Advice on Ear Piercing, 2 Years Old.

I agree with most of the other posts. I let my girls ask me to get their ears pierced before I did it. They were willing to suffer the pain and cleaning because they asked for it.

I had my daughters ear pierced and she did nothing but pull them out. She is 2.5yrs and the hohles have now closed. I figure she can decide when she is older if she wants them pierced again.
My advice, wait until she decides she wants her ear pierced.

I think you're in the wrong age window to do it at the moment. Two year olds are so... opinionated! Unless yours has said she wants her ears pierced, don't bother doing it until later.

My older daughter asked to have hers pierced at 4 years old, so I took her and her little sister (who was then around 15 months). Once I got there, I thought, why not have both girls' ears pierced at once? Well, my 4 year old picked out the earrings she wanted, hopped up in the chair, and didn't even flinch when her ears were pierced. She was as happy as she could be!

So then I sat there with my little one on my lap and the second they pierced the first ear, she started SCREAMING! So loud that people came in from the mall into the Claire's store and asked what we were doing to that poor baby! The girl pierced the other ear quickly and even though I hadn't thought it possible, my toddler screamed even louder! The girl said, "At least be glad she's not a little older - the 2 year olds will fight us sometimes and one time I was bitten hard enough to draw blood!"

So I'm just saying, you might want to wait until you're past the terrible 2's/3's! I will say that the healing process was no big deal with either child for me, and we've had no issues with pulling the earrings out (we use the ones with screw-on backs). My kids are now 3 and 5.5 and love their earrings. Good luck!

I think she's too young. We live in a society of trying to make our little children in to little adults. Let her be a child for as long as you can. I was 8 when I got my first piercing, 16 my second and 18 my third. Now I regret the second two and wish that i could have them gone, but they are still here even though I don't wear earrings. She has plenty of time to puncture her skin as she gets older.

I see you've already decided what to do, but I thought I'd still share what I'm doing. I'm for sure waiting until they ask, and at that point it will be a privilege...school needs to be going well, caught up on piano lessons, minding the adults in their lives and able to be totally responsible for caring for their ears and earings.

Sounds like that's what you are doing!

Now is fine and healling is diffrent for everyone but i would just make sure that nice studs are put in not loops and then also ones that will match everything not just one or two this so you can leave them in for as long as posible as for care of them when you get them done they should give you everything for the first time then there is a bottal of stuff you can get for at home leave the studs in just push and twist them to make sure the ear dont stick to it the bottle should tell you everything for taking care of it but i used it 2-3 times a day and never had problems and non of it hurts just the sting after the piercing is done and the first cleaning good luck hope she enjoys them

Hi. Since you asked, here is my opinion. I wouldn't get her ears pierced until she's old enough to take care of them herself. It's not like it will be much more difficult to do later in life. And, toddlers aren't worried about such things as jewelry, unless it's to play with their mother's. Besides, they're cute enough as it is. I also think it just creates more work for you. But, if you go ahead, then I don't think the healing time is any different than if she were 8 or 13; at least not drastically so. I'm sure most won't agree with me, but that's okay. And, if you go ahead, you can always change your mind and let them close up.

Personally I would hold off. Let her get her ears pierced when/if she wants them. I got mine done for my 5th birthday and it was a very big deal for me. My mom told me that i got them because I stopped being a baby and sarted being a little girl. It was very special.

Hi -
I just read you post and wanted to comment even though it is quite a bit later. I had my daughters ears pierced at 3 days old, in the hospital the day we left. They have been fine and have not been any trouble at all. I think she will just feel it is a part of her body since they are there from the beginning and not be a problem. She is only 10 months old at this point so we will see how it is as she gets older. This is the way they do it in some cultures and I figured why not. They look adorable.Just a thought for future babies!

I let me daughter decide that she wanted to get her ears pierced. She was 5 y.o. That is still young to make such a decision, but if she is totally against earrings when she grows up, then she doesn't have to wear them. Luckily it has been very low maintanence. She just turned 7 and she cleans her own ears and I just help clean the earrings.