When to pierce your child's ears?

[PrincessBabyCat]

If you have kids with pierced ears when did you pierce them? Did it cause any problems?

We want to pierce our baby's ears maybe at 4 months so she doesn't play with the earrings and cause an infection, and has had a couple rounds of vaccines.

Doctors have recommended waiting until at least a month, but it might be difficult if she can't hold her head up. We're currently playing with the pros and cons of when to do it. I had them done at 4 years old but I kept fidgeting with them and it caused some problems, my cousins that did it at 6 months were all fine.

I'm not particularly interested in a moral debate on this, more a practical weigh in. Thanks. :)

As others have said when there old enough to understand what they want I'd say 9 plus is acceptable it also bloody hurts !!

I agree with every poster who has said ear piercing should only be done when a child is old enough to understand what they are asking for, look after piercings themselves and agree to the piercing.

foreskin there was a woman who actually did that. :(