When is the right age to get your daughters ears pierced?

I am really against getting a baby's ear's pierced. It is not something they want or can even ask for at that age. The parents are just putting their child through pain for their own personal wants. It is so easy for those piercings to get infected and that would be so painful for that little one. I will wait until me daughter is older and let her decide if she wants her ears pierced. I know she will probably want to but I think it should be her decision, not mine.

The best time is when they ask for it themselves! I really dont see the need to peirce holes in my childrens ears for the sake of shoving a bit of jewellry through it they wont appriciate it and i dont see the need behind it it doesnt make them look any nicer or prettier. yes the holes might close up but it would still leave a scar while we have to make all the choices for our children over things like where they get their education or when they have their shots, ear peircing is in my opinion a choice that can wait for the child to be old enough to make them selves its not one thats needed to be made now therefore needing us to do it so i feel its best to wait for the child to be old enough and make their own choice.

I dont know if what you heard is true or not but I do know that there its common for infant girls to get their ears pierced...I didnt get mine done until I was 13 or 14 and my daughter just got hers done for her 13th birthday last month.

I have always been on the side of - let the kids decide things about their own bodies themselves. I believe i had mine done around the 4-5 years old after having asked for it to be done. At the age they can ask, it also means they're old enough to be able to take care of them, themselves & you can make it a responsibility for them - which they will happily agree to! Also, if you have them done really early, when they get to toddler age, you could find they will pull at them or even rip them out - it could be quite painful if that was to happen & depending on how little they were if they pulled them out, there's always the chance of the pulled out earring being swallowed. It's entirely up to you & your fiance of course but with my kids, we're happy to wait for them to be old enough to ask for it, then it's their decision & it will only be done because they want to - not because we wanted them to look cute!

Personally, I would not get a child's ears pierced at all. I worked in a day care center when my son was little (so that I could be near him) and at one center within 6 months, there were 3 babies who almost had their earlobes torn off because of earrings. I wouldn't do it. And even when they get to where they're "old enough" are they? My 11 year old step-daughter has had her ears pierced 3 different times since she was 9. She lets them get infected, forgets to put in earrings, etc.

I can't say what's right for everyone, but I got my ears pierced at 14. I was old enough to decide if I wanted them or not and I was responcible enough to take care of them myself. I think it's ridiculous to pierce a baby's ears, but that's just me.

my parents pierced my ears since i am born because it is easier and safer to do it as young as possible... the risk of infections are minimised when piercing baby ears rather than when they get older because baby still don't eat many varieties of foods yet that can increase the risk of infections and they can't scratch yet... as they get older, they tend to eat more varieties of food and also more active... thus, it becomes harder to pierce the ears and the risk of infections is higher... that's what my parents tell me why they pierce my ears as soon as i am born... take care and have a nice day...

I remember an ex in-law having her friend (who was an esthetician) go to the house and pierce her baby's ears when the child was a few weeks old. Her rationale was that the baby would cry but would get over it quickly and then "she would look like a girl and no one would think she was a boy." I thought, at the time, that it was a selfish gesture to sort of "play dolls" with her infant. She wanted to dress her up in frilly clothes and the earrings were part and parcel of that whole exercise. I believe in some cultures it is common to pierce the ears of baby girls, isn't it? I think that people have their own reasons for having it done but I also think the reasoning should be rooted in common sense or it should respect the culture, as dictated. Piercing a baby's ears just to avoid someone calling the daughter a son or to "get it out of the way early" just doesn't seem like justification to me. My daughters both had their ears pierced when they asked for it -- one still wears earrings all the time, the other almost never does. I guess it really depends on the child.

I have four girls and all of them got their ear pierced before we left the hospital. Though now that they are big it's up to them if they want to put earrings or not. They really didn't mind much if their ears were pierced or not. In our country it's normal for parents to have their daughter's ears pieced while still a baby.

My little girl is 10 and has been begging me to get her ears pierced. I remember getting mine done (at the mall...yea I know, not the best place), at 18 and they got infected. I really want her to be old enough to care for her ears properly as well as be responsible enough not to loose ear rings. Maybe in a year or two, she will show me that she is ready.

I know that the sooner the better. When they are young like that it doesn't bother them that much. So you should go and get it done now. Have a nice one.

I got my daughters ears pierced when they were 6 months old by the doctor not at the mall. It was done correctly. Thier holes are centered. If your daughter is prone to ear infections I would not get the earrings. When they are young it just doesnt hurt as much and the pain isnt remembered. If she doesnt want the earrings you can always take them out and the holes will close.

In my opinion getting your ears pierced is a right of passage for a little girl, the first step towards womanhood that should be done at a time when she will appreciate the event. I made my daughters wait until they were around 7 before getting them pierced and they were SO EXCITED!! The decision should be up to you and your fiance equally but you both have to think about her and what she will be missing if you don't wait. Now, all of you other moms who had your daughter's ears pierced at an early age, don't think I'm insulting your decisions because I'm not. I just remember the look on my daughters' faces when the big day came, how proud and grown they felt.

New babies are a lot to take care of. Tell your fiance that taking care of pierced ears are even more to take care of. You have to swab them and turn them and make sure no dirt gets in. And when she start figuring out her body parts she could pull an earring out and swallow it. I did not get my daughters done until she asked when she was 7 for her birthday. good luck.

I'd say the smaller the better because my parents did it for me while I was still a baby.

I don't think it really matters since my granddaughters had their ears pierced as young babies and the 12 year old's are just fine as well as being centered. I didn't do my own girls until they were older.........they asked me to have them done and now they have done a tongue and a lip and a belly button, as well!!

My daughters ears were pierced at age 6 wks. Why? Her fathter is from africa. He says that its customary there to pierce the girls ears there soon after birth. So we did.

I think 3 months is okay for your baby to have ear piercing and for you to be sure that it would be done correctly, let your baby's doctor to do it. I think pediatricians are good in ear piercing. There's nothing to worry about! Have a nice baby ear piercing! Thanks!

My son had his ears pierced on his fourth birthday. When I saw what a big deal it was for him and how happy he was to be able to wear earrings I am glad we waited until he was old enough to ask to have his ears pierced. He is 13 now and has worn earrings all the time, day and night, ever since his ears were pierced.

I think that it is fine to get your daughters ears pierced when ever you feel like doing so, but I personally waited until my daughter was able to ask me and my wife before doing so.