I would personaly wait until the child is 3 or older to peirce.
I think you should wait until your daughter is old enough to chose for herself. I was in Claire's which is a jewelery chain and they were piercing a small babies ears and she was screaming the place down - I felt like calling the social services to her mother. Don't children have enough pain without self-inflicting it. What if the piercing picks up an infection?
I had my daughter's ears pierced when she was about a month old. I have been told that the younger they are the less painful it is. My daughter only cried for 2 minutes. I have never had a problem with her tugging on them either because they have been there for as long as she can remember. Good luck.
doctors say to wait until they are 2 weeks old, thats when my mom had my sisters ears pierced. keep their little mittens on them so they dont pull them out. also, NO hoop earrings
I might do it if I had twins or triplets for identification. But I did not do my daughters ears because she had so many ear aches that I felt it was just another source of germs.
wait until she's old enough to decide for herself. I don't think its a good idea to pierce her ears when she's that young. She should have say in the matter.
I think lil girls look so cute with earrings. i got my daughters ear done when she was 4 months old. She didn't even cry . much!!
She is 5 now and just is happy with them
I have a few friends who have done this and the risks are infection and that as your child grows the hole will be off-center. I personally let my daughter decide for herself whether or not she wanted to pierce her ears and she did choose to a few month before she turned five. I think it looks pretty, too. I agree with you on that. Listen to your hubby. :)
It's a bad idea. It should be your childs choice not yours. You wouldn't punch your baby in the face so why would you put holes in her ears?
hard one. same problem as me.pros are if you get it done when they are younger they forget about it and are used to the ear-rings straight away. my boyfriend wanted to wait until 5 too- but where i live your not meant to wear ear-rings for school(she does)so if i waited and they made me take them out it would be a waste of time. in my experiance all girls like their ears peicered so just do it
i had my daughters ears pierced right after her 3 months shots, she never played with them. She is 5 now and still likes to wear her earrings. But i do recommended getting your husband on board first
It should definatly be your daughters decision not yours or your husbands. I think its so disgusting when I see an infants ears pierced its not fair to them. How would you like it if someone made a decision for you and you couldn't say anything about it?
I wouldn't go so far as to say its child abuse! But I do think it's selfish - I mean, you're not doing it for them, it's for you because you think it looks cute. Well, tough. I know its only ear piercing, but still, leave any kind of body modification for them to choose when they are old enough (and that's not at 5 either!).
Surely you mothers can live without seeing your child with earrings in. Does it really matter?
well i got my ears pierced when i was like a year old i didnt mind cuz i dont where earings that much but idk
personally I think it's cruel when they are small, they do not understand what you are doing to them. I think it needs to be done when they can decide for themselves and care for the pieced area on their own..my daughter was 10 when we did hers and we had to let the holes close because they kept getting infected and she tended to them daily.
I used to work at the mall right across from the added touch, and I always felt so bad for the little babies, cuz they would just scream. I would never do it, but, hey, it's your kid and your decision. Dad should have some say so in it. Find out why he's so against it, and work it out together.
No, no, no! Don't do it. It's wrong.
i'm against it your child should be the one to make the choice not you. my daughter wanted them done when she was 6 years old. i think its mean you are causing unnessesary pain on your child for your own selfish reasons" because its cute"
My mom didn't pierce mine (21 years old) or my sisters (16 years old) ears when we were babies and we are grateful for it. My dad is allergic to jewelry and has passed that on to us, so if we had gotten our ears pierced who knows what would have happened. I have had my ears pierced 4 times now and can say that my body reacts less each time, but I will probably never be able to have anything pierced. My sister on the other hand has had her ears pierced 3 times now and they no longer give her problems, so will be able to keep them. When and if my husband and I have a girl I will not risk her health by piercing her ears when she is a baby.
I understand that not everyone has to worry about a jewelry allergy, but I do think that piercing a baby's ears is very tacky. I wholeheartedly think that they should make that decision for themselves. And, since it would be their choice it would also be their responsibility to help keep them clean.
I have two sisters and we all got ours done when we were two years old. No big deal. It was just so we would be old enough not to fidget with them
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