Hey There Chick,
My girls both have their ears pierced. Claudia was just over 12 weeks old & Jess was closer to 5 months. Jess had very small ear lobes & they wouldn't pierce them until they were big enough - which is why I waited longer. For me, I just preferred to have them done when they were little & didn't know to pull & tug at them & make them infected.
It's completely a personal opinion though but I really stress you gets DH's 'approval' first. Just because you are piercing them, KWIM?
Now that Jess is 6 & Claudia is almost 4, Santa always leaves them a cute pair of earrings in their santa sacks at Christmas. You can pick cute little hoops or birth stone studs up at the jewellers when they are on sale. I just recomment that you always put either sterling silver or gold in their ears. I find that if it's not pure, they make my kids ears infected.
HTH!
Love Jayne
PS _ Taking a lollypop along with you works an absolute treat!!! As soon as the gun goes off, shove the lollypop in their mouth. Mine were too young for that, but I have seen it on the older kids & it's a brilliant distraction.