Want to get my 7 month old's ears pierced. Any advice, good experience and bad experience stories?

I went to Claire's today, but their earrings do not have screws at the back, although they say it is impossible for the infant to take off the stopper. Wal-mart earrings have a screw on back. Then I've heard that a needle is safer because it can be sterilized whereas a gun cannot be sterilized. But where do you go to get a piercing with with needles? Please share your experiences and any advise. Please do not answer if you are going to tell me how cruel I am. Thank you.Want to get my 7 month old's ears pierced. Any advice, good experience and bad experience stories?
Personally, I think it's unsafe because they can rip them out and I feel body modification should be up to the person themselves.





If you absolutely must do it, find a reputable tattoo/piercing boutique that uses needles to pierce and not a gun. Or see if your daughter's pediatrician can do it.





DO NOT use a mall store like Claire's, they are not clean enough and they do not have enough experience.Want to get my 7 month old's ears pierced. Any advice, good experience and bad experience stories?
Please rethink your decision and let your daughter decide and have the fun of having it done when she is a teenager. It will mean so much if she has to wait for the experience. I would hate to see a baby suffer with and infected ear lobe which can happen. You must ask yourself if you are doing it for her or for you?
O gosh..yes it would be cute, but from experience i would say wait till she is at least 10 years old. I had my daughters ears pierced when she was 6 months and i wish i didn't. She suffered so much with it. It kept getting infected , even with the round earrings!! so i did it again when she was about 7 years and still had the same problem now at 10 she finally got it good, thank goodness. At this age (10) they can take care of it much better and it took my daughter a whole year!!
YES U ARE CRUEL, U MUST KNOW THAT AS YOUR THE ONE WHO MENTIONED IT
I just ahd my 6 month old daughter's ears pierced at Claire's, and it's only been about 3 weeks, and already they look fine! It was hell getting the antiseptic on though, as she would fuss and cry cuz I had to hold her down, I felt so bad! But now, she doesn't even notice, and I can put the antiseptic on no problem! The good thing about this is you can put whatever color you want on her, and not have to worry about just pink and purple. My daughter's doc said it would be better to do it young, because by the time they discover their ears, they'll be healed. Just keep an eye on them!
I had my daughter's ears pierced at five months. I got them done at Corey's Jewlers (2 years ago). I got her some diamond studs with the screw backs. i had no problems. I don't know about the needle i don't think that is a good idea. you need to do it with the gun and if possible go when two people can do them at the same time. I have seen that done also.. You can also check with the pediactrician. i know some of them pierce babies ears also so that might work for you if you are concerned with them being steril you know.. But i would go ahead and do it.. If you wait till they are older they notice things more and probably would pull at their ears but my daughter didn't. she didn't cry long either i just gave her the bottle and she was fine..
You have to go to professional peircing/tattoo shop to get pierced with needles. But please don't do it.





Every infant I have seen getting their ears pierced (and I work at claires so I've seen a lot) they are scared and they cry. Imagine how freaked out your baby will be when some guy goes to stick a needle through their ear. I imagine that's scarier than a gun. Probably hurts more too. Plus how is an infant going to tell you if they're ears hurt or itch. What if they become infected? Or your child is allergic to the metals? You'll have to wait until they're red and inflammed...I say wait until the kid gets older and tells you she wants them pierced. What if when she gets older she wont want them pierced? That's what happened with me. My mother pierced my ears when I was 1. I think ear rings are stupid looking and I hate the fact that I will forever have holes in my ears.





Everyones saying the hole will close up if she decides to take them out. I was 16 when I started hating mine and took them out. So I had them pierced for 15 years. Now I'm almost 22 and I still have a holes in my ears. They are still there and visible. Little scars. You can't get rid of them





Look at me getting a thumbs down. When I gave her the exact answer she wanted. I gave her personal experiences and told her where to get ears pierced with needles. I never once told her she was cruel. I gave her advise...which she asked for.
i know you said to not answer if you were gonna be cruel but anyhoo....


