Four Going on Fourteen
My daughter wants her ears pierced.
Yeah.
I wanted to get her ears pierced when she was a baby but I always chickened out. Then it got to the point in time where I was afraid if I did them she would pull them out or get infected and my husband E, would blame me.
I resigned myself to the fact she wouldn’t have her ears pierced until she was much older like I did when I was 7. Now my four year old daughter wants her ears pierced.
We have talked about how it is going to hurt, how the doctor will click a machine in her ear and put a hole into it for the earrings. That scared her at first but know she says she understands and she is excited.
Her cousin had her ears pierced recently and that put her over the edge.
Would you let your four year old get her ears pierced or would you make her wait?
In the meantime, I beg you, my dear readers, to keep coming back and reading my stories, because someone has to make enough money to pay for the BIG diamond earrings R wants!
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June 11th, 2007 at 9:49 am
My neice has been begging for her ears pierced since she was 4, but her mother is waiting until she can prove she can take care of them. Though, that may be 16 they way my little diva niece is. LOL
June 11th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Summer, I totally know how she feels!
June 11th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
I was just pondering this a few weeks ago - my husband is Indian and they generally do pierce their baby girls’ ears. We won’t, but when she gets old enough to ask for it in complete, grammatically-correct sentences, then we’ll go ahead.
Summer brings up very good points about the “being able to take care of it herself” aspect. That answer can go either way because there are loads of things that a 4 year old can’t take care of herself at that point.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
We did both our daughters first piercing before they were one. When my oldest turned 8, she wanted a second set & we took her. My 4 year old was there & she refused to leave till we got her 2nd set done. She was fine, wouldn’t even hold our hand. Now she is almost 6 & has 2 sets of earrings. She loves it & I’m glad we did it. I would go ahead & take her! Especially since she wants it. Good luck!
June 11th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Forgot to mention, the taking care of them part isn’t too bad. You just have to clean them a couple times a day for a few weeks. We actually helped both our kids, even though my oldest was able to do it on her own. My only rule is that we keep starter earrings in. They seem to do better with our kids sensitive ears for whatever reasons. Occasionally she will lose one, but it usually isn’t her fault. I have pulled one out when buckling car seat/seat belt in the past & then pulling over shirts. I just buy starter earrings at Sally’s, they are cheap & don’t bother the ears. As long as she understand that the ears need to be cleaned, etc I think it safe to do.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
My mom let me get my ears pierced when I was five. I remember the whole thing clearly and it made me feel really grown up since I had to help clean them and all.
I’m glad I did it when I was young because I other kids thought it was cool and I started disliking needles and pain later, so I may not have ever had it done when I was older.
I didn’t have any trouble with it at all.
I say go for it!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
No. If either child asks I will tell them to wait until they are 18.
June 12th, 2007 at 2:01 am
I had my ear pierced when I was around 7 years old. My parents got me this simple gold studs, appropriate for my age, and then I outgrew that when I was 12 years old. Eventually by the time I was a teenager, I then started changing pairs.
I think kids younger than 7 are still too young to have their ears piereced though. But I’ve seen kids as young as 6 months old with their ears pierced….and parents often tell me it’s because people have a hard time telling if the baby was a girl or a boy. LOL! Perhaps they have not heard of bows or ribbons.
June 12th, 2007 at 8:09 am
I agree with summer. I wouldn’t do it until she was old enought to take care of them herself - clean them, make sure they don’t get infected etc…
I got mine done when I was around 10 or 11.
June 12th, 2007 at 10:45 am
I have mixed emotions on this. Perhaps, its because I’m in a “no” mode because my stepdaughter who is 13 going on 21 wants her bellybutton or nose pierced. One important thing to remember with any piercing, never get it done at a place that uses a piercing gun. The gun can not be properly sterilized which puts the piercee at risk for any disease that is transferred by blood, such as HIV.
August 7th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
hey i am a gurl n i got ma ears pierced at 6 motjs n i had ma second 1 done at 9yrs old i think u should get your daughters ears pierced because she might see al her friends with it n she hasnt got hers done n u neva know she might end up piercing it her self!
xx hope this helps