re: Babies getting ears pierced.

I'm not piercing my daughter's ears just because I want her to make that decision on her own!

i get where people feel it's not our body, so why should we get to choose wether or not our daughters have holes in their ears. however, i personally want to pierce my little girl's once she's 2 months+. my parents didn't do mine because my mom 'didn't want to hurt me', so instead of sleeping through it as an infant, i experienced it as a 5 year old. it was as horrible as getting a shot at that stage of my life. i've since had about 11 more piercings done. 5 i did myself. anything beyond 1 ear piercing will be my daughter's choice, and she will have to wait until she is an appropriate age. if she decides she doesn't like having her ears pierced, she can take it out and let them close. simple as that.

Quoting Team Blue (16 more weeks):“ i wasn't saying anything about the guns at claires, I have personally NEVER had an experience at claires, ... [snip!] ... is wal-mart or a tatto parlor, I would rather take my child to wal-mart (I think 6 mo is a litle too little for gauged ears!)”

I'm 30, so that would be 17 years ago that I got my ears pierced.
The only reason I know a little bit about the Walmart here is because I used to work for the company and a very good friend of mine is the manager of their jewelry department. The Walmart in my area doesn't train for longer than a day, and they still use the non disposable guns. I don't think it's a waste of money if you have someone who you KNOW is sanitary and competent to pierce your child, I think it's better to "waste" the money rather than let someone who doesn't know what they are doing, has no station to wash their hands, has no rubber gloves get near my child's head with a pointed earring that is going to cause a hole which in turn could cause an infection. But that's just me, I'm not trying to tell anyone else what to do I'm simply stating why I won't take my children to places like that based on my personal experiences with them.

oh yeah, the 6 months with gauged ears made me giggle. I can just imagine my 13 month old withy a 4 gauge hole. She's gonna have to wait for that tho', they'll be pierced with the standard 14 gauge (same size as a piercing stud at other places).  

well we are in the year 2008 everyone is has their ears pierced i bet the little girl that doesnt get hers done is def gonna want it unless shes like a tomboy..anyways its betta getting it done wen she wont remember anything so im def getting my daughters ears pierced as soon as shes 2 months old :O)