you shouldn't get your child's ears pierced until they themselves are old enough to say mom i wanna do this
I had my daughter's ears pierced at Piercing Pagoda at the mall when she was 5 months old. She cried for maybe a minute and then was fine. They used a gun and gave us cleaning solution. We have not had any infections or problems. And there is not a screw on the back of the earring, but she has never pulled them out in the 11 months she's had them. (She's 16 mo. now.) Hope this helps!
Hi, Did you check with your pediatrician? Just asking because I know my pediatricians office does ear peircing for free and you know they would be sterile. I don't think it matters if the earing has a stopper or a screw on back, it is whatever makes you feel more comfortable. I definately don't think its cruel, I think it's would be cruel to wait at least this way she won't remember if it hurts. I know for my neices first birthday I took her to get her ears peirced (and the meany that I am, I made her go first) but she didn't even cry. She was a little startled but otherwise just fine... me on the otherhand, I was a ball of nerves lol
are u also willing to tattoo your baby
think it over completely. is it for you or for the baby?





i have a sister that got her ears done with a needle as a baby. she wouldn't have it any other way because she's too scared to do anymore now. mom said the person she went to only pierces baby ears. she had little hoops that was the size of her ear lobes. my mother had a collection of them in various sizes. so as she grew it got replaced.





i got mines later at ten with a gun. didn't hurt at all. i was a tom boy though and they ended up getting infected...badly. had to have pus drained and then stitches. was advised by the doctor that if i want to have it done later in life i need to do two things. get it done in a doctor's office because of the scar from the stitches and get 20k or above jewlery. i was allergic to the cheap metal in the claire's store that was probably the main reason why the infection got so bad so quickly. never got them repeirced. never got the guts to trust that the gold is actually as pure as it says it is. maybe later.





scared that my daughter would go through the same reaction...i ended up not doing any for them and letting them chose if they wanted to or not later in life. my oldest is 8 and doesn't care for them.
I just pierced my 7 month olds ears a few weeks ago and she has done awesome. If she doesn't want them later (as far as letting her make her own decision) she could NOT wear them!! and as far a walmart i went there and they used a gun its fast and done and they are new cartridges so it couldn't be that bad. Not to mention how many ears have they pierced. LOTS!! But always remember that every ones different if they get infected and U were keeping them clean maybe you should wait and be sure shes not going to be one of those that cant really have their ears pierced. As far as the needle goes i wouldn't even try it she will never stay still enough and would u do that to your self? I know i couldn't. Good luck and don't let all the cruel people who cant read make you feel bad for wanting to do it.
Why can't you wait till she's old enough to decide whether or not SHE wants to be subjected to that kind of pain? Sounds like you just want to do cause you think it's trendy....Why don't you get her lip and her eyebrow done at the same time. It'll save you time in the long run.........
Horrible idea.
don't do it. let her make her own decision at 13. i know too many babies who have ripped the earrings out. not pleasant.
as far as i know the only place you can get a piercing with an actual needle is in a tattoo / piercing shop and the will probably not pierce a 7 month old. i would ask the person who is doing it how many babies ears they have done. get in there and make sure that they are even. i got my first holes at 5 and they are off and it looks funny unless i wear drop type earrings.
Go ahead do it. Its a good idea to do it sooner because baby's skin is soft now and will heal faster. They don't really notice it a this age and won't pull on ears but if you do it later then she will pull on her ears and make it worse or even if she doesnt do that, it will take longer time to heal.





Make sure that you use Gold earrings because that way there is less chance of getting infections. This is recommended. Don't do it with the needles.





Keep an eye on your bby for the first few days when you get it done.
i had both of my girls ears pierced ,they were 2 months old. i had them done at claire's. no problems at all. you just have to make sure you use the cleaner they give you everyday, and rotate the earrings everyday... i WOULDN'T use screw on backs. think about it what if it gets snagged on something,it will rip her ear. i think i would rather lose the earring. neither one of mine cried, they did it so good there. good luck..
I personally would never have my child's ears pierced with anything but the gun. You have to think that that is what people are more experienced in using.....besides, it's super fast.





I didn't have my first daughters ears pierced until she was 3.





I had my second daughters ears pierced when she was 5 months. I was scared, not sure if I wanted to. But I thought to myself, if I go ahead and do it now, then she'll be used to it and like it later....Not like my first daughter who hates earrings and doesn't like to wear them.





It was fine. I went to Claire's. The first ear, she didn't cry. I was shocked. The second one....she did cry. I was SO upset!! I hated myself!!! lol but that was just a mother for ya. I am very happy with it now. She didn't pull on hers then, but sometimes she does now.





Screw backs are not even necessary. The others work just fine....You'll clean them everyday anyway and can check them when you that.