I don’t agree with it. I wouldn’t want to hurt my baby and poke holes in her perfect ears so other people and myself can think she looks so cute with earrings. She doesn’t care what she looks like. Also the risk of infection to me isn’t worth it either. And I always thought to myself what if the earring fell out without the parents knowledge and the baby swallowed it? 
I don’t see anything wrong with it as long as you take them to a tattoo shop or somewhere that doesn’t use the gun.
I’ve had 3 daughters and have all of theirs done. Between 3-5 months
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It’s completely up to you when you want to get them done. Not another person.
You’ll get backlash no matter how old. Do want you want.
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I say it’s your baby, your business…
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I think the holes always grow into the wrong place. I waited until my daughters begged then waited a year or so so at about 8 years old
This is such a sensitive subject. Being Filipino American and my husband Hispanic. The girls in both our families have always had ear pierced as a baby. My daughter didnt feel it on either sides. She didnt mess with em cause she was a baby. N I was always on top of cleaning em. She’s 2 now, n just loves em! She sees mommy wearing earings so she just has too as well. So we’ll match at times too.
I have 4 daughters and they all had their ears pierced at 6 months. No issues whatso ever.
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Just depends on the parents i didn’t on my daughter just to give her the chance 
When they can take car of them with little to no help and they decide that what they want
If you do I would just say to please don’t go to Clare’s if they still do eat piercings.
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i have 3 girls that do and 1 that doesn’t yet… we’ve tried but she chickens out… so im waiting… shes 11…
sometimes its easier when little as they do know what’s going on, as they get older, and older it starts to freak them out more…
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6 months! That was the earliest I could have them done. Because she was so small they healed super fast.
I had my little ones done at 6 months and her pediatrician office did it. They had one doctor who would do it. But it was considered a surgery in office. But I knew that if anything happened she would be in the right place to fix it. And I knew it was completely sterile. She’s 6 yrs old now and has never had any issues with them. But it’s your little one do not let others tell you it’s not ok if it’s something you want to do. Just do research on places that do it prior.
My husband won’t let me do my daughters until she is old enough to ask to have them done.
My 8yr old was so upset she found out I thought about having it done to her as a baby 
we didn’t do it but just the idea made her upset. “Why would you put holes in MY ears mommy!!”
Mine 2 months right after they came from they 2 month shots all in the same day (my oldest daughter ear kinda uneven do to me I kinda got scared and jump and the lady hand moved (three girls all girls)
Every person is different, and parents thier kids different. The option is totally up to u… I got my daughters done when she was 3 months old it was a lil difficult because she could only have the real metals like gold and silver nothing plates but as she got older she could have have the cheap kind which made it hard for the healing process but I have to say it’s way easier to deal with them being young than when thwy are older as long as ur the type of person who is on top of caring for them and making sure they are clean. If u can’t handle that big responsibility than I wouldn’t and just wait until she’s older to make that choice herself
My girls got theirs done at 3months, ear piercing places won’t let you till they’re 3 months into vaccines. But back in the day we pierced my lil sis ears at like 2 wks old
Cruel? No! My mom had mine do e when I was a baby and I can’t wear them anymore due to an allergy but I don’t care that she did it. I let my daughter choose and she went just before her 5th bday. She loves her earrings 
Yes, think it cruel. God wanted you to have holes he would have put them there.
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My mom had my ears pierced when I was a baby, and I wish she wouldn’t have done it. The only place that did it was Claire’s and they ended up being crooked. I just wish I could have made that choice myself because I think when little girls get to chose when and of they get their ears pierced it’s a lot more special to them. I wish I could’ve actually experienced it and had they “hype” of getting it done. If I’m having a girl I will let her get them done when she asks. But I won’t do it sooner than 2 years.
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Nope. I waited until she could ask for them herself. It’s cosmetic; I’m not about to cause unnecessary pain to my baby.
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If you do get them done, at any age, Just go to a professional who knows what they are doing, a tattoo parlor, not Claire’s. Please!?
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Pierced my daughter’s ears at exactly 4 months
Do what you want.
