Ear piercing for newborn?

ra_mom

Wed, Aug 14 2019, 11:57 pm

Rivky Ehrman is the best. She works out of Golden Treasures on Sundays. Find out if she's there in the summer.

amother

Bronze

Thu, Aug 15 2019, 7:50 am

The sweetest and nice lady sooo careful leah Unger she lives 14/44st. Don't have # she also does house calls

ra_mom

Thu, Aug 15 2019, 12:32 pm

You can schedule an appt with Rivky at her home in Flatbush. We did that with our first. And the next time we met her at the store.
(718) 645-3120

FranticFrummie

Thu, Aug 15 2019, 12:41 pm

Before anyone jumps on the OP about piercing a baby's ears, I just want to tell you a little story.

When I turned 12, my parents let me get my ears pierced. As soon as the first earring went in, I yelled "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THIS WHEN I WAS A BABY!!!!!" I was SO mad that I had to go through that pain when I was older. Wink

amother

Salmon

Thu, Aug 15 2019, 12:42 pm

Off topic, but did anyone else have the experience of the earrings falling out?

I pierced my daughter's ears when she was 6 months old, and the earrings fell out twice within the next 3 months. They got lost both times. The second time, I just let the hole close and didn't bother re-piercing because I felt like it was impossible to keep the earrings in!

Does this mean that the person who did the piercing did a bad job?

FranticFrummie

Thu, Aug 15 2019, 12:45 pm

amother [ Salmon ] wrote:

Ask for "sleeper hoops". They are tiny hoops that don't get caught on things, and they are really easy to keep clean.

Another option is a "capture bead hoop." They don't go anywhere!

groovy1224

Thu, Aug 15 2019, 12:47 pm

amother [ Salmon ] wrote:

No it means the earrings were poor quality.

amother

Pumpkin

Thu, Aug 15 2019, 12:47 pm

FranticFrummie wrote:

Piercing ears on a newborn also means that the parents are fully responsible for caring for the piercings afterward, not a (most likely) preteen sometime in the future, and makes the piercing less likely to close on its own. Parents should just make sure that they go to a professional who pierces the right spot according to how the ears grow.

amother

Salmon

Thu, Aug 15 2019, 1:02 pm

FranticFrummie wrote:

I also didn't get my ears pierced until I was 12. I was terrified to do it. My mother basically dragged me when she took my younger sisters (ages 4 and 2- after they cut each other's hair and needed boy-length haircuts).

It actually hurt a lot less than I had anticipated.

amother

Sienna

Thu, Aug 15 2019, 1:04 pm

FranticFrummie wrote:

And as soon as I got my ears pierced I thought "why was I afraid of this my whole life and got the second holes done immediately!!

amother

Thu, Aug 15 2019, 3:37 pm

ra_mom wrote:

You can schedule an appt with Rivky at her home in Flatbush. We did that with our first. And the next time we met her at the store.
(718) 645-3120

Thank you so much!