Ear Piercing

Hey there ladies, just thought i'd start this for interest's sake.. do your kiddies have their ears pierced, if so what age did they get them done.

We got Paris's done at age 2 and a half cos she was asking us to get em done heaps, and we were gonna do it for her 3rd birthday but went to hamilton and got them done whilst there as the only place in palmy that will do them at that age i did not feel was as trustworthy as the place in hamilton.

Anyway.. Ayja is now asking for them, and we are going up to hamilton this week anyway so have decided to get hers done.
I didn't find it hard getting PAris's ones done but does it sound weird that i am finding it hard thinking about getting Ayja's done, that she even wants them, i guess i am finding it hard coming to terms with the idea that my little ayja-baby is geting bigger and isn't really a bubba anymore.

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Ive got boys so their ears ain't pierced lol.
But i thought i'd say i got my 1st piercing done when i was about 2. I remember screaming down the street in my pram afterwards coz i wanted an ice block Mum had promised me after it was done. Crazy things you remember aye?

Where abouts in Hams are you getting Ayja's done? Most of my piercing (ITS an addiction of mine to put holes in my body) Ive had done at Trendz in Garden Place. Not to sure if they do lil ones tho

i had mine done at five and this was after about a year of begging and some kind of star chart I believe.

Kiya (and any other future daughters) won't get their ears pierced until 13yo. This was a compromise between Nat and I - I said 10yo, he said 16yo, so we split the difference!

Hey there glow - that's where we got Paris's ones done, trendz, they were so nice to her, and we got her a special bear to remember the day too.. i collect beanie bears, which the mall by trendz has a shop that sells.. oooh gonna have to fight myself to stay away from there! lol, but imagine we'll do the same for Ayja.

It's interesting because Paris goes to Ayja "oh, it will hurt a lot lot lot, but it's ok cos it gets better" now ayjas going round going "it might hurt me little lots" we'll see. I was going to hunt out some Emla cream to stick a little on each ear to numb it for her a bit better. I might actually do that (is it bad i didn't think of that for Paris.. however hers were kinda unplanned)

In answer to your question Mel, nope, she didn't play with them, she wouldn't let anyone touch them for a good while.. which was good for at daycare, but not so good when it came to trying to clean em, but she's great now with letting me take them out to clean and put new ones in, she only has 2 pair at the mo, so we swap em around, she would like some of the cute ones we have seen but i am always worried about the quality of the silver etc used for most of the cute costume jewellery ones so only stick to the little pharmacy standard piercing ones..

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we got xanthes ears pierced just before easter this year, so 3 1/4? we talked her through it for weeks before, and explained it might hurt for a moment, and it might be loud getting them done (i dont know, cant remember lol) and she wouldnt be able to touch them for a while, and would have to let me clean them etc... and then i would ask did she still want them? she always did, so we eventually did do it. no regrets here, she never touched them once, they healed beautifully, and she is hoping for some barbie earrings for xmas.

but i hear ya on the baby getting her ears done, dont think i want jordis to get hers done lol.

I got mine done at 5, and wouldn't have a problem with my daughter (hypothetical one that is!) having hers done at the same age. I know my stepdaughter has to wait til 13 - funny that age seems to be a common one for ear piercing!

df is against haleigh getting hers done, i ahd mine done at 3 (the first holes), and really would liek tog et haleighs done, but i think i will wait till she says she wants them done, then i can explain to ehr about what its like and she can kinda understand.

We have decided Abby will have to be over at least over 5 to get hers done and then she can decide if she wants them. Our problem is Jayden He has been harping on for over 6 months to get his ear pierced something DH is not keen on.

I had mine done at 6. I was allowed them at 5 when a friend had hers but I chickened out.