I gave Emma Tylenol 30 minute before I get hers done. She cried for a minute but that was because we had to hold her head still and she doesn't like sitting still.
My daughter was about 4 or 5 months when she got it done the best time is when they are still babies like after 6 weeks because they won't touch them and they won't remember, I think it's the noise that makes them cry because my daughter cried for 2 seconds all they give you is this cleanser to clean around the piercing itself