if you had your dd's ears pierced as an infant...

how bad was it? did you have it done by a dr. ? do they do both ears at the same time? what age did you do it? I am so torn I really want to have them pierced but feel so bad putting her through pain for it. Sorry for all the questions! tia!

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her ped did it, she cried like she would normally does with shots...she was fine right afterwards!!! We got it when she was roughly 3.5 mos old

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We had Ava ears pireced by our Ped. They did 1 at at time. She cried for a second. She was 3 months old.

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DD was 3 months old. Our ped's office doesn't do it. ( the nurses don't want to be responsible for making them uneven! haha)
We went to Piercing Pagoda in the Smithhaven mall (recommended by the ladies on LIF)
They were going to do both ears at once but DD kept turning her head to see what was going on ! So they did one ear and the other girl was standing by to do the other ear right away.
DD was about to cry after the first ear and then they did the second ear and she just stared at the girls!
They said the noise of the gun piercing is what scares them.
DD didn't cry at all! she was a trooper.
It was worse when she got her vaccines!!
They say if you don't do it when they are infants then don't do it until they ask for it!

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DD was 4 months and we had it done at her ped's office. They did it one at a time, she cried before it happened (she knew something was up!) and wailed after.

She was fine by the time we left the office.

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I had both my girls ears done the same day as their first round of shots. My oldest DD was 6 weeks and my youngest DD was 2 1/2 months old. They both got them done one ear at a time at Claire's. They both cried for like 30 seconds until I fed them and they were fine after that. It never bugged them to get them cleaned and they are now ages 2 and 3 and neither have ever had a problem with them.

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You and I are in the same boat!! I feel so bad to do this for some reason.. she is 4mos old.. I didnt ask if my ped does it.. I just feel so bad :(

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we had DDs done around 7 mths. we had it done at piercing pagoda inthe mall. they did them 1 at a time. honestly...she cried for all of 60 seconds and it was done.

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we took dd at 12 weeks old. to piercing pagoda at smithaven. the girls there were excellent i cant say enough nice things about them. they did both ears at the same time ( i wouldnt allow them to do one at a time) we went at night. gave her tylenol half hour before to help with the pain. ( dont know if this is reccommended but it worked GREAT) they pierced them, she screamed really bad then i popped in her night time bottle and she stoped crying instantly. drank her bottle and went right to sleep! it was a wonderful experience.

she doesnt pull them. or play with them they are healing great. If we have another daughter in the future we will do the same exact thing again!

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thanks ladies I think I am slowly being convinced

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DD was 4 months I got it done at Piercing Pagoda I numbed her ear with lidocane then went to the mall - no fuss from DD

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Done at 6 months in docs office. It hurt for a few seconds and then she got over it.

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We did DD's ears when she was 3 months old. Our Ped wouldn't do it so we took her to a piercing place in our mall. They did them one at a time, and it was just like when she gets her shots... cried for a minute and it was over. She hasn't touched them once and they healed perfectly with no complications. I'm glad we got them done sooner than later.

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i did it when dd was 5 months at this amazing place in Oceanside... IT was not bad at all! She cried maybe 2 min that is it

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i did it at a jewlery store when she was 2.5 months old. for the first hole she didn't even flinch. the second one she whined for like 30 seconds and it was over with. she was a CHAMP! the only thing that was difficult was the first night because she's a belly sleeper and no matter which side she slept on she was pressing on her ears, but after that night she was completely FINE! never got infected, she never played with her ears (she doesn't even know she has them in there) and it was a complete breeze. i def suggest you get it over with now.

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Our ped did it. We had a 9 am appt for her to put on numbing gel. Then came back at 9:30 for piercing. DD was cooing the whole time as she couldnt feel a thing.

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Jules was 8 months and we used a jewelry store. She didn't even cry.