Childrens ears piercing:  When I was 8 my mother took me to get my ears pierced.  I will never forget my sister and I went the Rockaway mall to Bejewled a store on the upper level.  They had white seats with chrome arms and orange and pink walls  it was 1979.  My sister and I got them done the same time.  The earring lady sat us down.  Then one ear at a time we had the gun placed to our ears.  Sliver studs.  We we so proud and could not wait till we could wear all the earrings they sold in the store.  My mother made sure we twisted the post every day.  I remember once having to take them out .. the hole started closing up and my mother put the stud back in. ouch!!

Childrens ears piercing

So the time came when for my daughters birthday, after months of waiting for her birthday she got her ears pierced.  My mom came down for her birthday so it was perfect we all went it was like a right of passage for her to get her ears done.   So here is a video of that day a year ago,  they did a dual piercing:

So a year later what did I learn..Children’s Ear Piercing

My Top Tips on getting children’s ears piercing :

• My daughter was 8 years old I waited because I wanted her to take the the responsibility for the earring.  For us the age 8 was perfect.  I never had to get involved with the daily care of her earring when she got the piercing  for the most part.
• Try to have both done at the same exact time it avoids they chicken out on the the other ear.  Claries did great!
• The solution must be used on a regular basis twice a day. Keep them clean
• Twist the earrings
• Earrings change after 6 weeks we were told my daughter could switch her earring to another Post/stud earring. We stuck to this.
• We did not want my daughter ears got pussy  from the cheaper “fun” earring, so we did avoid them.
• Watch how tight is the earing back.   my daughter became very concerned she would loose the back or the earring them so she pushed the back on to tight.. the ear got sore
• If the  cheaper earrings hurt take out immediately and switch to better sterling silver studs.
• “I cant get the earring through the holes mom” She was not great at changing earrings.. she could never get it through the hole.
• Wait for dangles till 6 months..We did not around month 4,  because of her concerns and cheap earring.. I went and purchased sterling silver mini continuous (tiny) hoops at Target.
• The little silver hoops solved many problems,  she could swim with them,  her ears could get air so there was no pressure on her ears from the backs.

My advice is wait  till they are 8 and go with little hoops non dangle  after the 5-6 months of the studs.

Have fun!