We nearly had DD's ears pierced at 3 but at the last minute I chickened out after the woman said some kids end up walking out with only one ear done. She is turning 5 in April and I think it would be a nice, cute and feminine look for school. I am hoping she will ask me of her own accord but she doesn't really talk about it. I sometimes suggest whether she would like it and she says yes but she never follows me up on it or anything. I hear you can get numbing gel from the chemist too so they won't feel a thing. For many years, I begged my parents to have mine done and eventually they let me at age 11. I felt like I was one of the last girls at my school to get it done.