Ear Piercing
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Topic: Ear Piercing
Posted By: mum2paris
Subject: Ear Piercing
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 12:35am
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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. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 2:05am
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Ella has been asking me if she can have earrings a bit lately, and I'm feeling a bit funny about it.
I'm not opposed to her actually having earrings, but I just feel sooky-la about my little girl getting holes punched in her! I don't think there are many places round here that will do them for litlies either... Did Paris fiddle with hers much? Thats another little worry I have, that Ella won't be able to leave them alone and they might get infected with grubby fingers on them all the time! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 7:34am
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Hey
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 ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 8:19am
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It's not something I'd do, as I can just imagine Ella fiddling with them all the time. I had mine done at 8, and I'll wait until around that age for Ella too.. I'll see if she asks me about them though. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 8:43am
| i had mine done at five and this was after about a year of begging and some kind of star chart I believe. |
Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 8:49am
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I had my done for my 5th Birthday so I will probably do the same with my daughter. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 9:02am
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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! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 9:03am
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I'll be waiting till Addison is older. I want it to be almost like a rite of passage thing, a mother daughter thing we do and something that she looks forward to.
On another forum there was a big fight about a lady who got her 3 month old baby BOYs ear pierced! |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 9:40am
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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.. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 11:03am
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I have a boy so can't give my personal experience. My mum had my ears done when I was a baby, (before I was 1) now that is going back quite a few years. If and when I have a girl I will do the same thing. |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 12:08pm
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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. ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe -  my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 12:44pm
Gosh I thought I was opening a thread about screaming! 
I haven't got my girls' done, in fact I haven't even got mine done. (I was always afraid of the pain of the needle, now that I've had a c/s, episiotomy and VB tear, I think I'll be fine!  ) I'll be getting the girls to wait until they are about 13 too... that's if they are interested. I was already off needles at that age lol------------- |
Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 12:56pm
| 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! |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 17 July 2007 at 10:12pm
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I got mine done at 8 and they got infected so i took them out and then got them done again at 13. I think little earing are so cute but id worry caprece has inherited my crappy healing (all my piercings have got infected and taken ages to heal)
Good luck and make sure u post pics |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 6:25am
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 6:28am
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the guns so quick you dont really ahve time to feel much, i am weird though i love getting piercings (although the tongue was a different story).
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Posted By: nuttymama
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 7:13am
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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. ------------- Abigail 06/01/2005 Jayden 21/11/2001 Micheal 03/04/1997 |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 7:17am
YAY go Trendz, they are really good!!
They secret to keeping piercing from getting infected is cleanliness. Cleaning 3 times a day with tea-tree solution & definitely NO fingers touching it & spreading germs. I use betadine (that brown stuff) when my piercings are looking red & infected. I react to budget metals & can only wear surgical steel or gold or silver. There are so many cute body jewels out there these days. I wish I had a lil girl sometimes. Janine- Stay away from the teddy shop
And have fun in the mighty Waikato ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 8:09am
| I had mine done at 6. I was allowed them at 5 when a friend had hers but I chickened out. |
Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 11:53am
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My neice got ehrs doenf or her 4th birthday. Would have been earlier but my brother wasnt keen on it.
Also my friends mum got her kids done at about 1. Her bf wasnt impressed either lol. My neice cried her eyes out apparently. My friends baby was asleep and didnt even notice. ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 2:31pm
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I was 6 when I got mine done after harping on about getting them done when we were away on holiday up at the lake. If I have a girl then I would consider getting them done around the same age. I got my second done at 14 against my fathers wishes. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 3:13pm
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I got my first at 4, 2nd lot done at 12, 3rd at 15 and 4th at 16
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 2:59pm
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I was about 7 I think when I got mine done and Mum made a big deal of it, we went into the City (London) for lunch and shopping too.
I think it's also a "rite of passage"/ growing up thing so would rather leave it until she is old enough for the responsibility of keeping them clean and realising that it is a special thing. I couldn't imagine Caitlin with earrings!!! We even had to take off her bangle Mum had engraved for her as she was forever playing with it, getting her fingers caught or just taking it off and leaving it wherever. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 4:24pm
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I had my daughters done for her 10th birthday. In a world where everything is so instant and little girls clothes mimic big girls clothes, I wanted her to have to wait for them. I thought 10 was a pretty significant age so thats what I told her when she started asking at about 4yrs old. I had to wait till I was 11 and I remember it being a real special occasion :-)
I don't have anything against getting little girls who can talk/ask for them, getting done, but I disagree with babies getting them done....unless for cultural reasons. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 5:23pm
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I got mine when I was really small. dont even know what age. Guess round and about two. My dad cant remember and too lazy to go look at photos to see.
