Do you think its wrong to pierce your daughters ear when they are babies?

What exactly would be the point? Do babies have the ability to take care of them themselves? Can they tell you when it's getting infected? Do they really need an ear ring to look cute?

No, I don't think it makes you a bad parent to have your baby's ears pierced when they are young. People from many cultures do this routinely and as long as you keep it clean and make sure she can't get them out and choke on them I see no problem. I chose not to do that to my little girl, but that is because I remember how great I felt when my parents finally let me get mine done at ten years old and it was like a right of passage. I'll let my girl get her ears pierced when she is old enough to ask me and really wants it, and we'll use it to celebrate how she's growing up. It's a personal decision with no right or wrong answer. People will always find something to judge us on about how we parent our kids or live our lives, but it doesn't make them right. The way I see it, if your child is well fed, you keep her reasonably clean, take her to her regular doctor visits, love her and do all you can to keep her healthy safe and happy, you are being a good parent. When she is older, you try your best to teach her right from wrong and make sure she always knows she is loved by you. Getting her ears pierced while she is little does not make you a bad person or a bad parent. In lots of places it is a common practice. It's none of your sister's business, if she's against piercing babies' ears, she can choose not to do it with her own kids.

i would never pierce my child's ears b/c i think that's a decision for them to make when they are older but i do not think it makes you a horrible mother

i think there's nothing wrong about it. my mom pierced my ears when i was a baby also and i don't remember any pain now...and i think its cute for a baby girl to have earrings! have a nice day! :-)

i dont think it's wrong... my gosh to those people that says its torture to do something like that. i think its over acting to say something like that... lol i had my daughter's ears pierced when she was a baby and she cried for a very little while only, it was nothing compared to when she had her vaccination... if you had seen her cried when she got vaccinated, it almost broke my heart, i felt like crying also... i think it's better when they are younger, because it can be done right away without them getting scared because you know when they get older and they know pain they kind of get scared... you are not a horrible parent... dont listen to what other people says...

For me it is better to have early piercing of babies so that she cannot feel its pain. It is quick done easily with the new piercing style today . And you cant put hypoalergenic earings if she has already hole in her ears. We can put some fashion on her ears when we like it.

well i had my daughters done and she is 29 now so it depends on parent who can do it she never cried when she had it done at 3 months.

Being a mother of 5 and also having pierced ears myself I do think it is wrong to do this when they are babies. I'm not saying your a bad mother by any means it's just they go through teething and other things when they are little and they pull on their ears. I realize it looks cute but a baby really does not need to wear jewelry. You wouldn't put rings on her fingers would you? I know you love your baby very much and want her to look adorable as any mother would but there are a lot of things you need to think about when doing things like this. If the baby pulls the earring out and puts it in her mouth? Sometimes the hole closes over the earring and then the baby needs to have it removed. Infections set in also. You have a baby who is going to be teething a whole lot and yanking on those ears. Then there's the signals it sends when they grow up. Now days you see people with piercings everywhere. If you introduce piercing now, be prepared to see your daughter getting piercing everywhere when she grows up. These are just a few of the things you should consider. Your baby is beautiful already, she doesn't need jewelry to make her more noticeable. When she is old enough and wants to have her ears pierced it would be great that you could accept it and allow her to do so. For now she can't choose that and it doesn't hurt anymore now then it would when she grows up. I don't mean to offend you in any way and as I said I'm sure your a wonderful mother because you already want to do everything you can to show people how pretty she is, it's just not right to do this yet.

no you are not horrible. here in our place, it is much better to pierce baby's ears the earlier..and even if they grow up they will still choose to have it pierced..i have my daughter's ears pierced when she was only 3 months old..and it did her good because she forgot about the pain and she loves wearing earrings as well:))

I got my ears pierced when i was just mos old according to my dear mommy and I thanked her so much for that. I have 2 daughters ages 11 and 15 and their father did not want their ears pierced when they were just infants. They did get their ears pierced when they were 8 and 5. My 5 yr old back then was nickle allergic though. I think it's ok for babies to get their ears pierced but it's also ok for them to get them when they're a little older. No worries about guilt trips.

I actually have four ear piercings. The two I got it when I was a baby and the other two was when I was in college. Then I usually see babies with their ears pierced already. There's nothing really wrong with that but it's still the parents decision if they want their daughters to be pierced when they're still young.

I think it is up to the parent to decide, but I don't think it is wrong or unecessarily cruel to pierce the ears of a baby. I got mine done when I was 4. I don't think I would get an infant's ears pierced, but I haven't really thought about it. What you believe about them getting over it quicker holds some merit. They get over all of their rounds of shots as an infant, infant males recover from circumcision very quickly with no apparent lasting trauma. So I don't think you're a bad mother at all for choosing to have your baby girl's ears pierced. They will heal, and she will have forgotten all about it. I don't remember mine being pierced. Now the tattoo, which I got just a couple of years ago, I remember.

I don't think it makes you a bad parent but I don't think it's right. It's not right for me anyway. I would wait until they are older and let them decide for themselves. I really don't see the point in having their ears pierced. It's just vanity and as far as I know babies don't care much about that sort of thing. Personnaly I would be worried about it getting snagged on something,or scarring. Some people can get keloid scars, so I think it's better to wait till they get a few cuts and scrapes on their own before piercing anything. Just out of curiosity, why did you have her ears pierced?

I would actually pierce my child's ears as an infant. They also have this new type of piercing thing for babies where you put the earrings on and nightly you twist the back and after a week it pops through pain free. If the child doesn't want the ear holes pierced when she's older she has the simple option of taking them out and never wearing them again...also pain free. The only problem is the never ending supply of earrings you'll have to buy because babies tend to lose alot of things lol.

I think it is a personal choice for every mother of a little baby girl. It would be wise for a mother to choose studs and not hoops. Getting an ear ripped would be really painful. I had my ears pierced when I was 8 years old. It was my own choice and my mum agreed. You are not a horrible parent but thoughtful of your little girl's feelings. My sister didn't get her ears pierced nor her two little girls.

I don't think it's wrong. I actually think it's better when they're younger as you have said they've forgotten about it after 2 minutes. As they grow older, they can feel the pain more.

They say it's easier when they are babies but it just breaks my heart to hear them cry like that over something so simple we could have probably waited till they decided on their own when they became older. I did my first daughter but when I saw how she cried I did NOT do it to my 2nd one until she asked me for it herself.

heck no!!! they heal so when theyre older theyre always there. me and my sisters have all gotten our ears pierced when we were very little. my littlest sister couldnt keep them because they got infected so we had to take them out and get real gold and now shes 8 and shes too scared to do it now. its better to do it young!

It was not right for me, but my daughter was premature and they told me not to do it, had she been full term who knows. This is one of those parenting decisions that has many sides and opinions on. You have to do what you feel is right, this is your daughter and well it is your decision. I would not worry about what anyone else says about it, you have a right to make this decision. MY DD is asking to have hers done now, she is five years old. I think it will be very traumatic for her at this time and she will remember it. Do not worry what others thing.

My nieces got their ears pierced after reaching their 6th month. Now, that they are older, it seems that they're not pierced correctly. For opinions, ask your doctor.