ear piercing.. what age?

[ditsydoll]

Just wondering what age you would deem suitable for your dds to have their ears pierced?

Exactly the same as 70. Except hers didn't heal up for start of school and she had to have treatment. She had been super careful tbf.

Toby IIRC Claires will pierce babies if they had their injections (so, about 3 months? ) with the production of the Baby Book.

I didn't pay much attention to that part though (because I wasn't taking a baby there)

I wasn't allowed mine to be done until I was 14. I imagine that's pretty old in today's world though

Blimey, what alot of drama about ear peircing!!! Amazed that some people make their dds wait till they are 16 or even 18! So controlling! I'm not interested in jewelry at all so mine closed up years and years ago. Dd is very different to me, very into dressing up and all that. She had hers done at 9, most of her friends have had theirs done. Never had any problems.

Yes, 70. I just read their form which needs to be filled in before you get your ears pierced there.

It says "if over 4 months, has the child received its final immunisations?"

It doesn't actually say they won't do it if not, mind!

Mushy my mum made me pay for mine (she really didn't want me to have them done TBH. I was 14 when she relented. I saved the £2.50 - it was years ago- and tottered off to the local hippy shop, run by the friendly neighbourhood drug peddlar (i kid yea not) and had them done )

My DD cost £40. I wouldn't have made the little soul pay that herself .

What are final immunisations?

70 can't believe Claire's will pierce babies? Ugh ugh ugh. Who in their right mind would go there with a baby?

I must have missed something. I've never made a connection between earrings and the concept of sexy.

Who knows, exit? I'm 36 and have just had a whooping cough immunisation. Maybe I'm not done yet!

Claire's will pierce any babies that have had all their final jabs, so around 3-4 months old.

4 months, after their injections both mine got theirs done, meh it's only MN that seems to care about this in RL I have not had any looks or nagative comments. DD actually has hers done twice and had the second holes done when she was 3, I don't see the problem.

Dd2 had hers done at 6 - has been fine. Dd3 has been asking if she can have hers done but she's only 4 - will probably wait a bit.

But why pierce a tiny baby's ears?

Not judging, just asking. What are the reasons for doing that?

Spose it depends on where you live.

judges more

I suppose 'looking cute' is subjective.

I like to control my child. Is that wrong?

whenever either asked for their ears pierced.

Yes. Children are free spirits. They should be allowed to have holes punched into their body whenever they choose.

Wearing earrings like using make up is consciously or not primarily used to make a person more attractive mostly for the benefit of attracting a partner. You wouldn't put a make up in a toddler a school age child so why the permanent piercing is different.

I have several hole punchers.

She asked, she had Xmas money and it saved buying plastic crap. I'm not sure really. It just didn't seem like a massive deal. She wants to go horse riding lessons. It might hurt but she knows that. I can't see the difference really.
DD is mental about pain. She didn't even cry at injections

Horse riding and ear piercing do not mix. Trust me. Choose horses.