My mom got my ears pierced at 3 weeks old. I’m so glad she did that. I got more piercings done later on and they just don’t heal as well and even though they did heal with no infections, still get issues with them once in awhile. But the ones done at 3 weeks? Perfect. I never have any issues with them.
I got my daughter’s ears pierced at 1yo. She did great. Barely cried. She didn’t touch them. It’s like she didn’t even know they’re there. Healed fine. She’s 3.5yo now and gets sad when I take the earrings out to clean. So then she puts on her toy clip on earrings. She’s very much a girly girl though.
Ultimately it’s your choice as the parent.
I wanted to get my daughter’s ears pierced when she was a baby but my husband wouldn’t let me. I would see if your pediatrician would do it or go to a tattoo shop and get them professionally done. Definitely wouldn’t trust a store like Walmart to do it.
My daughter will be 7 soon and she still doesn’t have her ears done, none of my girls will have their ears done until they tell me they want it done,
After her 2 month shots.
I didn’t have them as a baby, i got mine done in middle school and I think that was the right choice by my parents; they let me decide if I wanted them. It’s not a huge body modification but it should be the child’s choice to get it done. Before that it’s just an accessory for the parents. They endure pain and healing for a cosmetic reason, it should be their choice.
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10 months healed great and she never pulled them or cried when they did them
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I always said that i wont get my daughters ears peirced until she can tell me she wants them done
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My mom had mine done on the condition I don’t lie even if its I Dident eat that kind of thing done at 8 it was rewarding to look forward to it because she wanted me to chose if I wanted ear pearcings
I had mine pierced at 3 months old and never really liked earrings so I just didn’t wear them until last year when I stretched my ears I was thankful I didn’t have to wait to have them pierced and wait to heal before starting the already long process
My uncle pierced me and my sisters ears back in the 60s she we were babies with a thread and needle. Not cruel at all. My daughters ears were pierced before 6 months old and my granddaughters were 6 months and 3 yrs. old.
I know people who had their kids ears pierced at birth. Don’t wait till they are too old tho. My first ear piercing was at age 6 and they didn’t do both at the same time. Long story short, my ears are pierced slightly crooked…enough for me to notice anyways. 
I don’t think it’s cruel but I personally wouldn’t put my kids through that for no reason at all.
I plan to wait until she asks me for them. Then we can make a momma/daughter date out of it !
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My daughter was a month old, she probably cried for like 10 seconds, and did great after that. My mom got mine pierced when I was two weeks old. Everyone is different.
I have two daughters (2 year old & almost 5 month old) I so so badly wanted to get their ears pierced and before I had kids I always said i would get them done asap after they were born because i was only a few days old when my parents did mine. I’m glad mine were done when I was that little but I never wear earrings and I couldn’t bring myself to get my daughters ears pierced because I can’t stand to have them crying when they’re in pain 
I’m sure they would have been ok and it would have been harder on me mostly lol
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Baby girl was 6 months. Soooo glad I did it then! just make sure u keep them cleaned!& go to a Tattoo shop!!They are TRULY clean, sanitized, sterilized & know what their doing!!
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My sister got her daughters ears pierced 2 weeks ago. My niece is 8 months old 
I will not be getting my daughters ears pierced unless she asks me to when she is able to talk. Personally, I had my ears pierced at a young age, and I only wore them when my mom wanted me to. As an adult I only wear them on occasion and I wouldn’t be lost if I couldn’t.
When she told me she wanted them pierced.
I had mines done at 7 mo 
Did my daughters when she was 2. She said she wanted to be a princess
I’m really glad my Mum got my ears done when I was a baby because I’m a bitch with pain and when they closed up one time because I lost my earrings, redoing them HURT so bad. I’ll do it to my kids too because in the end if they don’t want earrings they can take them out
Got my girl done at 2 months
I have all my girls have theirs pierced… From 10 days old to around 6 months… Wouldn’t wait long bc then they notuce more and fuss and try to pull them out.
My daughter is 4 and her ears aren’t pierced. I think that should be her decision. I’m teaching her that it’s her body and she can say no. She has yet to agree to have her ears pierced
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Had all my kids ears done all at age 1
My boy got his skull earrings at the tattoo shop
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I’m going to wait until she wants her ears pierced, then I plan on using that as leverage. I’m saying clean room, good grades, maybe some extra help with the trash in the pets.
