i got my ears pierced when i was only a few months and my sister too. We got ours done with a needle. It was more of a cultural thing I think.

I never lost my earrings and our ears never got infected. My sister always lost her earrings though!

I also find them cute on girls but cannot subject DD to them as she is already mega mega scared of injections let alone a loud gun, so for me, i will be waiting.

Goodluck with convincing your DH, afterall the choice is yours =)