I had dd ear's done when she was 3 months old ( almost 9 years ago), she hardly even cried!! she cried more with her 2 month old needles ( poor little thing)
It was really good, they never got infected and she couldnt touch them, so they healed real quickly
all the best with whatever decision you make
Last edited by mummy2chloe; January 25th, 2011 at 05:33 PM.
most places won't do them til 6 months, but if you can find someone of european background (spanish etc), because it is "normal" over there to pierce ears at birth (well, not quite, but VERY young) they are more comfortable with it. We got DD's done at 12 weeks and have never had an issue with them
everyone has their own reasons and i agree on the uneven side too.. when my mum did mine they did them to close to my face so i get what your saying.. but i did them so that they arent to close, i also got her to measure from the lobe up to make sure they where both the same distance from the lobes to the piercing..
I get what your saying and respect your choices too...
I do & don't want to get my DD ears pierced, she is 6mths old. I do cos then it's done, less chance of her fiddling with them and chances of her getting them done later at fairly high anyway. I also don't cos I don't want to cause her unnecessary pain or discomfort and I can't handle her crying when she gets her needles let alone having her ears pierced. It's a tough call.
I got DD's done at 18 months, please place i got them done will not do them before 18 months to give the lobes plenty of time to grow otherwise the earrings can sit too far back or too far forward.
DD didnt cry at all, but then again she never did with her needles either.
Good luck with whatever you decide, if this baby is a girl I will probably wait until she is 18 months too because DD loved having them pierced and she didnt play with them too much, we made a game out of putting the antiseptic on them
I had Peppars done about 2 months ago now and havent had any issues with them at all.
We did have the cream put on just before they were done and she only cried for a few seconds with the 2nd one and that was only because the girl had to hold her head still.
She was too busy looking around to see where the click had come from a few minutes before.
She does pull at them sometimes but no more than she would pull at her ears normally. I had them pierced with plastic nickel free earrings with little pink crystals, soooooo cute.
The butterflies snap on too and cant be squeezed further together as they have stoppers on them. Hard to explain I know but they are specifically for little ears
Good luck I love her little pierced ears and although I have had some disapproving
looks I dont care.
thanks ladies, well i guess im going to get them done now i discussed it with dh and he agreed that i should get them over and done with now, he just thinks it will be alot easier on her and as you've all said she wont play with them a great deal and they will heal...
thing is now i have to find a place that will do them now lol
anyone know anywhere in sydney (from blacktown to bankstown area) that wil do them? lol
I got DD1's done when she was 12 months old, they told me then that the best time to get them done was around 3 months coz most bub's aren't rolling etc then. I got DD2 done at 3 months and DD3 done at 4 and a half months. I used the emla gel on all 3 girls and I have never had any dramas with them. The place I got my girls done had 2 piercing guns so both their ears were done at the same time. They all only cried for about 15 seconds and the staff (I got them done at a chemist) said that because they had the emla gel on they were most likely crying from the noise of the gun.
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