When did you have your daughter's ears pierced?

Question

For those who did not get their children's ears pierced when they were infants, when did you let your daughter get her ears pierced? This question is really from my 7 year old who is dying to get her ears pierced. I'd rather wait until she's much older, so that she won't be tempted to get more and more piercings.

Answer 1

I was 8 when I got mine done, im 16 now and still only have my ears pierced :)

Answer 2

I'm going to let my daughter decide when she wants her ears pierced. I did *not* get her ears pierced as an infant because I didn't want to decide for her. Maybe my daughter doesn't want her ears pierced, you know? I don't have anything against pierced ears (mine are) but I wanted to give my daughter the choice.

If my daughter asked me at 7 years of age to pierce her ears I would certainly let her try it.

As it is now, my daughter is 3.5 and I don't think she really even knows what an ear piercing is... I don't usually wear earings and I don't push the issue with her.

One thing to think about... The more you tell her "no" about the piercing... the more she's going to want to do it. I'm NOT saying that is reason to give-in to her desire... I'm just saying that if you forbid her and put a lot of emphasis on the issue... She might start looking for other opportunities to get what she wants (ie: a willing aunt, older sister, grandma, etc.).

Maybe suggest clip-ons in the meantime?!

Best of luck!

Answer 3

My daughter wanted hers pierced when she was about 8 and I kept putting it off and telling her she wasn't acting responsible enough to keeping them clean and that.
So then when she was 9 we were at the mall and she was bugging me about it again. A lady, stranger, heard us arguing and I explained the situation since she was acting like she was nosey.
She said maybe if she got them pierced that would help her become more responsible because she would have to care for them.
So I ended up letting her get them pierced.
She didn't take care of them very well and they got a little infected and the lady at the ear piercing place had a fit and told her she must take care of them properly.
So she did.
Now she is 19 and has had no more problems and no more piercings. I think when she had them pierced the first time she didn't realize how painful it really was going to be.

My older daughter had her ears pierced when she was 12 and her tongue pierced when she was 18. She is now 23.

I don't think I would ever have an infants ears done or even a small child, they need to learn to do the care themselves and it teaches them responsibility.

Answer 4

nicely... i do no longer believe getting a toddler's ears pierced through negative aspects. even with the undeniable fact that, see you later as you're conscious of those risks and take precautions they're minimum, and the probabilities of a scar are low. working example, are not getting them pierced on the mall. Have the physician pierce them. Your pediatrician. you additionally can seem at a piercing parlor (somebody who does expert piercings) however the physician is the wonderful. they are going to use a needle and a few even prepare somewhat discomfort killer so the toddler would not experience it in any respect. they could desire to on no account use a gun on a toddler. Scars many times come from infections, and in case you get it achieved by way of a doctor the prospect of an infection are low (and that they are in a position to tell you what to do to make it decrease.) Be very vigilant through fact your toddler can no longer inform you in the event that they're having an allergic reaction to the steel (surgical steel must be used for the jewelry, no longer gold, silver, or the rest...) and which could additionally leave a scar. additionally if this is achieved on the physician the probabilities of her being uncovered to a blood-born disease is far decrease. the different risk comes from applying jewelry with out lock on backings, or from the jewelry transforming into embedded. If she messes together with her jewelry, then i might take them out through fact ultimately she would be waiting to get them loose and if she swallowed area of it, then this is risky. And embedding you only pay attention for and take them to the physician in case you start up seeing the floor boost over the earring. All of those risks are long previous in case you wait till your daughter is sufficiently previous to shield the jewelry herself (that's what the AAP recommends doing.) yet once you're desperate then be conscious of the negative aspects so which you're able to do it extra accurately.

Answer 5

I got mine pierced when I was 3. Almost wish my parents had waited. My mom asked me if I wanted them done and I said yes because I didn't know better. Now I'm 21 and wear earrings maybe 3 days in a year and have now developed an allergy to cheap earrings. I wish I'd never gotten them done.

Answer 6

I told my daughter at 6 she could have it done when she was ready. She decided her 7Th birthday was the time. All went well till we changed the earrings 6 months later. Infection set in. Lesson I learnt was my daughter is allergic to nickel. So stay with knuckle free earrings and gold or gold plated.
I don't think doing it early encourages More piercings. I had mine done at 3 and that is the only piercings i ever had

Answer 7

My daughter had her ears pierced at 4 years of age.

Answer 8

My parents let me get 1 when I was a girl and FLAT out refused to let me get anymore until I was 18. That was the first thing I did when I went to college...got one more set of ear piercings and nothing else. I got both of my girls done as infants. My only suggestion would be to let the pediatrician do it....then you are guaranteed that it will be safe and sterile.

Answer 9

I got mine when I was 5, because my parents thought I was ready to care for them myself. And they explained everything about how I would have to take care of them. I did, I haven't had any problems with my first holes. I do have other holes and my cartlidge pierced, but it wasn't related to getting bored with my first piercings.

I dont think the age of the first piercings have anything to do with how mny they get later on, and if it does its more the opposite. My friends that had to wait until they were teenagers all have at least 7 piercings because they had to wait so long they went overboard, in a fit of rebellion or because they began to covet the piercings that they couldnt have.

Answer 10

My husband I decided not to pierce the girls ears until they were old enough to tell us they wanted it done. My oldest was 2 1/2 and my 2nd was almost 4. We just decided to let them make the choice. I would let her.