Piercing baby girl’s ears

[PumpkinSpiceMuffins]

Has anyone pierced their baby’s ears? When is the best time to do it? Is it uncomfortable for the baby to be wearing earrings all the time? I’m interested in my daughter having a piercing that never closes even if she doesn’t wear earrings for years.

Why not just wait until your child can decide for herself whether or not she wants her ears pierced?

No I haven’t and wouldn’t. The best time is when they’re not a baby and can consent to it. It’s a horrible thing to do. Your baby is perfect as she is. Don’t make holes in her.

Pretty daft reason to pierce the ears of a baby. What if she never wants them done?
My dd is 21 and has shown no interest in getting them done

Reputable places don’t pierce babies ears. Most places that use a needle need the child to be 8 or 10. Please don’t get a babies pierced. The holes can move as they grow!

Awful thing to do. Don’t do it. Wait until she can decide for herself and consent.

I’m interested in my daughter having a piercing that never closes

Why?
Why cause unnecessary pain?

When she is 18 - ie an adult - she can decide for herself. No child needs her ears pierced; it's just horrible.

FFS why so many threads about parents mutilating their children?

This.

Why? It's cruel. Wait until she's old enough to decide she wants them pierced herself.

Why would you want to cause your baby distress just so you can hang pretty sparkly things off her earlobes?
Mothers are meant to protect children from unnecessary harm, not inflict it.

Leave her to make the decision herself when she is old enough.

No idea. Same thing over and over.

I’m cringing at the pile on you’re going to get here, but I agree with everyone else, I don’t understand why you’d do that to a baby.

Why? What till they can ask.

Hand grenade.

Imagine. You have a beautiful baby and you want to cause pain so that she can wear earrings? Do you realise how that sounds?

Why?! What a terrible idea. It's a form of abuse. Also it looks chavtastic and tacky. Wait until she's old enough to have them pierced. Be a better parent.

Can you explain why you want to put holes in your baby?

it doesn't make any difference how you get them done, nothing will stop them closing over if she doesn't wear earrings.

id never do it, but if you go ahead, get it done properly with a needle (often tattoo places will do it, but maybe not on babies) and NOT with a gun (like Claire's etc) I wonder if there are any clinical places that do it (primarily for religious/cultural reasons)??

Does anyone know if they still do this routinely in Spain??

Jesus Christ it should be illegal

Wow, was not expecting this response. I’m not dead set on doing this. Just considering. It’s quite a normal thing to do in the US (where I am from).

Don't do something just because others consider it "normal". Think about what you're doing as a parent.

Ugh, it's so tacky and bordering on safeguarding IMO. Just leave your child's beautiful ears alone til she can make her own decision.

…That’s what I’m doing right now with this thread.

I had mine done as a baby. Its normal in my culture and I'm glad that I wasn't old enough to remember the discomfort personally but I wouldn't do it to my own children. Also if you're focused about it not closing, I took mine out fidgeting as a five year old, it closed and needed re-piercing. Then when I went to get my second lobes done as an adult the piercer took one look and could tell I had been pierced as a baby as it had grown crooked with age. My sister on the other hand got hers once she was old enough to ask and understand about aftercare, keeping it clean etc which I think is reasonable

As you can see from the replies it is considered quite an unnecessary and barbaric practice by most UK parents (most posters on here are UK based, but we welcome posters from all parts of the world).