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We won't get her ears pierced until she asks for it and proves that she's old enough to take care of them. Honestly, I think unpierced ears are so pretty.

No, we won't. I don't even have my own ears pierced, I wear clip-ons if I wear earrings. I don't like the idea of piercing infants ears, just because I think that should be a choice they make for themselves when they are old enough to make it.

I think it's a family tradition thing. In my family we tend to do it around grade 2 or grade 3, if the girl wants to.

No way. I hate it when I see babies with pierced ears. There is no need for that in children that young. If we have a daughter, I will let her decide if she wants to get them pierced. When she does, we'll wait until they can be a reward for a job well done for something like acing a math test (if she's anything like me...)

My ears arent even pierced and I'm not big on jewelry so I wont be piercing my daughters ears. When she is older she can make that decision on her own

Personally, it's something I've always been against. I wouldn't ever put a baby through pain that was unnecessary. Until she's old enough to take care of pierced ears and only if she voices that she wants them pierced then I'll consider it.

I'm not sure. I got my ears pieced after begging my parents for months when I was 4. I think it might be fun to wait until a daughter asks for it around age 4 or 5. But I don't have anything against little babies getting their ears pierced.

I guess I"ll just have to wait until the time comes to decide!

I had to wait until my 10th birthday to get mine pierced. It was a big deal and I was old enough to really take care of the healing myself. I think we'll probably do the same.

i think i'll wait until my dd is older. so she can decide and take care of them herself. but i have pierced ears and i absolutely LOVE earrings.

I havent decided but probably wait until she is old enough to decide on her own..for some reason i feel bad for babies that have there ears pierced..

While I am not against it, I would rather let my little girl decide for herself. My mom had my ears pierced before I was ready and I hated it, I threw a fit everytime she tried to clean them or change them and one time I remember her trying to pin me down to try to change them.... they closed up after that. Then when I turned 13 I decided I was ready to have them pierced and had them done.

I got my ears pierced at age 4. It was perfect - I was old enough to have a say-so, and also old enough to be really excited about it. I was a flower girl in a wedding, and that was a special treat to go along with my dress!

I'm kind of against it, because it is unnecessary, and maybe she'll grow up never wanting to wear earrings. Not likely, but possible. I can't remember exactly what age my mom made me wait for, but it was tied to a certain age. It made me feel grown up, and it was clearly my decision (which was nice for my mom, since I ended up being mildly allergic to everything but sterling silver and gold. She had no guilt over my ears being swollen and crusty every time I wore earrings, and it was on me to treat it.)

Nope. I didn't pierce my ears until I was 22 and that was only because I was in my SIL's wedding and she had earrings she wanted all her bridesmaids to wear and I didn't want to be the one that couldn't wear them. I also wanted to be able to wear earrings at our wedding.

I am terrified of needles and I actually had both ears done at the same time (2 guns, 2 women, 1-2-3, go!). I want my daughter to be able to decide if that's something she wants done.

I probably will pierce them around their first birthday, if only because it is family tradition. I had them done at around 1, as well as my sisters. My mom took care of them so they never got infected.

Yes. She's 2months old, I will at 4months.

I had a similar experience as HabesBabe. Because of that, I would wait until my daughter could ask for it and take care of them on her own.

I had mine done when I was 6. If I remember correctly, it was my birthday treat. At that age, with mom's help, I was old enough take care of them. To this day, earrings are my favorite jewelery to wear (besides my wedding rings). If we have a daughter, I'll wait until she asks and can help take care of them.

My mom had my ears pierced when I was 9 WEEKS old. Yes, weeks. Luckily they turned out almost even, well not really. I got a second set of ear piercings when I was 13 years old. When I had both in, you could really tell that the first set was not even. However, alone they look just fine. One benefit is that they will NEVER close up. I went 9 years without earrings once, and they are still there!

I will not be getting my daughter's (once I have one) ears pierced until she can make that decision for herself.

I was just thinking about this...I think pierced ears on a baby are adorable but I think I will wait until she expresses interest. I got my ears pierced in the 6th grade after begging my mom for months!