Infant Ear Piercing - San Antonio,TX

I would see if any tattoo shops will do it, because they are cleaner then a claires or mall peircer, they re use guns and only change the earring part. Ewwww! Once my daughter is born the shop my husband goes to has a guy who will do it once she's 3 months old.

I would wait til she's older when she can chose & you can explain the pain.
I don't really trust any place to do it.
I've had friends go to both places & they both got infections.
I had mine as a kid at the mall & voila...they got infected. Twice. Re-did them when I was a little older.
They can get infected pretty much anywhere.
My advice...hang in there & wait awhile. Then she can be sure to take care of them herself.

Why does a baby need her ears pierced?

Strong 2nd for a good tattoo shop.

Their piercers are trained and certified and spend YEARS doing this. Yes. It's more expensive (Around $30), but they're also not being done by the minimum wage girl who had an hour's worth of training. It's REALLY important to line up the holes so that as your baby grows they don't become all lopsided. A good tattoo shop is also INFINITELY cleaner than any option outside of a doctor's office (aka they practice the same sterile best practice that medical professionals do).

Remember; ideally, you want to get piercings done at or BEFORE 6mo old (so they can't reach them with their hands, and so that by the time they become more self aware the holes are both completely healed AND it's no biggie/ completely normal).

I'm asking the same question...why does a baby need her ears pierced?

I personally wouldn't do this because my daughter is not "mine".

My feeling is her body = her choice.

We waited until she was old enough to want them. The we had a little rite of passage celebration for her when SHE decided the SHE wanted them.

We went to a tattoo shop because I knew that would be sterile and it is monitored closely with health department.

We couldn't find a tattoo shop to touch our infant daughter. We had it done at Claire's when she was 3mo old. ( you have to take her shots records to show them that she is currant on all shots) They did both ears at the same time. She bearly cried at all!! She has never had an infection and now, 2 1/2 yrs later she loves picking out her ear rings to go with her clothes each morning! We kept her studs in for almost a year before changing them. Just taking them out to clean the ear ring and hole better about once a month.

I had my daughter's ears pierced at Claires at the mall. She went after her first set of shots so around 2 1/2 months & I was impressed how quick it was done & the kit included all the after care. We went as soon as they opened so it wouldnt be busy. Good luck

I've had a great many babies come through my daycare where they have already been done. I've never seen it be a problem. If you are concerned about the backs coming off, get a nice, expensive, gold pair that has screw backs. I wouldn't imagine that they need to be changed often on a little girl of that age.

I also agree with a tattoo shop, for the reasons already listed. That was what I planned for my DD... BUT after several months of trying to get hubby to actually take us to do it, I finally got fed up enough to have the ladies at Walmart do it while I was there for groceries!! (lol) They stood one on each side, and pierced them together so there was only one instant of pain. My DD was about 9 months old, and after about 30 seconds of tears she was completely over it. I made sure to keep them clean, and they never once got infected. Unless you don't take care of them, or your DD happens to be allergic to the earring, you shouldn't have any problems with infections. I LOVE her cute pierced ears!

I agree with Jacy B. I had both of my daughters done there at 2mths and 3mths. They did a great job and the kids only cried a second. They use gold and the backs for infants are very hard to get off and are rounded so they wont poke them. And both my girls were lucky and have an auntie that went all out and bought diamond earring for them before they turned one! I dont even have any!

We did our daughters at 6 months. She is 2 years old now and we still have the piercing studs in. (locking backs) When I want to get her new earings I just simply go to the jewelry counter at Wal-Mart or Claires or somewhere and request to buy piercing studs for my toddler.

Her Doctor was fine with it, all he said was to wait until she had her 2nd set of shots in before we did it. Since we are on a delayed schedule she was 6 months old before that time came.

I would never do it but unlike some of these moms I will not judge you because I know for a lot of people piercing a babies ears is a cultural thing. In my area the only place you can get your ears pierced is from someone that is licensed they no longer do it at hair salons, at booths in the mall, etc. So I guess my advice to you is that if you want to do it call some body piercing places.

i went to clairs around easter time. just now my 20 month old decided that she would pull them out of her ears. after replacing the screw on back earrings several times a day we gave up. i will wait until she is older and have them repierced (sp). and we had a heck of a time finding actual screw on earrings that werent just normal backs on screw type studds. other than that she did fine for several months and they werent bothering her at all. she likes earrings and brings me what is left over from all the ones she lost and destroyed but they closed up quickly.

Recommendations on where to go for ear piercing: wait until your daughter is 9,10, 11.....and then you two decide together. When she wants to have ears pierced and will take care of it herself.
I am sorry. I do not understand piercing baby's ears. Babies are beautiful---just as they are.