Are you for or against piercing a baby/childs ears?

Answer 1

I am against it. It's her body. Even though she may look cute to me... it's not my choice to make. I will leave that decision up to her when she is older.

Answer 2

I'm against piercing until at least age 10 or so. The reason is for babies, there has to be some level of pain going on when the piercing happens - even if it is temporary and then it's another issue where infection could occur if you're not really really careful. What if the baby is allergic in some way? Most babies I know will when they gain the skill to find and feel those earrings will probably try to pull them out and it could itch alot, bleed - the little babies I see with the perfectly inserted little diamonds look cute - but not for my baby! Then, if something goes wrong where there is infection and you take the earrings out - the hole will heal up and you'll have to get it done again. The way I look at it - why cause potential for more pain and aggravation in a babies' life - don't they go through enough with the shots and doctor visits as it is? Why create more potential to have to see the doctor for issues related to ear piercing? Babies have enough challenges that I wouldn't even add the potential of adding any. If the child is not a toddler or younger - before about age ten - they may or may not be responsible enough to clean and take care of their ears in a way that will keep infections, itching and other issues out of the picture.

Answer 3

I think it is best to wait until the child is old enough to know if they want it done. if it is done the safe way with hollow piercing needle by a professional piercer (not by a highly dangerous gun at the mall) it is much easier to do when the child is older and will not move, not only that the ear lobes are not even close to done growing so even though the piercings are even and look good at 3 months of age when the child is 16 the ear lobes may have grown differently and then the piercings would be uneven and look terrible. Morally speaking to get a babies ears pierced with a piercing gun should be illeagle, at least when they are older they can begin to understand the dangers involved with a piercing gun and that the use of such guns can cause you to contract heppititis...does anyone really want to put their infant at risk of contracting heppititis?
Ethically speaking I feel that the child should have the choice based on religious docterine in some religions haveing ever been pierced or tattooed is a major sin so to do this to a child who is not old enough to know what religion they will be or even what religion they are leaning toward is cruel.

Answer 4

I'm not necessarily for piercing babies ears, but I was 6 yrs old when I had mine pierced and I still remember it. Awful experience! What girl says they do not want earrings though, if you want them to make the choice themself? Perhaps you are saving them the bad memory (ok, I am a wimp, always have been) if you do it while they are so little they wont remember.
In a lot of cultures it is part of the tradition to pierce baby girls' ears when they are baptised. I had someone in both Italy and also in Spain ask me when I was going to have her ears pierced as she was already getting a bit old to not have it done yet (at the age of 9mths).
I'm sure I'll wait till my daughter is old enough to decide on her own, likely the same age I was when I had it done, but I wouldnt want to be the one with her. I'm too squeamish!

Answer 5

Well, my mother is against it and thought that it should be MY decision. She told me when I got old enough to just tell her if I wanted them pierced and she would take me to do it. I am 22 years old and just got my ears pierced 2 weeks ago because I was never interested until now. I had my tongue pierced and a tattoo before I ever got my ears pierced and I am fine with it. I think it should be your child's decision.

Answer 6

I pierced my daughters ears at 4 months old. I spoke with her pediatrician and he said that it was safe then. My daughter has very little hair so everyone assumed she was a boy. She is now 2 1/2 and she loves her earrings (and I do not wear because of her baby brother is fascinated with them) She did have an allergic reaction to the nickle in the earring back (they claimed to be nickle free) but she was not bothered by the reaction. She was on antibiotics for a couple weeks (I took her earrings out until the infection went away) but since she is better, she insists on wearing them. I am glad that I had them done. If she chooses later in life not to wear them then the hole will close.

Answer 7

I think parents should wait until the child is 9 years and up.
Why?
1) Babies/young kids are well known for pulling out their earrings - leading to ear lobe damage and then they could possibly swallow the earring (this HAS happened!)
2) at such a young age, kids don't want to have to care for their earrings/earlobes properly and this leads to countless infections
3) kids ears get infected or they get tired of earrings, take earrings out, then later want repierced, and this happens over and over again = waste of money for parents
4) earlobes grow - but not necessarily in a perfect circle outwards - sure those earrings might be centered on that babies earlobe NOW but later on it will NOT be in the center, it'll be too high or too low and look bad, which of course, means repiercing later to solve the problem.
The list goes on and on...

Answer 8

I got my ears pierced when I was only a few months old by my aunt. I see nothing wrong with it. I would take any child of mine to get their ears pierced when they were young.

Answer 9

I am against it, until they are old enough to ask for it themselves and understand what is happening, and why it hurts.

It is not my body to decide, so I will leave it up to my daughter.

It is a bad idea to pierce a baby's ears for aesthetic reasons, because as the ears grow the earrings might look lopsided.

Answer 10

it's up to u, and depends on ur reasons for doing so.

mine were pierced at 2 or 3 months for cultural reasons, and i really appreciate not having the memory of the pain. i only wore plain "sleepers" until i was about 13.

if u daughter doesnt like it, then she can take out the earings and the holes will eventually close.

Answer 11

I had my ears pierced at 3 weeks old and I'm cool with it. My parents got my brother's ears pierced when he was 1, when he was 11 he said he didn't like and he took it out, but it wasn't really a big deal.