We did oom and aah about when to get it done. MIL didnt let her daughter do it until she was about 18 and told me I cant make that decision. Blaaah. Well I never ever heard of anyone who regretted their parents making that decision and if she is like me it is better to do it while early. We did talk and was thinking of perhaps 5th birthday. Big girl present. But I can just see myself doing it a bit earlier. Only reason why I wont do it before 2 is choking risk. So maybe 3? But each child is different. Aaah just think all those cute little earrings. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 7:03pm
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I got both my girls ears done when they were 5mths old. My were done at the same age (back in the day lol). They have never fiddled with them, never had them get infected or taken earrings out etc. They were done really quick and all over and done with in 5mins, the girls werent grizzly, unsettled or anything afterwards and Mercedes didnt even shed a tear. Lesieli cried then stopped as soon as it was over because there was too much to look at in the chemist. They had both ears done at the same time. They had numbing spray before it was done. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 7:27pm
| I didn't get my ears pierced until I was probably about 11 or 12 and never asked for it until then. So I guess I don't see any reason to do it for Alyssa right now. Will just wait until she's older and if she brings it up I'll let her. |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 7:33pm
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It's funny... I posted in this on Wednesday, and Kiya came home from school with felt on her earlobes. She'd gotten one of her girlfriends to draw on earrings! When I asked her about it, she asked when she could get her ears done "for real, Mummy!"
When I told her that she couldn't get them done until she was 13, Kiya told me that her friend (the one who drew the earring blobs on) got them done when she was 3. I told Kiya a little about how new piercings need to be looked after, and what is involved, and explained that we'd decided that 13 was old enough for her to be able to look after it all herself. Kiya thought about that for a moment, then asked me if I thought her friend's mum had helped her friend to look after her ears when they were first pierced. I agreed that she had, and Kiya said "Okay, Mummy. I'll wait until I'm big enough to do it myself" ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 8:04pm
Well if she decides against your decision in the future, she can always let them close up! ------------- |
smoody wrote:Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 8:20pm
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DH and I decided 14- I always remember that Michael Hill ad where the girl counts down the days to her 14th birthday and then she gets her ears pierced. I like the idea of it being something they look forward to- like the others have said, a mother/daughter rite of passage type thing. Seems like a good age as its about then that you stop running around playing at school so much so they're less likely to get ripped out. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 8:47pm
That is the same with me, I've had about 6? piercings in my ears now, up the top as well and they all got really infected. Even with the one hole in each ear I've got left, I can only wear stirling silver or gold or I get really sore and itchy ears, which then get infected.. I'm not going to risk that with Ella right now. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 22 July 2007 at 8:24pm
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Well, they are done.
We went off up to Hamilton, had a good day and she got them done with pink earings the same as her sister had hers done with. She cried for a couple of minutes and looked at me as if i was the most horrible mummy in the world, went to my sister for a cuddle them promtply back to me. Once she got her lollies she forgot about them. So far she is WONDERFUL sits and lets me clean them, is so proud of them and has not touched them. Will post pics soon, the only ones we have are on mikes cell phone for now. Went to the teddie shop, decided to go back on the way to getting ears done after lunch.. of course i get back there and the ONE bear that i had chosen to get, had been bought while i was having lunch. So, and this is so not me.. i bought none for myself at all. There were none that stuck out as being near as cool as that one. The girls chose one each though. Aww, am so angry i didn't buy the cute bear when i saw it the first time, i even got em to check out the back, but that had been the last one. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 23 July 2007 at 9:07pm
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We got Zaara's done few months back...she was really good about it. Hates me cleaning it...but never play with he ears. It healed up fast and it looking great.
Zaara also has pink ones...I just told them give her the October one. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 23 July 2007 at 9:55pm
Awww I bet both Ajya and Zaara look so cute with their earring ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 23 July 2007 at 10:25pm
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Ayja i was trying to persuade into getting blue or purple to be different from her sister, but she wanted pink, everything pink, darn it she's turning into a girly girl too! I think Ayja being so good about getting them cleaned has been great cos it's making paris want hers done too, which i am happy about.
Here's some pics finally, taken at my sisters and this evening when both the girls were playing sillies... (and had to add a couple taken of ayja a few days ago before our trip.. i can't beleive her hair is going like paris's.. it's taken it's sweet time, but so cute.) http://www.MyonlineImages.com/"> 
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------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 24 July 2007 at 7:49am
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awww cute wee earrings ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 24 July 2007 at 10:48am
awwww pretty!!! I love the earrings, I think they're so sweet!! I'm not "allowed" to get Chars done till she's 10.. am going to buy some screwback (can't lose them) diamond studs for her though, before I leave work...------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 24 July 2007 at 11:39am
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Wow both of your girls are beautiful. Look at her hair, got to love the girls! The earrings look so cute |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 25 July 2007 at 12:02am
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Awww they are so pretty Janine! I can't wait till the gremlins are big enough to get theirs done!
Maya got hers done for her third birthday, she was on at me about it coz one of her friend's had them (yes peer pressure at age 3  ) and she was great about having them cleaned etc. She's never taken them out/changed them altho she now says she wants to change them when she is 5 lol.------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 25 July 2007 at 5:37pm
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we changed paris's over to her green ones after a year, and have taken them out a few times to give them a really good clean, but otherwise not too much swapping and taking out. I think it's good to teach them not to muck around with em too much. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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