Page 9 | 5 nearly 6 year old wants her ears pierced. Would you?

Charsy01 · 2021-04-23T09:48:14+00:00

My only daughter so this is all new to me. She’s mentioned she wants her ears pierced (she’s 6 soon). Would you let her or wait? I was about 7 I think! A few of her friends in her class have but some will be 7 in the new year school. Dd is one of the youngest. I’m just worried she’ll fiddle with it all the time which totally puts me off as don’t want any infections. Advice on this please? What’s a good age?

thinkfast · 23/04/2021 17:10

No. I was 13 when I had mine done. They looked lovely. I grew a bit and now the piercings are quite crooked. It rules put certain styles of earring as they look strange.

Lollipopmum0183 · 23/04/2021 17:10

@HerMammy

MN has some odd ideas, it’s common for a child under secondary age to have pierced ears? utter snobbery at its best. Nice to know ppl on here are judging the appearance of young kids, it’s two tiny holes in their ears that takes seconds to do not some agonising long term pain or mutilation.

Yes!! 😂 Had my daughters ears pierced when she was 2. Would have been sooner if husband agreed. No problems with it at all. Ever. Very sporty as well. And she wore a gold christening bangle until it was cut off when she was about 10. 😂 she is 21 now and still loves to wear jewellery. Get a life people. I love to see little girls with their ears pierced. You people are snobs. 😂

steff13 · 23/04/2021 17:13

@RosesAndHellebores

I told dd she could have them done at the onset of the monarch which I anticipated would be about 13/14 like me. She had them done at 10; she wasn't like me in that respect.

I assume you mean menarche. I don't know what the Queen would have to do with it.

HmmmmmmInteresting · 23/04/2021 17:13

Had my daughters ears pierced when she was 2. Would have been sooner if husband agreed. No problems with it at all. Ever. Very sporty as well. And she wore a gold christening bangle until it was cut off when she was about 10. 😂 she is 21 now and still loves to wear jewellery. Get a life people. I love to see little girls with their ears pierced. You people are snobs. 😂

I do too- looks super-cute

FeelinHappy · 23/04/2021 17:14

Just a thought for others who may be thinking of getting ears done at the start of the summer.

My kids go to outward bound summer camps for childcare where they get wet canoeing, smear mud on themselves doing tracking etc and they come home utterly filthy. I would be more worried about new piercings getting infected or pulled with this kind of thing than in a school PE lesson. We went with start of the Easter hols instead.

LuaDipa · 23/04/2021 17:14

[quote HerMammy]@LuaDipa
would be absolutely mortified to have pierced ears
maybe you need to wonder why such an extreme reaction would occur?
is it because you’re putting your opinions into her?
Unless you wear earrings nobody is noticing if you have a pinhole in your ear![/quote]
It’s nothing to do with my opinions. My dd is her own person and couldn’t care less about my opinion when it comes to her style. These days she likes to keep things simple and scruffy.

All children change as they grow up, which is why I would never allow a young child to make a permanent change to her body. If she asked now I would happily reconsider, but she wouldn’t because she no longer likes jewellery in the way she did when she was small.

Maggiesfarm · 23/04/2021 17:36

@HmmmmmmInteresting

Had my daughters ears pierced when she was 2. Would have been sooner if husband agreed. No problems with it at all. Ever. Very sporty as well. And she wore a gold christening bangle until it was cut off when she was about 10. 😂 she is 21 now and still loves to wear jewellery. Get a life people. I love to see little girls with their ears pierced. You people are snobs. 😂

I do too- looks super-cute

I don't see what is snobbish about having a different opinion.

firstimemamma · 23/04/2021 17:42

I'd never agree to it until the child was at least 12.

0gfhty · 23/04/2021 18:01

No way! Also ripped ear lobes from children's activities/sport

Whatafustercluck · 23/04/2021 18:11

No. Ds is 10 and wants his ear pierced (has done for 2 years). He's got to wait until secondary school. Same will apply to dd (4) if she starts asking. Besides, I'll tell her it hurts like a bastard. Hate seeing little kids with pierced ears - a 2yo has her ears pierced for the parents' wants, not her own.

Maggiesfarm · 23/04/2021 18:25

I remember when I was a young woman, in the 1980s, a fashion in some areas for little girls to wear rabbit fur coats and boys wearing little sheepskins, both had pierced ears (one ear in the case of the boys). They looked like mini versions of used car salesmen and hairdressers. If that was fashionable now, would they be having tattoos?

SoupDragon · 23/04/2021 18:41

@HmmmmmmInteresting

Had my daughters ears pierced when she was 2. Would have been sooner if husband agreed. No problems with it at all. Ever. Very sporty as well. And she wore a gold christening bangle until it was cut off when she was about 10. 😂 she is 21 now and still loves to wear jewellery. Get a life people. I love to see little girls with their ears pierced. You people are snobs. 😂

I do too- looks super-cute

Small children are "super cute" without flashy adornments.

doubleshotespresso · 23/04/2021 18:43

My mother in law asks at least once a fortnight when DD will be getting her ears pierced.
Answer always the same when she's received her first report at secondary school

Beamur · 23/04/2021 19:47

My DD had hers done after primary school, but despite wanting it done, she really didn't like it. They didn't heal very well and after persevering for several months she took them out and has let them close up.

Justgorgeous · 23/04/2021 21:31

Nope, I’m thinking when she finishes primary school.

ohgenome · 23/04/2021 21:48

@SoupDragon

Small children are "super cute" without flashy adornments.

Totally agree - it's not "snobbery" to say this either and the chance of infection is a lot higher than many are aware of - pseudomonas are real and debilitating.

They are not something you inflict on a child (or God-forbid - a baby or non-consenting toddler)

Would you risk your child being infected with other unnecessary interventions?

Absolutely mad in my opinion - and I had piercings (ears/nose etc..) as an adolescent so not being "anti-piercings". I have also had three operations to repair ear/nose damage.

RosieGirl27 · 23/04/2021 21:55

I think I was about 7 when I had mine done, I asked for them so my mum took me. I’ve had no problems with them had 3 extra holes professionally pierced in my ears aswell as making a few myself as a teenager. I’ve had multiple piercings and my ear lobes are the only ones I still wear as an adult.

Cipot · 23/04/2021 21:57

In a word, no. Too young.

minniemomo · 23/04/2021 22:12

I let my dd, wouldn't leave them alone, had to take away after 6 months

RainbowMum11 · 23/04/2021 22:32

I was 13.
8 yo DD won't be having hers done until she is old enough to look after them herself, probably the summer before she goes to secondary school.

lioncitygirl · 23/04/2021 22:35

Nope. Too young IMO. Start of secondary school maybe.

cherish123 · 23/04/2021 22:37

No. Definitely far too young. I would say not at primary school.

Babyroobs · 23/04/2021 22:38

No.

Cissyandflora · 23/04/2021 22:48

Definitely not. I don’t like earrings on children before the age they can decide for themselves about piercings.

Popetthetreehugger · 23/04/2021 22:48

Times change .... my best friend did mine with a hot needle and a cork when we were 11 in the early 70s , my sister in law took my 2 yr old DD out and brought her back with pierced ears . Yet now I’d have a fit ( to myself ) if my granddaughters had them before 10 🤷‍♀️