peircing girls ears

At the pharmacy where I got mine done (just last year lol) they won't do little girls' ears until they are 5 years old. I won't let my girls get theirs pierced until they are old enough to care for them themselves and understand that the pain won't last forever. I hated lying down to go to sleep for the first couple of days so they'll need to be old enough to handle that. While I can appreciate the "get it over and done with" (while they won't remember) idea, it does take a lot of time and cleaning before the pain subsides.

my Parents made me wait until I was 13 I think, they were originally going to make me wait longer too. I can still remember the pain of having it done. Now I have to wear decent earrings or I get a rash and if I leave earrings out for too long (like a day or so) one ear starts to close up, it blardy hurts to put it back in too!! So i've always got studs in (the ones the use in the gun too I think). Infections were awful too, I've had a few and the meths really stings!!

Personally I would wait until she is old enough to decide for herself. Little girls are beautiful just the way they are.

Jaycee, I agree with the MH ad, thought that was fantastic!

i was either 11 or 12 when i got mine done, i wasnt allowd to get them done before that.

sarah isnt allowd hers done untill shes at least 10,
her other nanna wanted them done when she was little but i said no way!!!!!! babies like to pull their ears etc when they "discover them so inagine them pulling them earings! ouchies
and i just kept seeing them getting them caught on things.

at the moment we have a bit of a moral family battle going on with dh's niece got her sons left ear pearced at xmas (he was 5) anyway now he has 4!!!!!!! YES 4 EARINGS IN HIS LEFT EAR!! and he is only 6 , it looks rediculas.

I would not let DD have hers done until she was at least 7 i think.

Too me babies with earrings is wrong. I hate it. I hate seeing babies with earrings it infuriates me. I know its the mothers decision but i dont know why it needs to be done do young

I got my dd1 done when she was 4 and had to lie and say she was 5 to get them done. She really wanted them done and i didn't want her to have to wait till she was 13 like i had to.

I did have my top ear peirced which i did myself when i was 15 (i was bit of a rebel)i love having my ears peirced and still have 6 holes tho i did close up my 2 top ear peircings.

I think that with DD2 i will wait till about 4 or 5 again. I personally don't think babies need them and i don't like the look of them on little babies.

I had my ears pierced when I was10, but they constantly got infected, so I had to have them taken out. I also work in a Pharmacy, and the thing about keeping ears infection free is to be sure you use the solution they provide you. It helps to keep the ear sterile, and more importantly dry. Infections set in if the ear is wet due to bathing, showering, or swimming, and it's very important to use the aloholic solution to dry and clean it, straight after.

I personally don't like earrings in babies ears either, but also,.. the ear is an organ that continues to grow when everything else slows down. That's why when you see elderly people, their ears look very very long. A babies ears are tiny, and can develop at different rates, so piercing them so young can affect the position of the hole later, and the earrings can look unbalanced. Try to wait until their little ears are a bit bigger.. eg. 5 or 6 years old. Thats our policy.

Wow I had mine done early too, around four maybe.
But for my daughter as much as i'd like to have them done I think it is her decision..If she asks for it than she can have it. At least that way I won't feel bad for subjecting her to the pain!!!

Dad let me get my ears done whe I was 5 and I had to bike home lol that burned! It didn't hurt though I thought it was great. I've had my bellybutton done, my nose done about 7 times, and my ears done right around. I like the feeling.
I was gonna get Jakes ear pierced when he was a baby and would've too but with everything else going on it got put on the backburner and DP says no way now.
I reckon its up to you hun. IMO its not a major either way.