When did you get your son/s ears pierced?

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I had my sons left ear pierced when he was a few days old, at the same time his twin sister had hers done, but afterwards I wished that I had pierced both his ears.

As soon as their ears had healed I had her ears double pierced, and he had a second hole in his left ear, and also his right ear pierced for the first time.

Obviously he was so young that it was my decision for him to have his ears pierced, and I think the younger a child is when they have their ears pierced, the better. Normally he wears a sleeper (small hoop) in his first hole in his left ear and small gold studs in the other holes (the studs he got pierced with). Apart from removing them to clean them, he wears earrings all the time.

His father also has both his ears pierced - I made him get them done shortly after we met and he also wears his earrings constantly.

Where we live a lot of boys have their ears pierced by the time they start school, and most of my friends have pierced their boys ears as well while they are babies/toddlers. I think that it is really cute for a little boy to have his ears pierced and it is actually quite unusual to see a boy that hasn't had at least one of his ears pierced by the time they are about 5 or 6 years old.

If I had another boy I would definitely have both his ears pierced when he was newborn, but it is up to each individual parent.

Lee,

Wow, what a lot of questions! I'll try to answers as fully as possible.

My son was 9 when he had his left ear pierced. I had purposely waited until he asked rather than suggesting anything to him. He wears a plain gold stud to school and most of the time during the week but sometimes 'blings it up' a bit at the weekend and holiday time (especially if he's going to a friend's party or something like that). I have my ear pierced also.

However, to provide you with a different perspective, as a result of my son having his ear pierced, my brother took my nephews to have their ears pierced also. At the time, the boys were 2 and 4 years old and, obviously given their ages, it was my brother and his wife's decision rather than anything that they asked for. Again, they both had their left ears pierced and, recently, my elder nephew has had his left lobe pierced again so that it is double pierced. He wears two little gold studs and my younger nephew wears a single plain stud. Again, like me, by brother also has his ear pierced.

I know you didn't ask for opinions but I have to say that, on the basis of my brother and nephews' experience, I would have no qualms about taking my son to have his ear pierced much younger than I did if I were to have my time over again.

Hope this helps.

i never let him get them peirced i think its unattractive and a dumb stage, but if u want to i would say 16 or wait till hes 18 and see if he still wants his ears peirced because people change

from primary up till now (13yrs)-not my boys!

and sometimes one ,but in my school you're only allowed two.

NEVER