Comments on: Getting Baby’s Ears Pierced

By: Mrs N

Mrs N — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:32:52 +0000

We got our daughter done at 8 months. Its tradition in our family to get it done young, and i’m glad my parents did mine when i was one.
Our 4 month old will be getting hers done as soon as her ear lobes are big enough.
They can always take them out when they are older if they dont like them, but out of the 8 girls in my family, all of them are grateful to have had it done young!
If you dont like it, dont do it! but keep it to yourself, if other ppl decide they want to!

By: emma

emma — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:03:57 +0000

i dont think there is a right or wronge but at the moment im trying for a ababy and i will defonatly get my baby ears pierced a.s.a.p if its a girl and if its a boy i will get his ear done a.s.ap aswell i had mine done very younge and i think its a good idea it looks nice and they would be used to it

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:00:47 +0000

I think its ok, because i had my ears pierced after i was born. Its usually a tradition in my family or usually any latin american family for a baby girl to get their ears pierced. Im 23 right now and whenever i have a baby and if its a girl i will get her ears pierced

By: MrsH

MrsH — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:48:14 +0000

Alisa, as you can tell from the comments, there’s a variety of opinion on this. We’ll just agree to disagree.

By: Alisa

Alisa — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:38:33 +0000

I pierced my ear lobs when I was 13. It was my decision and my mom didn’t mind. Of course I remember the pain, but I was happy. My mom pierced her ear lobs in 32. And I’ll let my daughter pierce ear lobs when she will want it. Now she is 3 years old and she didn’t ask me about it. Perhaps, you have hastened?

By: an2nette

an2nette — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:53:47 +0000

Hi! my daughter was one day old when she had her ears pierced, its one of the services of a private hospital here in Pinas, mina is cute, i’m always reading your blog and your mom, she’s just like a supermodel. cool mom an2nette of germany

an2nettes last blog post..Saturday Happenings

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Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:04:20 +0000

[...] differ quite dramatically around the globe. I found this out when I shared my own baby girl’s ear piercing story. See getting ears pierced in many cultures, including mine, is quite accepted, and even expected. [...]

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:44:57 +0000

What a thoughtful and smart mommy to have her dd’s ears pierced early.

I used to be the one that voiced my opinion on other mom’s to wait until the child was ready. Until I had my own baby girl of course. When I our dd to her 8 week check up, the doctor asked during the visit if I was planning on getting her ears pierced. I said probably not for a while. But she started explaining that it would be really easy to do it now while she is so young and didn’t have control of her hands. That way she wouldn’t touch or pull on them. Since they would always be there-she wouldn’t be too curious about them- it would just be apart of her.

She gave me some suggestions for moms having their infants/little girls ears pierced. After reading them and calling around to find the right place/person to pierce her ears, we went and had her ears pierced at Piercing Pagoda. And the doctor was right. We have never had a problem with her pulling them or touching them. And she is really good about letting me change them. She didn’t even cry much when it was done and much less than her shots. Our ped said if they cry, it is because of being restrained or the noise of the piercing instrument.

By: kids' doc

kids' doc — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:27:05 +0000

There is nothing trashy about piercing a baby’s ear at this age. Some parents even request us to do it a few days after birth. It really depends on the parents’ wishes so we should respect that.

By: Amybee

Amybee — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:00:58 +0000

I wouldn’t judge someone for choosing to get her baby’s ears pierced…As the mom of two boys, I used to say that I’d pierce my baby’s girls ears, just because I so desperately longed to do everything “girly”. Now, as I expect a 3rd boy, I won’t have the issue to deal with (but I’ve the circumcision thing and that, to me, is HUGE). Now that I think more about it, though, I may think twice about inflicting pain on my baby and wait until she can decide if she wants to get her ears pierced (I had mine done at age 7 b/c I wanted to)-but again, to each his (or her) own.

By: rhadanella

rhadanella — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:54:22 +0000

*mutilate = to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect; to cut off or permanently destroy a limb or essential part of.

I don’t agree with the first commenter, as I don’t view ear piercing as mutilation. And to call it trashy? Lack of tolerance and respect to other people’s preference (be it a cultural thing or not) is just plain crude.

btw, Mina si gorgeousssssssssssss.

By: Annoyed » PinayHekmi Ponders

Annoyed » PinayHekmi Ponders — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:01:55 +0000

[...] wrote in a recent article for my side gig about Mina’s ear piercing experience. We were very excited about it and yes, my heart did a little drop when she cried but she was okay [...]

By: Science-mom

Science-mom — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:13:07 +0000

It`s a cultural thing indeed. I`m one of those who got my ears pierced as a baby – my mom did it in those days – and I`m none worse for it. This practice is frowned upon in Germany and I`m lucky I have 2 boys; otherwise this issue could be a huge conflict between me and my German husband and in-laws.

By: MrsH

MrsH — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:02:29 +0000

Hilary, what do you mean? This blog works like ths: we submit an article and then our moderators publish it after they review. We cannot edit the article after it has been published by the moderators. The article is unedited.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:43:54 +0000

The comments on mutilation and culture were added after I made my post.

By: MrsH

MrsH — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:58:48 +0000

Hilary: I’m sorry to hear that that is your opinion.

Dawn: Those are not the earrings I chose but it is gorgeous isn’t it? Mine came with 14k gold post.

Mama2Bean: She is always such a trooper. My husband and I were “easy” babies so we’re glad she is too!

By: Mama2Bean

Mama2Bean — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:57:53 +0000

I bet she looks like a doll! We share the same tradition, mine and my sister’s ears were pierced around that same age. Great information regardless of how old one’s child gets their ears pierced. Sounds like she was “a trooper” during the procedure.

To the first poster, as the author stated in her article, piercing a little girl’s ears while she is still a baby is a cultural tradition (as opposed to doing it just for aesthetic purposes or fashion) much in the same way that for some cultures/religions not piercing is a tradition. To call the author’s cultural tradition “trashy,” (regardless of your views on piercing-as-mutilation) is really, really not cool.

By: Dawn Allcot

Dawn Allcot — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:44:35 +0000

I would consider getting it done, but i think at that young age, I’d have the pediatrician do it. Just because a pediatrician is more accustomed to inflicting pain on infants, and I’d trust them to know how to deal with it better. I got my ears pierced (at 15, then at 22) in a store in the mall, and I was fine with the sanitary conditions, so it’s not a matter of that.

I think most girls, in retrospect if you ask them when they are older, are happy their parents got their ears pierced early, when they didn’t have to deal with the pain, the cleaning, etc.

For what it’s worth, I think you made the right choice and I’m sure your little girl will thank you for it when she’s older! And the earrings, if those are the ones you chose, are GORGEOUS!

By: Hillary

Hillary — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:20:04 +0000

I can’t believe anyone would mutilate their little girl like this! It’s one thing as a teen… but I find it trashy on a baby!