Friday, April 17, 2009
Today I noticed that my neighbor's 3-month old has her ears pierced. So cute! It made me excited for my girls to have their ears pierced. I even toyed with the idea of piercing Becca's first. Babies with their ears pierced are just adorable.
So...I'm curious. If your ears are pierced:
How old were you when you got them pierced?
Why did you get them at that age?
If your kids ears are pierced:
How old were they?
Why did you choose that age?
If you're planning to pierce your kids ears, what are your thoughts on when?
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I have not gotten my girls' ears pierced b/c I don't want to deal with the care for them. Also, I have very sensitive ears and don't even use earrings anymore because of it. So I figure my girls will probably have similar issues.
I plan to wait and have a set age that they can get them pierced- I don't know maybe at 10 or 12 (preferably when they are capable of practicing some hygiene).
I like the tradition my mom started and plan to do the same with my girls. I like that it was my choice, I was old enough to be responsible with taking care of my ears, and I like that it made turning 13 a little more special. It also made me feel a little prettier and more feminine at a very awkward age :)
As much as I WANT to get them done on my girls... I know it'll just be extra work for ME for a long time. Especially because I struggled with allergies to the piercings for the majority of my adolescence. I got them pierced at 10. Then re-pierced at 12. Then re-pierced (finally) at 23. What a hassle.
I'm too busy brushing my girls' hair at this point. I'm thinking we'll get the ears pierced at baptism time.
I pierced Brooklyn's around 3 months. They were just so adorable. She's 5 now and we have these earrings of the month...she so looks forward to changing them the first of every month. If you ARE going to pierce them while they are little, some people say it's best to do them the younger the better...before they discover their ears. That way, they are just used to always having them. Otherwise, if you pierce them around 9 months or so, they tend to tug and pull on them because it's something new. Not sure if it's true or not, but that's just what I've heard.
Charlotte is 3 months now...still debating on piercing hers...
So I got mine done when I was 5 (totally pressured in to it by my brothers while we were at the State Fair, I remember the day CLEARLY in my mind) I have LOVED them ever since, never had a problem with them. So glad I had them done young b/c I remember all the earrings I ever had.
Kari (Brown) Stacy (my sis) had her first girl Kali and we were at the State Fair when Kali was a baby, I don't know, 8 or 9 months? Maybe earlier...I talked Kari in to doing Kali's and she did!! SHE LOVES THEM, they are never a problem and she looks so cute!
Madelyn, Kari's 2nd, got hers done at like, 2 months and they are SOOOO CUTE!
If I ever get a girl, they are totally going to be done in infancy. You never get the Is that a boy or girl question. It's so girlie!!
Some people say, "I want to let them choose..." WHAT GIRL DOESN'T WANT her EARS PIERCED??? Might as well do it when they won't remember the pierce and also, when you are young, your body takes to stuff like that so much better and they heal so great. Barely any "care" at that age.
Oh, and I have to have a girl first. ;-)
We've decided on 12. Dan wants the girls to be able to be older and make that decision themselves and when one of us feels stronger about something, we go with that person's wishes.
I'm still tempted to pierce Becca's ears...but I've decided to wait. I can't justify piercing hers and not the rest of my girls -- and I'm not ready for the rest of them to have pierced ears yet.
I'm amazed that some of you didn't WANT to get your ears pierced! I was so excited and I love that my ears are pierced. And I loved getting a second hole in each ear...even though now I don't enjoy the benefits of that...President Hinckley talked about piercings only a YEAR after I got my second holes! Boo hoo.
I think I know what I want to do though. I love what Bridget's family did - waiting until the girls were 13 and making it a celebration of them becoming a teenager. When Eric and I were talking about it last night, we were concerned about adding to how much the girls will already think about how they look, being girls and all. But I love the idea of celebrating them becoming teenagers and giving them something that helps them feel pretty at an awkward time! So for now -- that's the plan. :) We'll revisit it later down the road, when we get closer to Autumn turning 13. WOW -- that's in 5 1/2 years!
There are six girls in my family and I think we all got our ears pierced at different ages. Just when we decided we wanted them pierced. I'm pretty sure I was the youngest though.
Kaitlyn Had her ears pierced when she was four. She asked for them and we did it. Her ears get a little infected if her earrings are not gold. So we just stick with gold - yellow or white ( inexpensive at Target, I bet the W store would have them too). She used to freak out every time we'd change her earrings because she thought it would hurt like when they were pierced. So we had Eve's ears pierced when she was two and a half. She does great with them and they look super cute! For us earlier was better. Younger kids forget about the pain faster and it doesn't bother them for years afterward! Eve is super proud of her earrings too! She thinks she looks like a princess.
I'm really torn on this. I got my ears pierced when I was 13, the age set by our parents. And at 13 I didn't see any reason to not do it. In college I added a third hole (along with a couple other piercings in various locations.) I was married when I took out the other piercings and I think a year later was when they made the statement about only one set of earrings for women.
Kit gave me a set of earrings for our first Christmas together and I love them but other than that, I wish I didn't have pierced ears. I have scars from the third earring hole and my belly ring, I really don't wear jewelry anymore anyway besides my wedding band, and I don't want my girls to feel like getting pierced ears just because of me.
If they want pierced ears then we'll probably wait until they are old enough to present a rational argument for why we should let them punch holes in their body. :) It's not that we won't let them, but I am not comfortable doing anything to their bodies that they may or may not want when they are older. I want the decision to be theirs for something that's going to leave a permanent mark on their body.
But, I still wear my earrings from Kit. See, I'm torn... and then Kit and I had a discussion about resurrected bodies and if they are perfect then wouldn't that mean our pierced ears will close anyway? :)