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.