Hi friends,

Did any of you get ear piercing done for your baby girls.. I was thinking of getting it done this week for Nikku.. When do you think is a good time to get it done? Did any of you face any problems..

Regards,
Bhairavi. sheeja replied. we have planned to do this weekend. u can find piercing shop in most of the big malls near your place. for me they said, if we buy studs there then piercing is free. Sheeja replied. We have planned to do it piercing pogoda in a mall near our place this weekend. last time when i went to the mall i saw couple of babies were ear pierced. they ddint cry much like say a minute or so. thats it. no pain at all. what that piercing lady told me was, do all the shopping and then come lastly here. coz babies in this age, they will be excited and they show 1 ear,after the shock of 1ear they wont show other ear,it will take some time for doing the second ear.
moreover most of my friends did their, and no one got any kind of infections.

As Vidya said, its true that u cant put our Indian studs which has thick stem. but there are models with thin stem also. so it will be good looking with 22k than these 14k American gold studs.
Vidya, what most of my friends did was, when the baby is 3yr old or when the baby can toleret pain u can try putting our indian studs. 90% u will suceed. orelse if u r concerned soo much, next time when u visit india, there u can make the hole bigger. thats also 1 minute job. so dont worry abt this. Vidya replied. I haven't posted anything here for a long time now. But had to on this one.

I pierced Sriya's ears when she was 6 months from th piercing pagoda. The pain is nothing, lasts only for a few seconds. she cried for a minute tha tis all. It is over before u know it. Nothing happened no ear infections, Everyhting is ok adn she looks cute with the earing.

But to all moms i would suggest to not get it pierced in the US or in India, if they use a shot gun. The reason is the hole is too small, only the width of a needle. So she cannot wear any Indian earing, which generally has a thicker stem, we tried to put the india earings (she has lots that she got as gifts) but it is too painful, and the first time blood came out. So now she does not let us change the earing even. Though I asked all my friends and the ped (also an indian, mallu infact with 2 daughters of her own), no one told me about this. Now when i tell them they say ya we too are in the same boat. Some of them have forced the indian earring on the ear with a lot of effort, succeeded but with a lot of bleeding. But they do not recommend it though. Also I do not have the heart to put her thru all that pain. Now I am in dilema, hoping that by the time she is 1 maybe her ear lobe will be thicker and won't bleed so much.

If someone would have told me about this issue earlier, i would definitely have not got it pierced here.
Good Luck!

Vidya Anitha replied. Hey ..

I was abt to post this question...I hve to get layas ear pierced . but she has already had 3 ear infection n am worried abt this lot.. And the pain associated with it...

Anitha Hetal replied. you read my mind today :)) i was just planning to put this post...i was concerned about ear infection...read quite alot of forums, they say baby gets ear infection, it worried me..so wanted to post about it...does ne one know if its true or its individual ??????? ne thoughts about it.
m planning for nirja to get her ear pierced before her bday.my ped said babies can get their ear punched netime after 3 months.
i want to follow indian tradition of seeing a good day so will do that.
reg