Totally random... pierced ears for baby?

Eww dude wtf. Let her decide if she even wants them at all - when she gets older. Shes not some dolly you can inflict pain on for strictly fashionable reasons.

Why not let the human choose when it's become self-aware in the future, and understands it better.

those guys are being a little mean but I know where your coming from, lots of people do it. Personally I think I will wait until my children are old enough to make their own decision about it.

My ear piercing (in my teens) made me develop a metals allergy. Kids are more prone to allergies than adults; on the off chance that she'd develop an allergic reaction, I'd wait.

My personal opinion is not to do it for the same reasons you stated. I did not pierce my daughters ears but as soon as she was old enough to actually take care of them herself I kept asking if she wanted them pierced (I think she was 7 when I first asked). We didn't get them done until she was 10, she was actually terrified of the process and kept putting it off! And 6 months later she got a basketball in the side of her head and ended up with a pretty serious infected wound right beside the piercing (which luckily cleared up before we had to pull out the stud and wait to re-pierce). The reasons to pierce early don't make any sense to me and it can be plain inconvenient!

I don't agree with it personally. I got mine pierced when I was 6 and I remember it being somewhat of a passage into "big girlhood". It was pretty momentus. I have an almost 4 year old girl and she won't get her's pierced until she asks for it or she's at least 8. Whichever is older...

I have a set of twin girls and I dont want to be the one who puts wholes in their bodies...what if they never wanted a piercing at all...i dont think its cool to do that...let some decisions be left up to your child

The policy in my family is that you can get your ears pierced when you are 12 years old, if YOU WANT to. I feel that since its a body modification that it should be the child's choice whether or not to have that done to themselves. 12 years is an age where a fair amount of children can take care of their ear care for themselves.

Personally, I couldn't. I had mine pierced at 12 and was far too squeamish to even take them in and put in new earrings. I kept them in for two years with constant infections and then removed them at 14 and let them close. Despite the fact that I am a total earring *kitten* - earrings are my favorite form of jewelry. When my sister turned 12 about seven years later she had hears pierced for her birthday and I went along and had mine re-pierced. I was much more mature and can handle removing and inserting new earrings. I did still struggle with infections, though not as bad as the first time they were pierced and I did get them to clear up once I bought fancy handmade ear pins.

But regardless of all that, you need to trust your mother's instinct. If it tells you do not cause your baby pain by piercing her ears because some cultures expect that then you need to listen to it or you WILL feel guilty about it. My mother learned this the hard way when she followed a friend's advice on disciplining me when I was a baby. She did something she did feel right about and felt horrible about it later and vowed to never listen to their advice and trust her own instincts.

I pierced them when she was little. My mom pierced mine when I was a baby. Her mom pierced hers... etc. I'm glad my mom got mine pierced when I was little. To each their own.

Should be illegal in my opinion. There's no valid argument for having it done to a child so young it can't make the decision itself.

How many people think this go out and circumcise their boys? And that's permanent!

Jeez, it's pierced EARS folks... as in, those tiny holes that close up automatically if you don't put anything in them.

My daughter had them done as a baby, isn't scarred for life, and she loves them.

My mom got mine done when I was like 6 months old. I don't agree or disagree about doing it young, I personally don't care because it's not my kid. My daughter is almost 2 and hers are not pierced. Truthfully, that's one more thing that I have to take care of and clean and I just really don't want to. I'm waiting until she's old enough to take care of it herself.

How many people think this go out and circumcise their boys? And that's permanent!

Circumcision has health benefits. Ear piercing does not.

There is no reason to pierce the ears of an infant. That's just causing unnecessary pain. Will it scar her for life? Probably not. But is there really a reason for it at all? Nope.

You'd be making a permanent body modification to a person who is unable to consent to it.

It's not permanent! I was 18months old when my dad got my ears pierced, he did it without my mum knowing, I can hardly remember it (and even then my "memories" come from being told the story loads) I never had any problems where as my sister was 10 when my parents let her get them done, she had constant problems because she messed while they were healing and had to have them redone as an adult.

It's your choice but I'd rather go through a bit of pain that I won't remember than being aware of what's happening

Hummm, All I know is that is way better for them to have them pierced now rather than latter. She won't remember a thing and is easier for you to keep them clean and prevent infection. I had mine pierced when I was 8 yrs. old and I suffered. My ears got infected and took forever to heal because I touch them constantly. I decided to pierce my daughters ears when she was 5m old and no problems. My husband and I got her custom made earrings that she wears to this day (4 1/2 yrs old).

I personaly do not like how it looks at all, I think it unnecessary pain to put a baby through