Babies and Girls Ear Piercings @ Claire’s
September 10, 2007 by Dexie Wharton
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My daughter got her ears pierced when she was 8 months old. We had it done at Claire’s. The major requirement for infants’s ear piercing is that they have gotten their 3rd month’s shots. For $22, Claire’s provided the the piercings, the pair of gold studs and cleaning set. With the studs, you can pick from either gold or silver. I would’ve picked the silver but since my Mother-in-Law paid for it, I compromised when she picked the gold studs. The lady at Claire’s will instruct you on the proper care of the ears pierced. Just kinda twist the earrings around, and pour a little bit of the antiseptic solution on a cotton ball then apply it on the ears, front and back, everyday for 6 weeks. After that period of time, you can change the studs into another set of earrings if you want. But for precautions, make sure to still use studs instead of hoops coz their little finger are very curious. You don’t want your baby sticking her finger into the hoop opening while she’s sleeping at night. So stick with studs until you are confident your baby girl doesn’t pull on her ears constantly. Also don’t worry about the earrings from Claire’s. I was hesitant on the gold pair coz I juust had a feeling my daughter is like me when it comes to fake golds. Claire’s infant studs are real so your daughter won’t be allergic to it. Plus the antiseptic will help out a lot. I had a pair of another gold earrings that I put on her ears after 6 weeks but it turned out not to be real so she had a problem with ‘em. Now she’s back to wearing the gold studs from Claire’s. For anow anyway. I have 2 pairs of silver hoosp for her. One pair was a gift from her Godmother. My Mother-in-Law also bought her a pair of pearl studs. NIIICE. Once I’m confident she won’t pull on her ear too all the time, I’d put her in any of those new earrings.
Anyhooo, if you’re wondeirng where to get your baby daughter’s ear piercings done. go to your local Claire’s store. The handle kids as well. And make sure she’s had her 3 months shots done.
WARNING : Your Baby Will Cry, but she will be alright. Trust me, I was nervous as hell. I was glad my husband wasn’t with us coz if he heard her scream he would’ve stopped the whole thing. I do believe it’s better to get their ears pierced before they turn 1 yr old. Babies skin and pains tend to heal faster.
Thanks, Dexie! I chickened out on my youngest daughter’s ear piercings (got my older one’s done when she was 8 months old and because she moved, one was off-centre and needed to be redone when she was like 8 years old).
I’ve been regretting waiting for the younger one’s piercings and now I read this, I’m really regretting it. Plus, she saw this and was like, “I want earrings.” If they can talk, they’re probably too old to “forget” LOL (she’s 4).
Moral of the story: try to get them done early. Now I’m terrified… lol
Jeanne, hey, she said she wants it..LOL. Just hold her down in the chair and bribe with an ice cream cone after wards
Can’t wait until she’s old enough to wear enjoy the hoops!
I got my ears pierced (the first time) when I was 3 months old, or so the story goes heh. I imagine I’d do the same if I ever have a little girl. The younger they are the less they’ll remember the pain right?
Right!
My daughter is 11months old and will be 1 may 15 2008. I really want to get her ears pierced because regardless what I put on her (clothing wise) people think she is a boy SAD she is so beautiful and to me of course looks nothing like a boy. I am scared because of the pain but reading this makes me want to do it more because she won’t remember this.
Always Delilah
i had my piercing done when i was in first grade but took it out after a few months because it kept getting in my way. long hair and sports and such.
i didn’t think i’d want it again but got it pierced when i turned 19.
my second time wasn’t just a passing fancy at a trend or to enhance my beauty. i think it’s important to have the choice of whether or not i wanted the piercing.
and pain shouldn’t be an issue. if a person wants a piercing, hopefully they are at a stage in their life where they are willing to go through a little pain to get it done.
i understand that as parents, we don’t want to our children to be in any pain. but the choice and the small amount of pain is worth the understanding and maturity.
but then again…they may just want it as soon as their friends start getting one.
just a thought~
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was thinking about taking my 5 month old baby girl to get her ears peirced today, still neverous no matter what. Daddys not impressed, but we just want it over with lol so my mother is taking us and I’m just going to have to walk away, as soon as I hear her scream, I’ll more then likely cry
Thanx for the motivation!
Beware – The assistant at Claire’s said that she wouldn’t do the procedure unless we signed in advance to say that it was satisfactory.
It’s supposed to be done in a sterile way but she continued serving customers in her sterile gloves while I was reading the form!
