Piercing your babe’s 👂 Yes or No?

I’m a no on this one. My daughter was so active- I could just see her getting them caught on something or just pulling on them. When she’s older she can definitely have it done- when she can also take care of them or I can without battles.

I think they’re cute!! but no for me. I don’t believe it’s my moral right to make that choice for my children. I don’t judge those that do, it technically is their right, I just couldn’t.

Yes for me!! I’m from Brazil and there the babies pretty much leave the hospital with the ears pierced. I can’t wait for my baby girl to be 4 months so I can do hers.

It's a no for me, even though I find peirced ears on a baby adorable. I just know I would worry too much about her choking on them or ripping her ears. I will let her get them peirced as soon as she asks, kind of like a right of passage.

No for me too. My mom had my ears pierced when I was six months old and now the holes are too high on my ears they just look ridiculous. I'll wait until my little one is a little older and she wants it done.

My daughter is 7 years old and just got her ears pierced two weeks ago. We waited until she was able to ask and i think this worked alot better. She Handled it well and she loves and appreciates them a lot more.

I did. Love them. Constantly get compliments on them.

The piercing of babies is and can be culturally tied. People should stop with the ethnocentric ideals. I definitely plan to pierce my babes ears at 5 months but at the dr office though.

Yes! I waited till my daughter was 3, she always had an interest in earrings as everyone around her wore them. We asked her if she’d like earrings and she said yes, my husband and I explained to her that it would hurt when they did it and she might cry. She did it, even laughed when they shot them in her ears 😳

No way!

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Yeah. I couldn’t believe it. I don’t know whether it was because our fam was there watching but yeah she giggled..

It’s a no for me personally. And my culture usually tends to pierce babies ears but I still don’t want to do it. I have plenty of family members telling me to do it. I never understood the, “my baby won’t remember the pain” argument. I got my ears pierced when I was 4 years old when I made the decision myself to do it. Don’t get me wrong I think they look cute and I don’t judge others for doing it because it’s really not a big deal.

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👆🏼 That's exactly my feelings, minus the cultural bit. Ofc, I don't have a daughter, but if I did she could get them pierced when she asked to.

I want to pierce my daughter’s ears but I refuse to take her to get them done! Her father agreed to take her. And if he doesn’t my god mother will.

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That had to be the worst

I wouldn't choose to do it for my own child. But I think getting ears pierced should be a right of passage. My mother made me earn it, and take care of cleaning myself. It became a symbol of responsibility.

Both girls got theirs done at 5 months

I won't have my child's done. She can choose whether she wants them later.

Absolutely not. Why would u put in INFANT through that UNNECESSARY pain? Not to mention they could get infected, pulled out by baby, snag on something. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

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I'm all about moms doing what they feel is best, and I wouldn't, but as far as babies pulling them out and infection goes... if you're going to do it to a young child it'd definitely be easier to care for them when they're smaller and not messing with them all the time. Same deal w/ pulling them out.

No, not until she tells me she wants them. No judgement to families who decide to do it though. They are cute, I just want it to be her choice.

I believe in body autonomy, so I would wait until my child asks for them.

That’s a no for me as in all honesty it should be the child’s choice not mine

A definite no for me. I'd never put my baby through unnecessary pain. When she's older and she asks for it, she can have them.

I don’t think it’s necessary honestly, in some cases it’s apart of their culture and I understand that but I don’t see why any parent/ guardian would want to pierce their child ears. The child isn’t going to fully understand until they’re much old, so maybe wait until it can be a proper experience and when the child actually asks to get them done.

My mom waited until I asked. My friend got hers done as a baby and to this day she’s mad at her mom for it because she doesn’t like earrings, the hole in her ears and the feeling of the scar tissue. Also as your ears grow the piercing moves and isn’t in the middle. I’d wait for her answer. I won’t be doing my daughters until she asks me.

No simply because I don’t want another thing to have to deal with. Clipping nails and brushing teeth is enough of an ordeal. Plus when she’s older and asks me if she can get them pierced, I’ll be the cool mom who says yes. And then she can take care of them herself.

Yes! All females in my family have gotten their ears pierced by 2 months old. My baby is about to be 2 months soon and I’m going to take her once she gets her shots.

I have a 3 month old daughter and have not fully committed to whether or not, we will get her ears pierced. My mom got my ears pierced when I was 6 months old, I never played with them nor were they ever infected. As for the pain it’s a quick prick, and I was smiling a few minutes later from what my mom had told me. I also love that my mom did it when I was so young, so I didn’t remember the pain, I never really noticed them and by the time I was in middle school and able to care for them myself, that was the first I changed my earrings since I got them pierced. So if my daughter ears are pierced as a baby and she decides when she gets older she would no longer like them pierced, she can always take them out. I see both sides, but in my eyes it’s temporary and really just a preference. However, calling it child abuse is a little extreme & incomparable to the actual meaning, in my opinion.

