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Mine were pierced when I was 3 months old. My pediatrician was Jamaican and was curious why my parents HADN'T had mine pierced yet. He asked if there was a reason we hadn't!
I'm really glad mine were pierced at 3 months. I like having no memory of it, and I still have earrings from when I was little that are nice to hold on to. So yeah, I'll be piercing any future DD's ears!
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I'd wait until she is older and asks because I would worry when she is little about her tugging at the earrings, or scratching herself, and earring infections. I was 8 when I got mine pierced and suffered off and on infections for years bc of sensitivity to metals - absolutely couldn't wear studs. As an adult I get zero infections, so I think it must have just been that skin was more sensitive as a child.
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Not until at least age 10, and she would have to ask, I wouldn't offer it up. I had them pierced at about 7, and I was not responsible enough to take care of them. Had them re-pierced about 10ish and that seemed to be a good age. Like @runnerd I had insanely sensitive ears (still do a little bit) so it was hard for me to take care of them as a young child.
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Probably! I've always thought piercings on little girls were adorable.
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I don't have a girl, but I'd I did I wouldn't pierce her ears until she asked. I don't find it the least bit cute on babies.
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@mediagirl: awww what a sweet memory!!
I read through all the comments - very interesting to hear all the different perspectives!
I am in the camp of waiting until she is old enough to care for her ears herself. My grandma took me when I was 7 for my birthday and it was a fond memory for me also.
HOWEVER knowing that my future DD will probably be bald like my son might change my mind!! My mom pierced my sister's ears when she was a few months old because she was always mistaken for a boy (she was bald). My son is bald and while it works for a boy to be bald, not so well with a girl... so I'm open to change
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@yoursilverlining: I think the clothing you're referring to is labeled more as teen clothing
personally as an adult/woman I would never wear pants with "juicy" and slogans across my butt, crop tops, mini skirts, and really low jeans... those were things I wanted to wear in jr and sr high school. But once I was 18-19 they were distasteful IMO. So in that sense I'm with you on not dressing a baby like a teenager!!
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I think 10 will be the magical age - if she wants it sooner she will have to wait.
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@sloaneandpuffy: Lurve her:)
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@Mrs. Pen: DD is super bald I just put a headband on her every day. I don't think she has left the house without a headband since she was a few weeks old and that is only because we were team green so I didn't have any yet lol.
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@Mrs.B: aww!! good idea
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We will probably wait. I was 16 when I got my ears pierced. My mom didn't let us. She told me no so I let it go. My sister wouldn't let it go so my mom told her to ask my grandmother thinking that there is no way she would let her since she didn't let my mom do it. Well, my grandmother didn't know why my mom was so upset and stubborn. It was just a hole in our ear. So, we got our ears pierced. I was 16, my sis was 13, and the youngest was 10. So, the youngest one had to wait until she was 10. Now my mom decided to get her ears pierced and she was over 40 and still felt rebellious when she got her ears pierced. Ha ha!!!!!
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@sloaneandpuffy: beautiful baby girl~
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I think it will be a fun activity to do together when she is older and can appreciate it.
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@Jennimac: haha that's a cute story. Totally reminded me of my friends mom who got her nose pierced at 50ish with her sisters and it actually doesn't look as bad as I expected!
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Please don't let me take credit for this baby -- she's not mine but every time we went to update our registry I saw her photo (baby model) and I seriously think she's one reason I changed my mind on baby earrings!
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@Mrs. Pen: @Mrs.B: I think this is the main reason why my DH wants our LO to get pierced early (and also so she won't remember the pain). His family produces notoriously bald babies! He and his sister were bald till they were about 3! My SIL & MIL still talk about how people used to ask them why their little boy was dressed in a dress or pink, etc. and SIL was old enough to understand and cry about it. I think DH doesn't want our LO to have that kind of confusion and trauma, LOL! What a daddy will worry about right?
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@shopaholic: lol aww.. I should mention that even with her ears pierced people still thought that my sister was a boy...
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@Mrs. Pen: Oh no...
Then we'll probably still be in trouble.
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@shopaholic: @Mrs. Pen: My girl has tons of hair and people ask how old HE is. People are oblivious.
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@mediagirl: I had a similar experience too, once I decided I wanted it done (age 8ish?) my parents made it a reward for something I had done well. I added another piercing at 11 years old for another reward. I'd do the same thing with any future daughters.
Like many of the other posters I had metal allergies, I found that earrings from Simply Whispers worked for me (hypoallergenic). Now it isn't a problem, but I just wear the same posts.
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@oliviaoblivia: So true! H will have a big headband on and be sitting in her HOT PINK carseat and people will ask how old HE is....Crazies!
Then we'll probably still be in trouble.
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