My baby girl is 6 months old and I’ve been thinking about getting her ears pierced. I had mine done as a baby and, to me, it’s always just been a normal thing. My mum says she had hers done young because babies don’t tend to fiddle with them as much, and I’ve never had any issues with mine.
But after mentioning it to a few other mums, I’ve been made to feel like I’m doing something awful. One mum said that babies can’t consent and that I should wait until she’s old enough to decide for herself. Another said it’s no different from cutting a baby’s hair or choosing their clothes, and that parents make decisions about their children’s appearance all the time.
Now I’m completely torn.
Part of me thinks, they’re only tiny earrings and it’s something I personally think looks lovely on little girls. But another part of me wonders whether I should just leave her ears alone and let her make that decision herself when she’s older.
I genuinely want honest opinions, even if you disagree with me.
Would you pierce your baby’s ears, or would you wait until they’re old enough to ask for it themselves? And what age do you think is actually appropriate? 👂
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I hope you are ready, the flood gates will open on this 🤦🏻♀️
I let my daughters both tell me when they were ready to have it done 🫶🏼
Get the child’s ear peirced if she dont want to have earrings when shes older she can take them out 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
I got my 2 daughters done, each to their own☺️☺️
Yeah had all 4 my girls done from 5/6 months and will do same for my other little girl ….. never had no problems and they heal better because there nt being touched or pulled …
All 5 of my daughters have had theirs done. Do what’s best for you ingore what anyone else says.
If the only reason you have is because babies fiddle with them less then wait for them to be at an age where they can decide for themselves and not fiddle with them .
Personally I would wait until she can decide, I don’t like to see it done on babies but that’s just my opinion.
I have had loads of piercings over the years but Im personally not going to get my daughters done once shes here. I want it to be a special day out when she wants to go have them done and we have a mama daughter day and shes excited for it 🙂
I did with my daughter and she doesn’t bother with them xx she can either wear them or not xx