how do you guys feel

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Posted by ant n tilde

i got mine pierced when i was a month old and i will probably do the same with my daughter

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same here

My mom didn't believe in ear piercing, so I didn't have mine done until I was 17.

I think that if I had a daughter, I would wait until she was at least 5 or old enough to understand about wearing earrings.
My sister did that with my niece, waiting until she was a little bit older. Just can't remember if it was 3 or 4.

Mine were pierced as an infant. By the time I was 6 months they'd healed so I knwo they were done pretty young. I grew up in a hispanic family-everyone did it. All the little girls had pierced ears. It was just the thing to do.

Would I personally be able to pierce my baby's ears? NOPE. Someone else could do it but I hate even putting a band-aid on someone. i am not squeamish but as soon as they say OUCH I flinch.

If we can't get someone else to do the baby's ears I would just wait till she was old enough to want to go and we would go together. i am not against pierced ears for young girls, I just do not want to DO the piercing!

Ironically my mom pierced mine when i was an infant YET when i wanted a second hole she had a fit and I had to sneak and do it when I was 18., Then I came back with 3 LMAO. She was not happy.

i was 7 and it hurt so bad! i think the earlier the better, but i guess your ears grow and the holes end up being to high....

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Posted by carolinep24

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Posted by AeroJenn

I had mine done for my 1st birthday (all together now: 'awwwwwww')

I plan to put my own daughter through the same unnecessary pain one day. It'll teach her at a young age that BEAUTY IS PAIN.

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that's cool... I circumcised my son b/c I wanted him to know at an early age WHO'S BOSS

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outloud belly laugh

I wasn't allowed to get my ears pierced, then when I was 14 my mom got hers redone and I begged my parents to let me get mine. My mom was fine with it, she helped me convince my dad who finally gave in. Then when I turned 18 I went back and got one more hole in my left ear!!

DD is 11, she doesn't have pierced ears and doesn't seem to have any interest in it. I understand the reason for piercing a little girl's ears at a young age, but it's not something that we'll do.

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Posted by carolinep24

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Posted by AeroJenn

I had mine done for my 1st birthday (all together now: 'awwwwwww')

I plan to put my own daughter through the same unnecessary pain one day. It'll teach her at a young age that BEAUTY IS PAIN.

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that's cool... I circumcised my son b/c I wanted him to know at an early age WHO'S BOSS

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Oh shlt, that was too funny, I am crying over here!!!

I had mine done when I was 6, 7, and 8. The first time I wouldn't let them do the second ear.
The second time one of the balls went into my ear and the post fell off, I had to go to a dr to get it out! The the 3rd and final time it toom, I do not remember at what age I put in the 2nd and 3rd holes, but they were all at different times!

I pierced DD's ears at about 6-8 months, it took that long because I didn't want to hurt her, but if you want to do it, do it young, because they are such babies when they get over a year!

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Posted by PeteysBride

Mine were pierced as an infant. By the time I was 6 months they'd healed so I knwo they were done pretty young. I grew up in a hispanic family-everyone did it. All the little girls had pierced ears. It was just the thing to do.
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same here

i think in hispanic families its VERY common to pierce a baby girl's ears when they are an infant. i believe i was only about 3 or 4 months old. they did it old fashioned.....numbed the earlobe with lots of ice--then a needle, thread, and a cork to catch the needle.

my godmother had her niece's ears pierced the day after she got out of the hopsital!

i probably wouldn't do it THAT way. but when i have a baby i would probably have her ears pierced very young also....just kind of a tradition.

DH wanted it done right away. But I want to keep Ella pure for as long as possible so I am holding off. When she asks me if she can have them pierced, then we'll get it done.

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Posted by MJDoc12

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Posted by PeteysBride

Mine were pierced as an infant. By the time I was 6 months they'd healed so I knwo they were done pretty young. I grew up in a hispanic family-everyone did it. All the little girls had pierced ears. It was just the thing to do.
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same here

i think in hispanic families its VERY common to pierce a baby girl's ears when they are an infant. i believe i was only about 3 or 4 months old. they did it old fashioned.....numbed the earlobe with lots of ice--then a needle, thread, and a cork to catch the needle.

my godmother had her niece's ears pierced the day after she got out of the hopsital!

i probably wouldn't do it THAT way. but when i have a baby i would probably have her ears pierced very young also....just kind of a tradition.

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Exactly! Numb the kid's ears and then STAB! Who cares if she cries? She was a collicky baby anyway

I spoke to DH awhile ago and he actually said he'd want her ears pierced so I'd let him work out who did it. I just couldn't be in the room until it was over so I could be the 'good' 'nice' parent.

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Posted by MJDoc12

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Posted by PeteysBride

Mine were pierced as an infant. By the time I was 6 months they'd healed so I knwo they were done pretty young. I grew up in a hispanic family-everyone did it. All the little girls had pierced ears. It was just the thing to do.
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same here

i think in hispanic families its VERY common to pierce a baby girl's ears when they are an infant. i believe i was only about 3 or 4 months old. they did it old fashioned.....numbed the earlobe with lots of ice--then a needle, thread, and a cork to catch the needle.

my godmother had her niece's ears pierced the day after she got out of the hopsital!

i probably wouldn't do it THAT way. but when i have a baby i would probably have her ears pierced very young also....just kind of a tradition.

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thats how we do it in my italian family too, i mean that is how we DID it i wont be doing that - some pediatricians do it so i will go that route

at birth most italian girls already have a few pairs of hoop diamond earrings

I got my ears pierced at a very young age....I dont rem the pain! lol

My sister and SIL pierced my neice's ears at 6 mths - thats what the dr recommended.

My neice is now 9 mths - and I love her lil diamond studs on her lil tiny ears!!!

ETA: I got mine pierced at a couple of mths - the old fashioned way - my mom 'hired' someone to do it for her! BUT...my sister and SIL made the DR pierce my neice's ears, and I plan to do the same thing when I have a daughter.