ear piercing

hi, out of interest when have people got there girls ears done? im thinking of doing alexs soon before shes old enough to remember it or touch them to much, does anybody no of a place in hawkes bay or Palmerston that do under 2yo?

I will probably get them done for her 5th birthday if she chooses so she understands on how to look after them. I was about 10 when I got them done and got that badly infected that the dr told me I had to wait until I was a lot older I think I was about 16 when I got them done again then a few years later I decided to have the second one. I haven't had any more problems after that.

I'm not getting my girls one done until she is close to 10 and understands it all.

I personally would never get my daughters ears pierced before she is old enough to ask for it. I was 10yrs old before I decided I wanted mine done. Yes, it hurt, but I knew to expect it. It's all well and good getting them done while they are young so they don't 'remember' it but it is un needed pain and stress and I think it's horrible to put a kid through that when they don't understand.

nzlisajo wrote: I personally would never get my daughters ears pierced before she is old enough to ask for it. I was 10yrs old before I decided I wanted mine done. Yes, it hurt, but I knew to expect it. It's all well and good getting them done while they are young so they don't 'remember' it but it is un needed pain and stress and I think it's horrible to put a kid through that when they don't understand.

Agree. A lot of my friends had theirs done from about 6-8 years old and I begged and begged to get mine done. My grandma had said to wait until I was 13 as she got hers done then and so did my mum but in the end I got them done at 10. I personally won't be getting DDs done until she is around that age too and asks for it. I do know a few people who have done it for religious reasons though.

I won't be getting DD's done until she asks. In saying that though did you know its common practice in Czech to get them done at birth, it comes as one of the checks that get done. (An aquaintance is Czech and we were talking about it one day) The view is that ear piercings are viewed as pretty and they want their girls to be pretty, and get them done at birth or not soon after.

She got her girl done at 8weeks or something she had to hunt down a chemist that would do it.
My piece of advice make sure you get someone who uses two guns at the same time. If you use one they have time to stress and get worked up

I got mine pierced when I was 6yrs with the gun and I would not get mine done with one again, yes I did want my ears pieced but I had no idea how it happened, I will never get anything pierced again. wasnt the piecing of the ears that puts me off I just think that gun is un needed a needle would have been much better. I would wait til they are old enough to decide and understand what has to happen.
but I have to admit I do think they look very cute. but im more inclide to use stick ons

Phew, so glad others have the same opinion as me. I was expecting a bit of a backlash. I just wonder what the purpose of getting a toddlers earspierced is?? The child certainly isn't going to benefit in anyway. So what is the reason?? To make them look 'cute'? If so, that is a pretty sad reason really.

i dont mean to be rude but i dont think Cole88 was asking our opinions on earpiercing rather than where to get them done in The hawkes bay and if anyone else has had their own child pierced . Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and many people get ear piercing for their own reasons and even religious reasons , i personally am not going to get my daughters ears pierced but thats for my own reasons and im not going to put down anothers reasons and opinions for doing something the she has oviously already decided she is doing , I understand putting your own 2 cents in if cole88 was actually asking opinions on it but she wasnt ....

Bowie wrote: Just my opinion here and feel free to ignore - but piercing guns are bad and do a heck of a lot of damage, they're unsterile and often used by the girl who sells makeup at the pharmacy. They're inaccurate, they make a loud (scary) noise and half the time they don't go all the way through. Piercing with a needle is by far and beyond the best way to go, but that means going to a professional piercer and a lot of them won't pierce that young. Its up to you what you do of course but theres my 2c.

^^^ this. It just seems completely inappropriate to me. And having had onfected pierced ears myself I'd hate to inflict that sort of pain on my child. Especially at an age where they cannot understand whats going on.