I am feeling guilty... I just got back from getting my 5 month-old baby girl's ears pierced. I did it because I didn't get mine pierced until I was 9 years old and I kept messing with them so I had off and on infections. My mom also suggested that I do it. It went fine. She only cried.. okay, screamed for a couple of minutes. When I got home I was reading online on the subject. Some moms think its cruel and not fair to the baby.. I am wondering what you all think of it.

I dont think its cruel, but for some they might think 5 months is a little too young to put your baby through that pain. I remember going with my little cousin and her mom to pierce her ears , she was 3. Sooner or later you was going to do it anyway right? Im sure there was no bad intentions when you took her to get it done, so relax and in my opinion again, its not cruel.

No its not cruel i agree what patricias213 said.

better to get it done early than when shes older, i had mine done at 16 then again at 17 cos the holes closed up on me. now i never taked me earring off cos i don't want to get the ear pierced again it just hurts.lol

So don't worry what others are saying .

I got my ears pierced when I was 2 months, which was good because I would have bothered them constantly if I were older. I don't think it's one bit cruel. Most babies cry for no reason anyway...That what my mom told me I did. ^_^

no i dont think its cruel because my mom pierced my ears when i was 3 months old and she said that it was better that she had done it when i was small because if she had waited longer than she said that I would've started messing with them and things like that. my little sister also had her ears pierced when she was 3 months old and shes perfectly fine with them she doesn't mess with them. you actually did something good!

I don't think it's cruel either.
I've seen lots of babies with their ears pieced! Remember it's not about what others think-- that's YOUR child.

As long as she's healthy, that's all that matters.

I read this thread wondering if all of these children were pierced with the "traditional" gun system? If this is the case I have a lot of information that may change the minds of some of the mothers doing this. I am a body piercer, I have done this for 9 years now. I have a daughter who is 3 and loves to see pictures of what her mommy does for people. My daughter wants earrings so bad she can taste them I am sure, but doing what I do and knowing what I know I would NEVER pierce my child's ears until she was old enough to sit through the process of having it done with a hollow straight needle.

Piercing guns are WRONG!!!!! Having "cute" earrings in your daughters ears are the least of your concern in this situation. You spent many many weeks carrying that baby and taking care of it and trying to help it to come out healthy, now what would make you go and put a child at risk for so many life threatening diseases? Piercing guns CARRY THOUSANDS OF GERMS. Peroxide or what ever else they clean the guns with will NOT kill all the bacteria that they collect. A piercing gun can never be sterilized!!! They are made of steel and plastic and can not be cleaned. Plastic can hold bacteria for lifetimes!!! A child's immune system is much weaker then an adults. If someone with AIDS or and disease was pierced with that gun you are subjecting your baby to the chance of contracting that disease. There is the chance of blood to blood contact. There is the chance that who ever was pierced with that gun before could be a carrier for any host of diseases. They use those guns hundreds of times!

A piercing gun is used to shove a very blunt piece of steel or other wise through a piece of skin and tissue. A blunt object it not ment to do such a thing. It's like trying to cut wood with a butter knife!!! You may do it but chances are it was very painful to do. I understand that a needle seems "scary" or more painful, but really it is not. I understand that the earrings are cute, I understand if they get done early they wont play with them. Risking willingly subjecting my child to the chance of a serious disease for something cute.

If anyone understands the desire to have earrings it is me. I have pierced little girls as young as six!!!! But I do so in a clean enviroment! with sterile supplies!! The risk of infection and the risk or disease tranmission is lowered exponentially! Please if you do read this pass this on to other mothers. It is not fair to the mom who thinks that getting her babies ear pierced is harmless, and ends up with a baby who gets sick because that baby was pierced with a gun!!!!!!

I have to agree about the gun. its the worst thing you can use for piercing... and either people get lucky and their ears don't get infected from the gun, or they do and its a lot to deal with.

luckily your baby won't remember any of this. only you will remember taking care of the piercings and making sure they don't get infected.

i wouldn't use the word cruel to describe piercing a baby girl, just maybe, not fair? how do you know she wants her ears pierced? its not a huge deal but you made a choice for her when she can't tell you how she feels about it.

i hope the best for your baby girl and i'm sure she looks gorgeous with her new earrings