Ear piercing...

Maya's little friend has her ears pierced, and I have always thought Maya was too young, but last week she actually came and asked me for earrings. I talked to her about the whole process - that it will hurt, that we will need to clean them etc. and she still wants it done, so I'm thinking about getting them done for her third birthday in a couple of weeks.

I'm a bit nervous tho - Mum had mine done at 3 and I fought her tooth and nail over having them cleaned, and I also think that Maya doesn't really understand what's involved, but at the same time, it seems really important to her.

Anyone else had their baby/toddler's ears pierced? Or have an opinion?

Alyssa has been hassling me for earrings for ages. I told her that she cant have them till she is a big girl and starts school. She is happy with that. And now tells people when she is 5 and a big girl and goes to school she gets earrings.

There was a thread a few weeks agot on the everybody board. One person had strong opinions about not going to a pharmacy as they use guns and apparently the guns cant be autoclaved. They said to go to a proper peircer.

I knew a couple of girls at my high school who'd had their ears pierced when they were in primary school, and both had real problems with infections. One girl's ear was so bad, she'd had to let the hole close and the doctor said she couldn't have that lobe pierced at all again.

I'm not sure when we'll get Kiya's ears pierced - at the moment she's more interested in getting her bellybutton done as I've just had mine pierced (anniversary present from Nathaniel). He says she's not getting her ears pierced until she's in high school, I think probably when she's 10 or so... we'll see...

I got mine done at 5 and never had any problems. I heard that pharmecies won't do them unless the child is over 10 nowadays. not sure how true that is though.

My neice got hers done when she turned 1! and we went to a pharmacy they were great! they had 2 'guns' and they both counted to 3 and clicked together! she cryed for about 30secs and then stopped! I must say cleaning is a big thing though when they are young, because they seem to get into everything and dirt gets... EVERYWHERE!

my best mate got her daughters ears done i think even before natalyah was 1!! I was contemplating getting harmonys done soon but not too sure.i got mine on my 8th birthday from my dad and stepmum then i got my 3nd holes when i was ten,then up the top of my ears when i was 14-15??? my bellybutton was a b/day pressie from an old old ex when i was 18 but my tummy grew too big and had to remove it and has closed over :(

thats my novel done lol

He'd loook lovely!

Well we did it! We went to the same pharmacy that my friends little girl had hers done and they were great. There were two ladies and they did one side each at the same time, and she only cried for about 1/2 a minute till they showed her in the mirror and she forgot that it hurt.

She picked her own earrings too - with red sparklies in them. I'll add a pic when I take one.

With the cleaning, she was fine tonight, I think because it's all a novelty and a bit exciting (she thought I was going to take them out to start with and wasn't too happy) but I can see the novelty wearing off and us having a battle over it later on...

As for other piercings, I'm pretty liberal. Have to be really - I got my tongue pierced at 15 and only took it out when I was preg just before xmas last year coz it made my mouth feel yucky (never had that prob when I was preg with Maya).

I am pretty anti tattoos tho - I would hate one of my kids to get one! I have 5, and they all have special meaning to me (Maya's name, Mona's name etc.) and I'm going to get more, but somehow I don't know how I'd cope if one of my kids got a tattoo. My poor mother...

Thats awesome Emma, glad it went so well.

Hee hee thats a funny story Liz.

Hehehe... funny, Liz...