I'm going to get my daughters done when she's a few months old. I begged my parents to let me get it done. They "waited" till i was "ready". Let me assure you no kid is ready for the pain of an ear piercing! It hurts whether your 3months old or 4years old like I was. They pierced one side, I screamed! Jumped off the chair and bolted lol literally through the shopping centre, my mum had to catch me lol! & hold me down for the other side. Do I consider that child abuse? No. Either way the pain isn't going to be pleasant. They can't do 1 ear and not the other. My one and a half year old son just had vaccinations. Didnt flinch, just pouted and held his arm. You don't know how your child will react but it doesn't mean we're child abusers!!

I recently found out, some dr office pierce there ears in the office

I Pierced My Daughters Ear At 6months, She Would Always Pull On Them And Take Them Off. So I Left Them Off, Going To Wait Now Till She's Older To Decide On Her Own

What kind of idiot gets a babies ears pierced at Claire's of all places? By a teenager whose had maybe 1 hour of training? Sheesh!

My family is Hispanic and it's traditional for us to pierce babies ears around 3 months after the 3 month shots. It's done in the office by the pediatrician himself who sterilizes and uses the infant hypo allergenic studs.

If you decide against doing it as a young infant then I would just wait until they are old enough to decide. As infants it's nothing for them just like a vaccine it stings for a moment and that's it. Neither of my girls messed with theirs or anything.

Getting my little girl pierced as soon as possible. Like another person said all the women in our family have pierced ears so it's normal and we all pretty much had them done as babies/kids.

I'm going to get my daughters ears done as soon as possible don't want her going through too much pain during healing process and playing with her ears, my partner agrees so it's all good.x

I wanted to get them done at 6 months but my SO wants to wait til she asks for them since it is the first "big girl" decision she will make for herself. I got mine done at 1 and a half. Never played with them or had any problems.

My daughter had hers done by her aunt in her home at 4 months. She's a piercer. She cried for like 2 minutes and was mainly mad because we were holding her still. She's two now and loves to pick out new earrings. My mom had mine done when I was two at Claire's. She waited until I could say yes lol like I knew what I was getting into at 2 years old... All the women in my family have them. It's normal for us so I'm sure my daughter won't care one bit and will be glad I got it over with.

My now 2 1/2 year old daughter doesn't have them pierced yet, im waiting for her to decide she wants them and can help take care of them. I'll do the same for 2nd daughter on the way as well.

I'm going to have my daughters done at 3 months, that's when our pediatrician will do them in office.

I can't get the image of the little baby girl who must have been no older than 9 months screaming hysterically while being pinned still by her mother so the technician could pierce her ear out of my head. I witnessed this in Claire's

Accessories a few months ago. Ever since then I have honestly considered it a form of child abuse. If we were reported as stabbing our children with needles and piercing their flesh causing them to scream with pain AT HOME why should a shop be considered acceptable. I will not be inflicting this unnecessary torture on my little girl purely for superficial reasons. Im sorry if I offend anyone here, but if you'd seen this baby girl screaming, you'd understand. Child abuse is all it is.

I waited with both of my daughters till they made the decision to get them done and plan to do the same again. However, sensitive ears run in my family. They waited till 1st and 2nd grade to get them done and are in 3rd and 7th now and very rarely wear earrings. I don't judge people either way, I think it's just a matter of what you decide.

Hey summer, I have a 4yo. Her ears are not pierced. I decided to wait until she was ready. No regrets. I had a gf pierce her baby's ears bc she thought she looked too much like a boy bc she looked so much like her daddy lol.

I'm doing it while my daughter is a baby. My husband wants me to wait till she's older and can make up her own mind but I told him no! I would rather do it now so that she doesn't feel the pain and I can take car of it rather than her deal with the pain and try to take care of them her self and risk infection.

My daughter is 9 and still doesn't have hers done. I believe it's her body, her choice. I've asked her if she wants them done and she's not really interested. I'm glad I waited and gave her the option.

We did our daughters when she was an infant. I believe she was a couple months at that time. I liked our choice because she never messed with her ears and now she's 4 years old

Should be her choice. I've seen toddlers with holes in their ear lobes because they got their ears pierced as infants. No thanks. Lol

I had my daughters ear pierced when she was 6 months old after she had all injections. My mum done the same with me.....my little girl is nearly 4 now and is always showing off her earrings to girls at nursery! No rude comments as theres just no need for it!!xx

We wait until our daughters are old enough to decide for them selves

I want to do my daughter's, but my family has bad ears, and they get super infected. So I'll wait until she is old enough and can care for them really well.

Mines getting hers done! I got mine done when I was 3 months old and I'm glad my momma did it.

I'm getting ours done when she's baby so she won't mess with them and get infected. Because we know toddlers can't keep their hands off of stuff ☺️

Personally I would rather wait until they are old enough to care for the earrings/ears themselves.