Children and piercings

I hate it when people pierce their babies ears. It is just mean. There is no reason for babies to even wear jewelry in the first place. Why would you hurt your child when it isn't necessary?

Well my girls have to be 11 before they are allowed to have there ears pierced. But even now my eldest who is nearly 20 hasn't had them done yet. My little girl who is nearly nine has shown no interest. I hate to see babies with earings in there ears, it just doesn't seem right in my book. Wait until they are at least older enough to help care with the keeping them clean etc. Other piercings, well a good discussion between mother and child before saying yes or no. Harder when they get older and want belly piercings etc.

I didn't get my ears pierced until I was 16, I just wasn't interested in having it done (and I was scared of needles). Personally, I feel it's silly to pierce a kids ears before they are 8 or 10, since they may not take care of them properly. Even then, it should be something the child wants to do. I think putting earrings on babies is just asking for trouble, since other kids might pull on them or the baby may get the earring out and swallow it (they will put anything in thier mouths, you know!).

When my girls were babies everyone would mistake them for boys. Some people said that I should have their ears pierced so people wouldn't think they were boys. I considered it for a little bit but I figured that there would still be some people that thought they were boys. Plus i wanted that to be something they could ask me for and I could say yes. I think that as far as for ear piercings, if they are old enough to ask for it and be ready to take care of their ears then whatever age they are is good. for any other types of piercings it would depend. I think I would want my girls to be at least 16 before they got anything else pierced. And then after 18 I don't really have much say in where they put holes in their bodies.

I have to say, Im 27 and my mum pierced my ears when I was a baby, Im not sure exactly what age I was, but it was fairly small. I know that the rest of my family went ballistic!! My mum was quite young, im not sure her reasons! What I will say is this - for whoever said why would you put your baby through pain...I don't remember feeling any pain, and getting to the age of 11 and having friends who were getting their ears pierced/wanting them pierced made me feel relieved that I had already been through it. I was very squeemish! Saying that, Im not sure Id get my babies ears pierced, If I had a child, id probably wait til they asked me...

I had my baby girl's ears pierced when she was 2 months (they can't get them done until they get their first round of shots). My husband & I had a big discussion over this; he thought we should wait until she decides she wants to do it. I said that almost every girl ends up wanting her ears pierced, and if we do it when she's a baby she won't remember it, it won't hurt as bad, and they will never close up. My daughter is now 6 months old & I don't regret my decision - they look adorable, and she doesn't even realize they're there

i had my pierced when i was a baby but i just now got my 4 year olds done, i had to wait until she was ready and the other night at walmart thats what she wanted to do.i didn't want to do it when she was newborn even though they say it only hurts for a second then the baby forgets.my mom tried to take my daughter last year but she said no so it never happened and knowing if i truely wanted them done they would of got done but i waited for her to be ready and wasn't going to force it,but i do know people that had twins that had their babys ears pierced to be able to tell them apart and some to show it was a girl. i think either way its fine some parents just prefer to wait