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I think its a good idea to have your baby's ears pirced. I know a lot of people disagree with it, but I'll tell you why I would do it.
ReplyDeleteYes it will hurt the baby, and she is going to cry, but babies heal so much faster than a grown up, and since it heals faster and you will be taking care of her, the chance of it getting infected is much much less. I heard an argument against this saying that babies have weaker immune systems, which is true, but the fact that it heals faster decreases the risk. Plus, she is not at an age where she is going to be looking at it, and touching it and getting it dirty, like a 3 yeard old would.
I think getting them pierced young is much better, because 1) you get it over with, 2)you dont traumatize the baby (they will never remember), 3)it heals faster, 4)it wont close up.
My baby cousins got theirs pierced, one as a 3 yr old, other one i think 2 months old. the 3ry old went through pain, infections, and finally they closed up, the 2 mo old baby, now 1 yr old, still has them, never got infected.
If you decided to get her ears pierced just make sure you get her real gold earrings, 18kt preferable, to avoid any infections.
Good luck!
I would if I had a girl. I have 4 boys! The pediatrcian should do it.
ReplyDeleteI took my daughter to get her ears pierced at 3 months (She's 4 now) and I'm glad i did. She only cried for maybe a second and cleaning and taking care of them is easier because they're not old enough to really pull at them. My sister-in-law also took her daughter but she's a year older. They ended up having to take one of them out (I guess they weren't caring for it properly or something and it got infected) and she was walking around with one earring for the longest time because she didn't want to take it out. So I say do it now. Trust me, you'll be glad you did! Congratulations by the way!
ReplyDeleteI know a lot of people have strong feelings when to pierce a child’s ear. “Let them decide” is being replaced by parental decision when mommy intuition knows, “earlier is better” from either personal or friend’s experiences of unpleasant childhood ear piercing. I think it just depends on your own personal choice whether or not you wish your baby or little girl to have pierced ears.
ReplyDeleteSome feel perceived gender of their child is important while others find it a cultural tradition where all infant girls have pierced ears.
This is a perfect age to pierce your dd's ears. We pierced ours at 2 mos after seeing other babies and little girls with pretty earrings, so I asked our ped. She encouraged me to go ahead and pierce her ears especially when mommy can care for them.
I’d say if your’re thinking about it now, then your mommy intuition is telling you now is a good time and I’d follow your heart. If you’d like our ped’s suggestions for moms having their little girls ears pierced, write me an e-mail.
Good luck with your decision, but secretly, I think you’ve already made it and it is not a matter of if she’ll have them done, but when.
Amy
Amyswor@hotmail.com
My mom would not have my ears pierced..
ReplyDeleteI got them done at 15. Your baby will soon look like a girl. With my first son EVERYONE on the street referred to him as "she". He was even wearing soccer balls on his outfits or dinosaurs!
Let her decide when she's about 8 if she wants them.
I think it's one of those permanant things that should be her choice. I think it looks cute, I don't react negatively when I see it. But, I waited til my 2 daughters were old enough to choose for themselves. They were still young, but they were old enough to take care of the hygiene. Honestly, it was like a new toy or a present. They got very excited about doing it.
ReplyDeleteTwo friends of mine had them pierced when they were babies. As they started to grow, so did their ears, and the piercing was soon higher up on their ear and it looked like they deliberately got the first piercing in the wrong spot. They had to get them pierced again so it now looks like they have two normal piercings in both ears.
ReplyDeleteyes, give her piercings because if she wants them later on, they will hurt A LOT! My friend just got her ears pierced and she said they hurt like crap!
ReplyDeletedid you get them pierced yet? i say NO! I did when my daughter was 3 mos-mostly my husband's choice. Yes, i agree with everyone else, she doesn't cry that bad and doesn't remember it. BUT...she was constanntly losing the backs. I was a NUTCASE replacing earrings to prevent her ears from closing up. She's now 4 and is starting to have problems. People buy her fake earrings that she fights me to wear. And now she got an infection and fought and cried so much trying to care for it. she's now learned to clean them herself, but won't let me near her to make sure they are okay.
ReplyDeletemy mother made my sister and I wait until we were 14. that may be a little too old to wait, but it was much better. my mom disagrees and would not help us put the earring in our ear-it grossed her out. we were old enough to make sure they were kept cleaned and did not get infected. we had no problems. i feel those that get them done younger, have more problems and have to get the closed up and repierced.
DON'T DO IT!!