As long as your daughter is not a diabetic. My mother was a diabetic and
always had trouble with her ears, they would get infected easily and the
holes would close up. Remember you will be responsible for cleaning the
ears and turning the earrings, make sure you have the time in your busy
schedule.

hey i think u as a parent are comfortable with piercin her ears,ok...my
daughter had hers done at an early age too,so did i....no biggie

I personally waited until my girls asked me. The reasoning behind that
was simply because I can not wear alot of jewelry myself. I get a rash
from it. And if I even attempt to wear ear rings my ears bleed and get
all goopy. My oldest daughter got hers done and had the same problem. My
youngest daughter got hers done and she has had no problems. My ears
have closed up since the last time I even attempted to wear earring was
probably about 10 years ago. Ya can't even see where it was peirced
unless ya look close.
I say its up to the parents and the kids.

I DONT HAVE A DAUGHTER BUT IF I DID,ID DO IT AS SOON AS I COULD!!!

PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS ALL.SOME FOLKS JUST DONT LIKE IT!

MY MOM PEIRCED MINE WHEN I WAS ABT 3 WEEKS OLD AND I HAVENT STOPPED YET
AND ITS BEEN 49 YRS..

11 IN ONE EAR AND 7 IN THE OTHER.TIME I STOP A?

I made both of my daughters wait until they were 13. It made it a sort
of right of passage to becoming a young adult.

I don't understand the need to pierce a babies ears? To me that should
wait til the child is old enough to understand the purpose of ear rings
and enjoy them and decide wether he/she wants pierced ears...until that
time they could only be for your enjoyment and not the childs. Just my
humble opinion.

My daughter can get her ears pierced when she is old enough to decide
that is what she wants to do
Personally i wouldn't get them done so early but it is entirely up to
the parent I suppose
As long as it isn't going to hurt the child physically or mentally it
ultimately is your decision

But then again
If my daughters momma wanted to get her ears pierced
I would in fact try to talk her out of it

Both my daughters left the hospital with their ears pierced. done by the
pediatrician himself. Culture is something that its inherited to your
children, same as religion and your favorite sports team.

True, all of it is a matter of choice, like most things in life. But you
don't wait until your child is an adult to baptize it (if you are
catholic), waiting for him/her to decide. You teach your children about
religion as soon as you can. Same with your culture. What is socially
accepted in one culture, might seem barbaric in another. It is a custom
in my culture, to pierce a baby girl ears when they are very young. And
following the proper procedures and using the right equipment it is
safe. As for the earrings being unsafe, there are special earrings for
newborn babies, that would be difficult if not impossible for a kid to
take it off. It would be stupid to put gold loops on babies ears.

In Lori's case: back when you and I were little, maybe they didn't have
the little gun they use now, and probaly the person that pierced your
ears used the common method of sterilizing a needle, I don't know.
That's probably what caused the infection. I am allergic to non-gold or
silver earrings, can't use any fantasy in my ears because it gets
infected. My sister used to wear really heavy earrings and it stretched
the hole to the point were it cut through. But she had a very simple
surgery done and all is new again. Maybe you can ask your regular Dr
about it.

Autumn, just make sure you get earrings that are made with surgical
material, or gold or silver. It would be safe. Get some antibacterial
ointment and put it on and turn the earrings so they are not stuck she
should be fine in a few days. She would look precious.

My 0.02.

I do not have a daughter and never will, but if I did I could NEVER do
it until she was old enough to decide for herself, she may end up
resenting you for it, plus I could not handle seeing my little one
screaming in pain from it. Just my own opinion.

I had my daughter's done a few days before her first birthday.
Ironically, she started walking the very next day. Jokingly told my
father, "You can't tell me that fine jewelry doesn't have an effect on a
woman." LOL

i have 2 daughters..
when my 7 year old was 3 months old we took her in and had themdone..
now 7 years later no problems..
when my 3 year old was 3 months old we took her in to get them done...
they pierced them crooked cuz she flinched... adn then a week later they
got irritated, and infected adn we ended up having to take them out....
whe is now 3, and wants them done again.. im scared to do it again, but
have agreed to get them done in july...

morrale of the story...

depends on the baby...

and on your choice...

well when i took my daugther they would not do it because they said as
she grows the holes we be on the sids of her ears? but i do not belive
that were i have heard about lots of people have there kids ears
pierced.

Twilight took the words right out of my mouth!

Yup she pretty much said it all!



I waited for my daughter to be ready and she was almost 7 when she asked
me.It's her body and well I am here to support and guide her. I made
sure her decision was well thought trough and she never regretted it
ever since that day. In fact she was so ready to have them she never
even budged and just gave a grin when it was over after getting her ears
pierced. She was too happy to even think of the pain lol

The way I see it is it is your kids. But with me my kids have bad
reactions to certain things. And when I was a new mom I had enough to
worry about, I didn't want to worry about my daughters breaking out or
something else but I was a paranoid mom any way!! I did get my oldest
done at age 7 and she reacted and they were expensive earrings. But
everybody is to there own. Not everybody parents the same I just state
my opinon and move on!!

Personally I think when they are old enough to take care of them
theirselves.



I cry when I see baby's getting their ears pierced, a needless pain,
that they don't have to endure,
until they are old enough to know, it hurts.


Jmho

dang, alada...i'm not THAT old!

i've had mine done with the gun four times...all four times i had
horrendous infections, then took them out and tried again in a year or
so.

i've also done them myself, with nothing other than a blunt
earring...and have had perfect success, no infections. i've pierced
about fifty people's ears this way, including my own children...without
a problem one. come to think of it, i also did my nose that way, twice,
and my lip, and my hand, and my belly button...yada yada.

i LOVE piercings, i just think the person should be old enough to choose
the holes for their own self.

My mom had mine done by the time i was 6 month old

I made my daugter wait til she was 8. I wanted to make sure it was
something she really wanted. I never had mine done. My family is really
old fashioned. Your right though if she don't like them she can let them
grow back. I'm sure she'll look cute.