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Had my daughters ears pierced when she was 6 months old and they are still pierced and she’s 11. Yes she cried a little, but that’s it. No biggie. Easy to take care of when they are little.
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Have done as early as possible
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It’s all preference. Personally, I got my ears pierced young and my ears weren’t done growing, so when I got older my earrings were no longer in the right spot and uneven. I hated it and didn’t wear earrings until I got them re-pierced as an adult. This is why my daughter’s won’t be pierced until she’s at least 10.
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not cruel. I think this is totally mommy’s chice. I think you just have to be careful for infection so young.
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I’m a bit on the fence about it, I mean I dont have a daughter, but when I was a baby, my mom got mine done at a couple months old. So I was so young that I dont remember the pain, so if anyone says it’ll traumatize the baby, that’s bull, or at least in my case it didn’t. But then again I do like the idea of letting my future daughter choose when she wants them pierced, and she can pick out the earrings herself.
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I don’t agree with it. I cringe when I see babies with earrings. Let them decide when they are old enough. There not there for you to accessorise!
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4 months when my daughter had her ears done, she didn’t even cry or anything and was conpleatly fine.
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I let my daughter decide when or if she wanted them done.
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For my LO I am personally waiting for 2 things. 1.) When she is old enough to choose for herself. 2.) Once she hits age 6+ she can get them done at a tattoo shop 
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I had 3 girls first was 5 years old slight flinch no problem …2nd about 3 screamed after 1 ear lol just did second real quick before she noticed …3rd 18 months absultly no problem barely noticed …
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Would not do it. I don’t need a blinged out baby.
It’s completely unnecessary. Pain for no real reason. It baffles me, why anyone would care more about their child’s ears looking ‘fashionable’ than them experiencing any unnecessary pain.
Whole thing is messed up and needs to be banned. And no I don’t care if you had it done when you was a baby and are happy your parent did it to you because you don’t remember the pain - that doesn’t mean it wasn’t painful that doesn’t mean you as a baby didn’t feel the pain and cry your eyes out. And no I don’t care if your child ‘didn’t even cry’ because there was no way for you to predict their reaction than to put them in that unnecessary position in the first place.
There is nothing wrong with your child’s ears as they are, don’t put holes in your child, if it was anywhere else on the body everyone would freak out. It’s no different to me than piercing their lip for instance. Wrong wrong wrong.
unnecessary cruelty…mine is 4yrs n still not pierced…it’ll be her decision to do it if n whenever she wants to
When I was only 2/3 my.num has peirced my ears and to b fair I don’t remember her doing it I prob cried for a few mins nd that was it in greatful I got it done I Ware earrings all of the time and never closed up on me my daughter is 8 and doesn’t have it done but she wants to get it done. Each to their own. I don’t think,it suits boys myself but each to their own
Whats pierced ears against getting the little finger nicked. Its all the same atguement. Id rather do it at 3 to 6 months so they grow up learning how to take care of it and dont make an infection picking at them as a child would because its a foreign object in their head
Why pierce her nose and belly button too.
I wanted to get my now 8 year olds done when she was a baby and my dad was totally against me for wanting to do it, but then I was glad to have waited cuz she chose to get her ears pierced when she was about 5/6 years old and we were able to have a bonding moment. Plus a girls day of shopping for earrings etc. My youngest daughter is now 2 years old and I’ll wait with her to see when and if she wants to have hers done.
If my daughter would of survived then I would of waited and let her decide but thats me. My niece had her ears done at a pretty young age and that was her moms choice and I think its cute
My daughter was around 8 months when i got her’s done
I’ve had mine done since I dont even know… I dont remember, and certainly dont remember any pain.
However I do have 2 daughters and I will let them choose if they want them done when they are old enough to be interested in it
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If I had a girl, she’d have them done at 3 months ( the age piercing proganda lets you)
I had my daughter’s done at six months. As she got older, she decided she didn’t like them. She’s 9 now and doesn’t wear earrings, but every few months I put a pair in for a weekend to keep them open, just in case she changes her mind. In a few years, if she still doesn’t want them she can decide to let them close. I watched my niece panic and cry and back out seven times before she finally got them done at 14. Doing it early prevents them from fearing it. They can always decide to let them close up when they’re older.
