In my family, babies get their ears pierced. In some ways it's a big deal, in other ways it's not. When the girls were about 4 months old or so, I got their ears pierced at Claires and called it good. Fast forward years later and my fave tattoo artist read me the riot act for not waiting till the girls were older and taking them to a real piercer.
Safer. Cleaner. More Experienced. More jewelry options.
You don't know what you don't know folks! Armed with this new information, when Cass was four she pulled on her earring, and heeding Johnnie's advice, I did not take her back to Claire. I waited till she was old enough to get her ears re-done. Turns out in this area that magic number was 8.
I won't even give you a hint as to where Cass wanted to go last week! She did so great. They pierced her ears at the same time and she was thrilled with the results.
Physically it makes so much sense to wait and see how their little bodies develop. Cass' ears grew in such a way that the first piercing from when she was a baby would have developed problems anyway. So it was good we let them close up. And, she was so excited to make that decision on her own, a little step of independence.
Everyone raises their kids how they see fit, no judgement here on whether you decide to pierce or not pierce, go to a place like Claires, a doctor, or the piercing/tattoo parlor. All I"m saying is, if you weren't aware (like I wasn't aware) this option for kids existed, with super experienced peeps in a clean environment, now you are ;-)
Safer. Cleaner. More Experienced. More jewelry options.
You don't know what you don't know folks! Armed with this new information, when Cass was four she pulled on her earring, and heeding Johnnie's advice, I did not take her back to Claire. I waited till she was old enough to get her ears re-done. Turns out in this area that magic number was 8.
I won't even give you a hint as to where Cass wanted to go last week! She did so great. They pierced her ears at the same time and she was thrilled with the results.
Physically it makes so much sense to wait and see how their little bodies develop. Cass' ears grew in such a way that the first piercing from when she was a baby would have developed problems anyway. So it was good we let them close up. And, she was so excited to make that decision on her own, a little step of independence.
Everyone raises their kids how they see fit, no judgement here on whether you decide to pierce or not pierce, go to a place like Claires, a doctor, or the piercing/tattoo parlor. All I"m saying is, if you weren't aware (like I wasn't aware) this option for kids existed, with super experienced peeps in a clean environment, now you are ;-)
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