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.

I would only do it when they were older if they wanted to.

Why do some people think its ok to pierce the ears of babies but not other parts of them?
No child should have unecessary holes made in them until they are old enough to understand and consent, post Primary school as a minimum but preferably 16

What education do you think people may need to feel that making holes in their baby for cosmetic purposes is OK exactly?

Of course it's a big deal. It's holes in the earlobe. It's a totally manageable pain for an older child or adult who is prepared and wants it but for a baby why would you? Just why? It's not necessary, wait until she can choose for herself. You asked before if most UK women have ears pierced - yes we do, but most of us had them done as older kids or adults when we made a choice.

It's basically irrational. What's the point of piercing a (girl) babies ears? Why? What advantage does it give? What message? Cultural or otherwise, it just doesn't make sense.

People need to educate themselves before they write such awful comments

I don't need to be told that unnecessary piercings in a baby can lead to infections, even death, thank you.

When the child is old enough to consent. Absolutely no reason to pierce a baby's ears and no reputable studio would do so.

I think that putting a needle through a child’s skin anywhere other than ears would be seen as abuse but social norms in some social groups make ear piercings acceptable. They’re not seen as acceptable in my social circles. child abuse in the name of beauty is a bit sick, surely?

This genuinely makes me feel sick. Why the fuck anyone does this to a tiny baby is beyond me.

I first had mine done as a baby in the eighties (then later as a teen) but I'm not sure we should really be aspiring to a time when children also being smacked was more commonplace too, though I know you will agree with this.

Culture as a reason for inflicting any kind of pain via bodily mutilations to someone who can’t consent is just wrong.

No - it’s that most of us do not cause pain to a child for no good reason. I had mine done at 18. Most mates had theirs done at 12-15. There is no way I would have taken my DC as children. It should be banned.

I've had my ears pierced 3 times. Once when I was around 5-6 and asked for them.
My ears got badly infected, aftercare not being practiced correctly was blamed for this, piercings were removed and holes closed. When I was around 10 I asked again, had them redone. Again badly infected, holes were allowed to close. Had my navel done at 15, it was then discovered I have an allergy to gold/silver/stainless steel etc, I have to use titanium or something similar. At 30 I had my ears pierced for the 3rd time, with suitable studs this time to avoid infection. It worked, but I'll be honest in saying they took almost 3 months to heal! 3 months before I was able to pull a told over my head, or wash my hair etc without pain/discomfort. I did everything I was told, lots of research and apparently for some people, this is just the case and healing is a long process.

Please don't pierce your babies ears. You may think it will be a short term pain, you may even categorise it like a vaccination kind of pain. But it really isn't. Babies can't tell you that is what is keeping them up at night (I couldn't lay on my side for months) or if it's hurting more or for longer than it should. At least wait until they're able to talk to you and give consent, but ideally older.

I couldn't put it better myself.

@ Oakleffy
"
When it comes to carat rating, the higher the carat, the more expensive the gold. This is because carat rating relates directly to purity. 9ct gold, for example, is 9/24 parts pure gold, whereas 22 carat gold is 22/24 parts pure."

Hope this will help to open your eyes about gold , do bit of research online you will see. Most of us we use 22 carat gold jewels.

I think the poster, like most people, understands that, they were commenting that in the UK most people dont wear high carat gold as a standard thing

As a parent of DC who did not sleep like so many of us, I find it unfathomable thet someone would do something that'll cause discomfort even if only for a couple of nights. I used to dread a short cold as I knew even a couple of unsettled nights would trigger a sleep regression for months. 🙈

I’m an American who had mine pierced on request for my 12th birthday. It was considered a right of passage and it hurt like absolute hell. There was no option for me to have had them pierced before I was 12.

It would be brilliant if, when parents bring their babies/toddlers to have their ears pierced, the assistant pulled out the piercing gun and pierced the parent instead 😅 And then, when the parents onbjected, feigned confusion and said, "But I thought you were fine with people being pierced without consent?"

That's brilliant 😂!

Well that made me laugh. Thanks.

I waited until my daughter was old enough to say she was interested in getting it done - around 12.

My friend's MiL was desperate for her to get her baby girl's ears pierced but she didn't want her to have it done until she was older. One day, when MiL was looking after the baby, she took her into the jeweller's and got it done!

In some quarters of the U.K. piercing babies ears is considered pretty chavvy

Along with those dreadful headbands, slogan outfits, overly fussy frilly lacey dresses, trainers ,blinged up dummies and other stuff I can't think of atm

Omg. I'd go ballistic.