I was disgusted and walked. I don’t know anything about ear piercing but I do know that when a company asks you to sign away your legal rights before the procedure happens – tehn you don’t have anything to do with it.
Find an ear piercer who has your child’s welfare at heart – not it’s legal section.
I think piercing an infant’s or child’s ears is sick. What right do you have to put holes in someone else’s body without their permission. You don’t OWN your children’s bodies. It is sickening to inflict that pain onto a baby like that. And the excuse of, they cry but it’ll be ok, is just ignorant. You could smack a kid around some too, they would cry, but be ok. So let’s do that too while were at it! Let your children grow up and decide for themselves whether or not to get their ears pierced. After all their ears belong to them, not you.
My daughter is 2 years old. My personal opinion is to let your daughter decide whether she wants to get her ears pierced or not. Also, if you don’t want your baby to feel pain, you can rub some EMLA cream on her ears an hour in advance and wipe it off when you get there. It numbs so you can’t feel a thing!
My daughter is 5 1/2 months old, We got her ears pierced at Claires yesterday. We got her gold studs with her birthstone. She Cried for at least 10 minutes or longer But she was also tired since she went to see santa and we woke her up from her nap early to go do that. So I think she did pretty good for being kinda on the cranky side. My Husband was there… He was Livid he didnt want her to get her ears pierced but I talked him into it. When she cried for 10 minutes he was pretty upset, I was a little stressed but all in all it went pretty good haha im just scared of the studs jabbing her neck behind her ears and keeping them clean because she’s squirmy and its a little hard to clean. But Im glad i did it when she’s young.
Oh btw I paid $47 and it came with the anticeptic
got my daughters done at 5 months, i have another post on here about getting it done
she was amazing! she only cried because we had to hold her head still, and she didnt like that to much. We got them done at peoples jewelers. I would advise everyone to get them done there, they have special backings that are closed and rounded off so theydont poke the baby behind the ears, will cost alot more, but you know they are GOOD earings and a good gun and anticeptic, i think it was $60 for cubic diamonds!
so cute!!
Mother Of 5:
its a peircing, NOT a tattoo, if they decide when they are older that they do not want it, so let it be, let them take them out and HEAL OVER! unlike a tattoo, it heals over!
its no different then the baby going for a needle! except that theres a stud involved. If it was bugging my daughter, i would have taken them out, but there not, so I’m keeping them in!
My daughter is 13 months old. And i want to get her ears pierced at Claire’s. Do I need to take an appointment for that? Or should I juz walk in?
Susan, just walk in
I went to Claires today to get my ear piercings today. It o.k but Lillian Villarruel was nice to me!!!!!!!
I went to Claires today to get my ear piercings today. It was o.k but thanks to Lillian Villarruel was nice to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m 12 and i just had my ears pierced at Claires. I have to say, it wasn’t so bad, and even though I cried, it was BEFORE the actual piercing. The anticipation was killing me.
Basicly, the waiting was the worst part of it all. Getting my back-to-school shots were worse than the ear piercing. But it still took me about a day for the pain in my ears to go away, and I couldn’t get to sleep cause when I tried to turn to my side it felt like my ear piercing experience. The pain just stopped today.
But now for the babies ear piercing thing. I personally think that yes, a baby’s ears should be pierced at a young age, between 8-12 months of age. They don’t get that awful feeling in their stomache while they’re waiting for it to be done, because they don’t know what’s about to happen, and then the pain is one spilt second, and boom! It’s done and over with. The baby won’t even remember the ear piercing, and now that their ears are pierced, when they go to school they won’t succumb to peer presure as everyone else’s ears get pierced. It is possible that they will become one of the most popular kids later on, and this can boost the child’s self-esteem. So this is why I agree to early ear piercing.
This is all wrong! please do not take your child to claires to get their ears pierced, do some research of places in your local area. Claires use piercing guns which are very unhygenic, as is piercing someones ears in a dusty shop window. Training given in piercings to those that work in claires is minimal and the advice that they give afterwards can cause infection to earrings such as ‘make sure you twist the stud morning and night’, you should not do this as it moves dirt back into the piercing. I had my first ear piercings done when i was younger in a reputable jewellars who used proper gold studs, not cheap ones. it only cost £4 more than at claires and was definately worth paying the extra money. I never had any problems with the piercings and the piercing was straight! This is just my advice, you don’t have to take it but just thought it might help someone
I am talking about claires in the UK by the way. by readin the article it sounds as if claires in the USA give better quality earrings and are better trained/safer