Not until she decides and is ready to take care of them. Her body, her choice 🤷‍♀️

Absolutely not. By the time the kid can voice an opinion the holes are permanent.

My mother pierced my ears as an infant and I continued to get more piercings as I got older. I pierced my three year old daughters ears when she was a baby. I have a fraternal set of twins and I will be getting my daughters done between three to six months of age (currently one month old). I will say NO to piercing a boys ears as an infant, although I have seen other parents get their sons done. That is something I will not do and he can ask when he gets older. As a black woman in my family, the majority of the girls got their ears pierced as infants.

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For me, her getting hers done is a given, a tradition, a custom. he doesn’t need his done at this age

Why is it different for your son? Not judging at all btw - just curious...?

🙄 I’m sorry , it’s not CHILD ABUSE. In Hispanic cultures that’s just what you do with little girls and you do it very early when they are babies. Some people don’t understand this because I know the American culture isn’t that way but I had my ears pierced as a baby and guess what I’m fine!!

I didn’t with our two girls because I barely wear earrings whatsoever 😂 I figured when they’re old enough, if they want to then we’ll do it!

My dad waited until I was old enough to take care of the the piercings on my own, that's what I'm going to do with my daughter too.

No, I would wait until they are older and want it.

My husband's culture pierce baby girls ears at a couple of months old as part of their tradition and customs, also as a way to buy them a gift of gold earrings , i wasn't happy at first but she's had them pierced at 6 months old, she didn't cry and they have healed without any issues, if it wasn't for my husband's culture I probably wouldn't have got them done to be honest.

Got mine periced at 4 because I wanted them so

I would wait till they have a choice. Not because it's something they'll regret that you did, but because it's one of those first "big girl" decisions that I think can be a great teaching tool about choosing what happens to her body and also taking care of what happens to her body after they're pierced.

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Yup!!

Absolutely agree with you!

I love piercings and I have plenty of it, I wouldn't pierce my kid unless he or she said they wanted to. It's not for everyone and you can't assume that they'll be into it. Not to mention piercing with a gun is NOT good for your ears, often parents are taking their kids to Claires and that's just cheap and wrong. those people aren't properly trained, go to a real professional piercing and tattoo shop.

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This!

My parents did mine and i think I turned out alright. What’s so wrong about it? I didn’t to my daughters so she has the choice but if we didn’t I don’t thing she’s hate me. That’s all that matters.

In my husbands culture they pierce ears as babies, but after her 6-wk injections this week and hearing her heart-wrenching cry I don’t think I can now voluntarily do something that would risk her getting that upset again 🙈 We will wait until she can ask for them herself!

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I thought the same thing! My daughter got her injections a few days before I had already decided to go get her ears done and she ended up crying more for the injections than the piercing! When they pierced her ears it was like an ouch vs full blown red face with big tears with the injections.

I believe waiting till your LO asks for it. I know my niece is 3 and knows for sure she doesn't want her ears pierced. Maybe one day she will change her mind but that's the beauty of letting our kids grow up with their own voice and go for what they want and Know it's ok to avoid what they dont want and have their own opinions.

THATS MY BABY!!!

I decided not to get my daughters ears pierced as a baby, I was scared she would catch them. I let her have them done when she was older and every time they came out her ears healed completely. She had them done last year and so far the holes have stayed put.

No

Sorry I don't agree with it. I don't understand why you'd put them through pain for cosmetic reasons when they are too young to even know why? If they are old enough to understand and they ask for it okay, and I have loads of piercings

I've been thinking about it

Yes! I pierced my twin girls ears, it was an easy way to tell them apart!

I'm waiting so my little girl can make that decision herself. But I'm not against those who have their babies ear pierced early on either.

Personally I didnt have a choice in my own ears but I got them done at 3 months old... I no longer care for earing as much anymore and never wear them. I made the decision to let my daughter choose if shed want them done or not when she gets older. I think its okay to get them and okay to not get them.

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Same as me I was 18 months and now looking to have them redone as I haven’t wore any since I was very young

Our pediatrician said that people usually get their LO's ears pierced earlier because the younger they are, the less likely they are to continually play with the piercings and get it infected. However, we're waiting until our LO asks for it, if she ever does. 🤷

No no no. I hate the thought of piercing my babies ears, especially with how much babies tug on them when they’re teething! I also think it looks tacky to have a small baby with gold studs in their ears 🤷🏼‍♀️

Although I had mine done at 18 months (apparently) I’m going to wait until my daughter asks for it, I don’t think it’s necessary so young, although I don’t have a problem with people who do it’s each to their own, they look cute but my little one won’t be as young as me