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I’ll wait till she is old enough till she can decide if she wants them pierced or not.
My daughter was 8 because she wanted them… I really dont agree with doing it to babies
I don’t think it is cruel I think it’s unnecessary. The baby doesn’t know the difference so who are you doing it for ?
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Please don’t. Till they are old enough to ask for it.
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I waited till my daughter was old enough to decide she was like 10 or 11
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My opinion is that it’s the child’s body. It should be their choice when they get older! I haven’t pierced my daughters ears and won’t until she is between the ages of 7-10 when she is old enough to make that decision herself. I think it’s unnecessary pain and discomfort for the child to be put through. Also I’ve seen a lot of children with severe infections because they play with them or rip them out because they are too little to know better then to leave it alone. To each parent their own thing but my children will make that decision themselves.
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No. Piercing is body modification. This should be done at the discretion of the individual. No one should be making that choice for them.
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My daughters were done at 6 weeks
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My daughter has a congenital heart defect and her cardiologist will not clear her for getting her ears done. She is 14.
I would let a child decide for themselves and they would have to be old enough to take care of the piercing… my son was 8 when he got his…
My girls are 7 and still don’t have their ears pierced. Let you kid pick when she wants to do it, it’s usually a big deal and part of them becoming a big girl. My Dad waited till I was 8 and I remember feeling so grown and proud of myself.
We plan on waiting until she is old enough to want them.
Me and my hubby disagree. He thinks it’s fine, I’d wait until she could make the choice herself… coming from a pierced and tattooed mom.
I have pierced all my kids ears and they LOVE them. Especially my son, he’s 4 and got them done at 3 months. If an earring falls out, they are begging me to go to the store that same day to get them new ones. I don’t think its cruel at all, although others feel differently. Do what you want, its your baby. Honestly, its an ear piercing, not a tattoo. I’m all for teaching children consent and allowing them to make decisions about their own body, but this has become such a controversial topic and I just don’t understand why. I’m currently oregnant with #5 and yes, I’ll be getting hers pierced at 3 months as well.
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I don’t think it’s cruel I just don’t think it’s your choice what if your kid grows up and doesn’t want piercings and holes in their body it’s not your choice to make they need to be old enough to say hey can I get my ears pierced just my opinion. Would you tattoo your kid your baby you know any other permanent change that you’re choosing for them ??
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My mum had mine done when I was I was about 2 but if I had a daughter (I have 3 sons) I wouldn’t have them done until they were older
My daughters are 2.5 and 1… still not pierced. The oldest is starting to take note of mine and ask for them, but still going to wait a bit until she understands better
6 weeks and all 3 slept right they it, and it’s a personal choice:)
Mine were done when I was 3 months. I def dont remember anything and Im not scarred emotionally/mentally from it. My oldest got hers done at 3-4yrs old, we had to let them close because she didnt like us touching them to clean/change. Her ears closed, then at 6yrs old she wanted them pierced and was a little upset that we let them close in the first place and she had to get them done again (cause she doesnt remember the first time they were done)… And also, no crying
My son is four and wants him done. Im a little hesitant because he is only 4. He sees i have mine done and asks me almost daily to get him ears pierced.
I waited to allow pierced ears for my daughters until they were old enough to understand the process & help care for them. Mine were pierced at 2 yrs old in the old fashioned way (ice cube, needle, earring). I remember. 
Still have them, never closed up.
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Nope nope nope!
They cant consent, wait until they are older and can ask for it then go to a reputable tattoo shop with an experienced piercer.
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My dad did mine at 1 month old and i think its better qhen there smaller just so they dont remember feeling it get done instead of waiting and it being harder when there older
8 months for 1st daughter 6 months for 2nd. Guess what no ear Infections because I took care of them. It’s your choice
Do it when they are young… they honestly don’t hurt much more than getting shots, and the don’t take long too heal, just keep them clean. When they are babies, they don’t play with them as much as they would if you wait untill they are a toddler 
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