DD7yo is begging to have her ears pierced tonight (school night) is it a bad idea?

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So, DD has been begging to have her ears done - fine by me, explained it hurts, taking care of them ect ect.
I suggested waiting until summer holidays due to PE ect.. but DD said the girls in her class don’t take their earrings out for PE and don’t tape them ect. I checked with those parents and the school and they are allowed to wear a small stud during PE. So DD wants it done asap.

Its a non uniform day tomorrow and DD is now begging relentlessly to have her ears done when she gets home tonight so she can show them to her friends with her non-uniform 😂

I don’t know if I’m overthinking it, is it a good idea to send her off to school with fresh piercings? Should we wait until the weekend, or do you think she’ll be ok if she did have them done tonight? She knows she can’t fiddle with them ect. They don’t have PE tomorrow anyway ect. But I’m so undecided.

There is no way we would get an appointment that quickly with any of the reputable piercers around here. Evenings are usually booked up.

I wouldn’t let her have them done just because she want on about it, it’s fine for her to learn to wait and you take her when you said she can have them done, the summer holidays. It’s worrying that there is no procedure for protecting children during PE in her school, not a good thing.

Presuming you want them done somewhere reputable, using a needle not a gun which is advised, would you even get an appointment at such short notice? My niece had hers done at a proper piercing place and there was a wait for an appointment.

If she wants them done, I’d wait until the school holidays as piercings can be a bite sore afterwards.

Not unless you can find a proper piercer who has an appointment available. Not Claire’s.

I’d wait until Easter then she’s got the holidays to get used to them and you’ve got time to pick a suitable place and get booked in first. 7 year olds want everything done asap, learning to wait is good!

It's a dreadful idea! Ideally it wouldn't be allowed on under 16s imho but if you must have it done, wait for the holidays when you can make an appointment at a reputable place and she will have time to look after her ears if you think that she is capable of that.

Wait until the Easter holidays.

Be the parent. She’s nagging - so what? Explain the more she nags the less likely you are to let her have it done any time, never mind now.

If you can find a piercer tonight, then I would.
Why not! It will make her happy and will be magical for her.

My younger dd's were 4 and 5. A year of begging. They had an older sibling who had theirs done..
They knew it would hurt. They were expected to help clean them with surgical spirit... The older one cried. The youngest actually was too excited to cry!
Now 19 and 20 and never had any issues.

I agree with the other posters. There is no chance you will find a reputable poster that will pierce a 7yo on such short notice.

however, if you do find a professional piercer with an opening, I see no reason not to get them done on a school night.

You tell her no, she's seven and clueless - I would say yes to bring her some clip on earrings from her pocket money (warning her that they also hurt if too tight),cbut honestly this will be a very very (very) long line of must have requests, so choose wisely which ones you say yes to.

She doesn't get ear piercing done twice, so it gets done properly, it will need regular cleaning and time to heal properly without risk of knocks - she may well feel under par the following day.

My friend is a tattoo artist and piercer, they said they will just come round and do it for her. (Using a needle obviously)

haven’t read many replies so far but saw some questions about getting an appointment - we don’t need one 😆

This my daughter hated she was the last one. But I made her wait for the summer holiday for year 7. Aged 12 she had to be able to look after them properly herself. Take your time and find a proper place to do it.

It’s fine. I get so sick of people’s self-righteous indignation of having ears pierced at Claire’s.

Only in the UK are people so ridiculously snooty about it.

Ok, a needle piercing might be better generally. But it’s not going to be the end of the world if your child has their ears pierced at Claire’s.

Hmm. Not sure I believe that, but if true, why haven’t you asked your friend for their advice? My sister was advised by the piercing place to book at the start of a school holiday with my niece to give it time to settle and for her to get used to it and said that is standard advice.

If your friend is qualified I see no issue, they might be a bit sore but she should be fine.

I’m not from the UK originally and piercings are done with a needle in my home country. Definitely not a UK thing, it’s just a best practice/safety thing.

I have a 7 year old and it's a no from me. Give her the best chance of it healing nicely by getting it done before a school break.

Wait for the beginning of the Easter holidays. Make an appointment now so she can look forward to it.

I wouldn’t be putting permanent holes in a 7 year old. Let her moan. Set a date you’d be happy to do it and stick to that.

It would be good for them to heal around the post a bit, with a few days of the surgical spirit and twisting, before being completely happy with anything PE lessons, or friends being very interested/poking them, could throw at them. A lot of schools say that you should be able to take out the earrings if asked, even if they do say 'studs are ok and they don't need to be protected'. Easter holidays might be the head start to keep them on a really good track to have few problems with aftercare.

Er, use the word 'no'?

We’re going away over Easter holidays so unlikely to have it done then as we’ll be in pools, on rides ect. We can wait until the weekend I just wanted to know if there was any negative reason why she should wait until after school tomorrow, she’s excited after a few years of wearing clip ons that end up making her ears red and sore.

I’m perfectly capable of parenting and saying no.. but if there was no reason not to then why would I say no to something she wants and can be done? If it makes me her happy then I’m all for it.. but obviously not if it’s at more risk of infection ect.