What Kind of Earrings to Pierce Baby Ears

Last January, my oldest daughter Sarah (then historic period 9) got her ears pierced equally an early on altogether nowadays (of sorts). I found out a niggling also late that I wanted to accept her to the tattoo parlor and not the mall: Sarah got her ears pierced at Claire's.

I knew then that if and when the time came for my younger girl to get her ears pierced, we'd go to the tattoo parlor.

(Sarah had a good experience at Claire'due south. Her piercer was kind and professional person, her hole placement is adept, it didn't injure too much. Her ears did get a little bit infected during the healing process; six months afterwards, they're fine, thank goodness.)

Lucy only turned 8; she got her ears pierced for her birthday. (I was afraid that Sarah would think this patently unfair, but information technology was really her idea: she didn't want Lucy to endure the anticipatory fear and dread that she did.)

This time, we went to the tattoo parlor.

I did my inquiry terminal time and knew the ropes, even though I'd never gear up foot in a tattoo parlor before. I had the signed and notarized form ready to go; nosotros fabricated an appointment well in advance.

When the day arrived, Lucy and I went to the tattoo parlor together. The lobby looked similar you'd expect a tattoo parlor to look: diverse clientele, albums of tattoo designs as reading material, lots of photos of happy pierced and tattooed customers on the walls.

While we waited, two thirty-something women flipped through one of the albums, oohing and aahing over diverse botanical tattoos, and a twenty-something human being pulled off his shirt to show his dorsum to a tattoo artist, described in detail what he wanted to add to his tattoo, then made an appointment to come back for a iv-hour session.

But when we got to the room it looked more like a doctor'south exam room (albeit i with a beautiful fireplace: this tattoo parlor is in a 100-year-onetime brick converted residence). Lucy sat on a table just like the 1 at our pediatrician's role. The walls were covered with containers holding various sterilized implements: it looked like a nurse'due south station.

The two piercers spent nearly an 60 minutes with u.s.a.. First nosotros talked, and then they sterilized Lucy'south ears. After eyeballing the placement of the holes, they used fancy-looking calipers to verify the placement was correct.

When they were satisfied with the placement, they explained to Lucy exactly what would happen. (The method is entirely different from Claire's and other places that utilize piercing guns: here they used a hypodermic needle to create a hole in her ear, so they inserted the earring.) They coached her on how to breathe, and did a practice run. (i … two … 3 … go!) And so they did the piercing.

We were fortunate that this tattoo parlor has two trained piercers: i has been piercing for xx years, and piercing kids for fifteen; the other has been apprenticing for a twelvemonth, and piercing kids since January. For Lucy, this meant they could pierce both her ears at the same time. (Read: it only hurts once, although Lucy said it but hurt "a little.")

They gave Lucy strict only uncomplicated instructions for how to take intendance of her newly pierced ears: don't touch them, and spray them with saline solution twice a day. (I was surprised that no twisting or turning was required, but they said that only interferes with the healing process.)

Nosotros were instructed to call if we had any questions at all, or we could send an email that would go directly to the experienced piercer's cell phone, 24/vii.

Lucy'southward piercing cost $40 (instead of the typical $45; we saved $v considering we were referred by a friend). I tipped the piercers $five each. (The receptionist told me 10% of the full cost was a practiced baseline.) This was a niggling less than nosotros paid at Claire'southward.

The piercers said they don't advertise the service. Well-nigh parents don't know that a tattoo parlor is even an choice, and that information technology'south widely considered to be safer these days. Nigh of their kids' business comes from referrals, and those are mostly from moms' groups. Right at present they pierce ears for almost 4 kids every week.

Lucy was enthusiastic about the whole experience, although she's definitely glad it's behind her. For all you parents who call back you may take a piercing in your hereafter, I promise this is helpful as you decide what to do, and where to go.

A note to Louisville locals: we visited Twisted Images on Bardstown Route.

I'd love to hear well-nigh your experiences with kids and pierced ears in comments.

P.S. Pierced ears and parenting angst, and girl drama and the central struggle of parenthood.

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