Ear piercing for a 5.5 year old???

[MrsBigD]

wasn't sure under which topic to list this...

dd (5.5) yesterday suddenly declared she wants her ears pierced. Guessing it's because one of her little friends has earrings. No idea when she had hers done. Guessing when she was a baby.

I've got pierced ears and recently started wearing earrings again to 'doll up' for work. So that's probably another factor.

Did get her some clip ons but she doesn't like them as they hurt. Don't blame her I never liked clips.

So the question really is... should be give in to her wish as a special treat for her 6th birthday in December? I'm just having visions that she gets so freaked by the first ear being done that they never get round to doing the second ear.

Also when I had my ears done they used this monstrosity of a wing gun which didn't hurt but looked very torture instrument like. Are those still in use or are there more harmless looking devices around nowadays???

TIA

I had to wait til I was 16 to shave my legs. So I rebelled when I was 15 and cut my legs to ribbons with my dads razor. That'll teach me

God no

£20! OMG it was £3 when i got mine done!!

Went in the jewellers (with a very good reputation) on the way home from work and they said
£12.50 to £25 depending on what earring you chose, they only use 9ct gold.

I won't use Clares as they don't always use gold and as said before will pierce babies ears. When i had mine done no jeweller would do under 3 years old.

gross gross gross

Christy, You could also try a reputable beauty salon as they'll actually have a qualification and approx £2m insurance for any treatments they carry out.

You can also ask for two therapists to do the ears simultaneously, and thus remove the 'fear factor' of the second ear.