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No. She wants to but she's only 3. I think we will wait until she starts elementary, and it may even be a few years later than that.

Nope. She's four. If she really wanted them done I would probably let her but she's too scared. She told me recently that she's NEVER gong to get them pierced

Yes.

She started asking as early as age 3. By the time she was 4 she was very seriously asking more frequently. We started talking about how to clean them and they aren't toys etc. We also set the idea up front that she would pick one pair of earrings and not be changing them.

We let her get it done after she got her 5 year old shots before kindergarten. We told her if she had her shots and was brave, she could go get them pierced if she wanted to. She cried at shots and immediately asked to go get them pierced.

I had wanted to take her to a piercing saloon here in town that has an RN. But they dont pierce until age 7 when they feel the child can care for the piercing on their own and give consent on their own. So sadly that was out. Our doctor didn't do them. He assured me the mall would be fine.

We just did Claires at the mall and paid the extra for their 3 week healing solution.

No, not yet. I kind of toyed with the idea of getting them pierced as a baby. It's pretty common around here, a lot of people I know are from cultures that do it as a baby. And I've heard it can be better because they don't fidget with them, so there's less chance of infection.

But ultimately I just couldn't do it. I had mine done when I was 4, and I'm open to any age that she wants them.

No. They haven't asked and I don't want them to have pierced ears yet so we're good for now!

No. I'm going to wait until she asks and hope that she's at least 5 before she does so.

Not yet- I'm waiting for her to ask - she's 6

Yes at 12 months for both girls.

No, I don't believe in modifying my child's body without her consent. She's almost six, so I'd let her do it now if she wanted. But I don't think she knows anyone with pierced ears, so I doubt she's thinking about it.

No, my girl's ears are not pierced. I'll be fine with it when she's old enough to ask for them to be pierced, understand that it's permanent, and take care of them without my help. I didn't get mine pierced until I was 11, and feel like that was a good age.

No, I took her on her 8th birthday to a dedicated piercing place (I used to work at Claire's and I'd never take her there) and we waited 2 hours and she chickened out at the end. When she decides that her desire for earrings is worth the pain, I'll take her again. I got mine done at 12.

Nope. We will when she asks. My sister and I got ours done when we were I think 4 and 5 because we asked.

We waited until she asked, which was when she was 8. I thought that worked well.

Yep! It's a long standing tradition in my family to get them done on a girl's first birthday!

This picture was taken about 45 minutes after they were done. We took her to a professional body piercing studio and had them needle pierced. She was only upset for a minute or 2. They healed REALLY well. I am a huge advocate of skipping the gun for piercing and getting them done by needle.

DD is 5.5. She has been asking for over a year on and off but I do not think she is old enough to take care of them. She still complains about teeth brushing every day! So we will wait until she is a little older--probably in the 7-10 range. And I am going to try to look for her responsibility level more than age. I know we all had that friend who got her ears pierced too early and didn't take care of them and it was gross so I tell her that story when she is pestering me!

@MamaCate: the cleaning wasn't too bad. You don't have to scrub or twist anymore. Just dab on the solution two or three times a day. My 5 yr old protested one day and we simply told her she either cleaned them or they come out and don't get put back in. It's nice to only have to clean for 3 weeks now instead of 6 like I remember as a kid.

@T.H.O.U.: that is good to know! Thanks!

She was three or four and really ready! Didn't cry a drop! She started to wince and then went straight into smiles as they put the mirror in front of her. I highly recommend going to a place that pierces both ears at one time.
She was terrified of cleaning though. She saw a video on how they get infected if you don't clean it. I guess it was a little too graphic.

@T.H.O.U.: yeah, I don't remember the cleaning being a big issue at all. We never had a protest. Of course, our LO was only a year old, so maybe that helped.

I remember when I got my ears pierced, I was 8 and I was old enough to have developed this whole huge fear surrounding getting my ears pierced. So even though I wanted them (I had been begging my parents for ages), I was literally sick to my stomach from fear of the pain. And of course, the pain is nothing! It's like getting a shot. But I had mentally developed this big anxiety about it. That was one major benefit of doing it when DD was so young. No anxiety, no tears, no issues cleaning. And she's had them now for 3 years with no issue except a few lost pairs that had loose backs.