DH and I were talking about this quite recently.

DH was of the opinion that we should get them done whilst DD was young so that she wouldn't remember that it hurt and to 'get it over and done with'. I on the other hand remember how much it hurt to have my ears pierced (I originally had them done at about 7, but one said got infected so I had to wait for it to close up before getting it done again, I then had numerous other holes put in once I was over 18). I will therefore wait until DD asks to have them done (whatever age that may be, I don't mind if it's youngish). I guess that is the other thing, I mentioned to DH that she might not want her ears pierced, but he felt that most girls have their ears pierced so she would probably want hers done too.

Oh, and I don't mind the look of ear rings on babies. I just don't want to have to possibly deal with any infection and the pain whilst she is young and doesn't understand why her ears hurt.