When will you let your daughter get her - ears pierced?

luvmykids wrote: I'm sure this has been talked about before ...

Kylie wants her ears pierced and I'm torn, I know it would look so cute and I know she'd take care of them but part of me wants to wait so just because she's already growing up too fast and I want her to stay little I think she'll just look that much more grown up

skinkybaby replied: I got Grace's done when she was about 7 months old.

MichaelsMommy replied: I didn't let my twins get theirs until they were 7 or 8.. I have heard of SO many infants that have issues / infections with theirs. I know of two that are fighting it right now actually..

Boo&BugsMom replied: I don't have a daughter, but if I did, I would at least wait until she can make that decision for herself, whatever the age may be. I have no issues with others getting their littler ones done though.

skinkybaby replied: Haha, and my reasoning is the complete opposite! All the little girls (well, older than an infant) I know that had them done all got infections.

holley79 replied: I figure when Annika is old enough to ask for them then she can get them done. I don't want to make the decision for her, kwim?

Boo&BugsMom replied: I got infections with my second holes. I didn't get any with my first ones. I think I may have gotten my own when I was 10 though. Seems like such a long time ago. I feel old...

holley79 replied:
I was just sitting here thinking how long ago it was I got mine done.

mom2my2cuties replied: I wanted to get Andrea's done early, but then my husband said "You wont even pierce your ears because it hurts" Why would you do that to her? And then we got to talking, that when she is old enough to decide that she wants her ears pierced and it isn't just because her friends have thiers done, then she can get them pierced.

5littleladies replied: Ours are given the choice starting at age 5 or 6 depending on if I think they are responsible enough to take care of them. My oldest daughter got hers done right away at 5, my second daughter is almost 7 and still doesn't want to have them done.

JP&KJMOM replied: Monica I am going through the same thing with Karlee. She really wants to get hers done but I am torn. I have always wanted to wait until she was atleast 5 so I would not have to care for tem 100% like if she was younger. I got mine done at 5 so I am thinking that might be one of her birthday presents next year.

luvmykids replied:
Thats kind of what I'm thinking, that would be March. But she wants them so bad and is begging to do anything it takes to earn them, I just don't know. I think the bday idea is great though.

gr33n3y3z replied: Erin got hers done at age 12yrs and katie age 10yrs

Momof3inMe replied: We did Emily's at 3 months and never had any problems with them.

kimberley replied:

BAC'sMom replied: I had Ansley's pierced when she was 6 months old. I have never had a problem with her ears getting infected at all.

1lilpeanut2love replied: Kaylee got hers done when she was 3 months old. I got mine done when I was young too. I love it. I have never had a problem with her ears. I love ear piercings on little girls. I would never have passed on the chance to get her ears pierced after all her mother has 4 piercings in one ear and 3 in the other!!

ETA--> I got them done at Wal-mart and made sure they were clean. They used a brand new needle. I think if they get it done with clean and sterile needles NO infection will occur.

Kaitlin'smom replied: I am torn also, Kait keeps asking for them. not sure yet what I will do.

MomToJade&Jordan replied: I'm going to wait until they ask. I didn't get mine done until I asked at age 5. I want them to be able to make that decision on their own.

luvbug00 replied: I got myas done several times between 2-5 but she took them out. i figure when she asks again i'll let her. and for any future girls they will get done as infants.

mckayleesmom replied: I got McKaylee's done when she was 2....Her cousin got hers done and she wanted "pretties" too. So I took her. She did great with them for 4 or 5 months and then all the sudden she kept taking them out....So after buying several replacement pairs...I had enough and took them out for good...She has been asking lately, but I think she will just take them out again.

redchief replied: Maybe next year.... Oh, heck! When did that happen? Lisa!?!?!?!?!?

Maddie&EthansMom replied:
LMBO!!!

If she decides, Maddie will have the opportunity to get hers pierced at 13. Right now she doesn't want to so it's not a problem.

coasterqueen replied: Kylie has asked recently but after I explain to her the process of getting them done she chickened out. When she's ready and willing to go through the process and take care of them it will be her choice. I will not make that choice for her as to when she should do something like that.

Brias3 replied: Aliyah's had hers done already. She begged and begged a few years back and so she was just over three when she got them. I figured the care and upkeep of them would be my responsibility anyhow so I'd just be extra cautious with her. She did great and never had a problem until last year when she started swimming alot, said they bothered her and eventually she decided she wanted us to take them out. Now, she's begging to get them done again I think I'll wait a little this time- make sure the decision is final.

MoonMama replied: My mom had mine done at 6 months.

3xsthefun replied: I'm kinda torn also, Kaitlynn has asked a couple times about having her ears pierced. I told her she had to wait until she was at least 10. But I may change my mind before then.

I have always said I would let them have them done when they asked. But now Kaitlynn has asked I find myself saying she should wait until she is little older.

A&A'smommy replied: after she turns five and asks for it.. I think thats a good age to understand

Bee_Kay replied: I got Ashley's done when she was about 1 year old and never had any problems with them.

gr33n3y3z replied:
Oh by the way Erin has 2 holes in each ear lol just thought I would pass that little bit of info to you

redchief replied:
Just what Erin needs; more holes in her head.

3_call_me_mama replied: Kathleen had hers done just shy of 3 monhs. We;ve never had an infection or any isue. And they healed up, and ther really wasn't any more maintenance to them than there was to bathing her! She never tugged on them or played with them. At about 18 months she noticed they were there adn woudl gently touch them andsay "so pretty" and that was it. One time she took tehm out and brought them to me, I told her if she took tehm out again, they were going to be all gone and i would leave them out. She hasn't touched them since. I changed them every few weeks. As far as havin gthem done i woudl reccommend a professional piercer rather than a walmart or claires. Just becaseu teh environment in gerenal is more sterile. OH and I think a lot of the infections people get are not form having them done at a certain age. it's form their body reacting to the metal being forced into it. ( Our bodies recognize it as a foreign substance and try to reject it, and some bodies cannot tolerate it and get infection) Good luck in whatever you decide

PrairieMom replied: I voted 5-10. I always thought baby girls looked silly with pierced ears, and would kinda roll my eyes at mommies that pierced their babies ears. BUT now that i am the proud Mommy of a baby girl I am debating piercing her ears! DH will never go for it tho. I don't think i will be able to hold off until 5 -10 years tho.

Kentuckychick replied: When she proves to me that she is old enough and responsible enough to take care of them herself. Then and ONLY then will I allow her to get them pierced. I also would never put holes in a child's ears unless they were old enough to tell me they REALLY wanted them there.

MyLuvBugs replied: Whatever age she asks, but then she's going to have to earn it. Do some extra chores and save up her allowance. And then I'll take her to get them done....We just won't tell her daddy until we get home. HA!