Parents think I’m ‘cruel’ for piercing my baby girl’s ears – but she won’t remember the pain

• A mother has been criticised for piercing her daughters’ ears at four months old
• The baby had to be held in place as professionals came at her with piercing guns 
• READ MORE: Mum who let her son, 5, get his ears pierced lashes back at critics

A young mum has come under fire by some parents for her ‘unnecessary’ act of piercing her baby’s ears at four-months-old.

Sandy, a mum-of-three, revealed that she had her own ears pierced as a baby and applauded her parents for the decision.

The Canadian mum expected similar support when she took her baby to a professional piercing parlour which she received – but some other parents slammed her for her ‘cruel’ act.

‘It is recommended to do [the piercings] earlier so they are less likely to touch and pull on their ears!’ Sandy explained, with hundreds of others echoing her point of view.

Doctors offer no specific recommendation as for when babies should have their ears pierced, with the decision in the hands of the parents. The only suggestion is that they be older than three months.

A video posted on TikTok showed Sandy sitting down with her baby on her lap. 

Sandy, a mum-of-three, revealed that she had her own ears pierced as a baby and applauded her parents for the decision

READ MORE: Mum slammed for the ‘heartless’ act she does whenever she needs ‘alone time’ away from her kids: ‘They’re not animals’ 

‘I had to say a prayer,’ she said. ‘I can’t see her cry.’

The mum held her baby’s head in place as two professionals approached each ear with a piercing gun.

She was instantly in tears, but her pain seemed to subside as soon as her brothers arrived to comfort her.

‘Of course, my sons had to come support their little sister,’ Sandy said in the short clip.

Since Sandy got her ears pierced as a baby, she doesn’t ‘remember it.’ So she was inspired to do the same with her own baby.

The mum also revealed that professional piercers had previously pierced the ears of babies as young as a few days old – but she decided to wait four months.

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Another mum was slammed for piercing her daughter’s ears after just one day in the hospital, with many parents echoing she should wait until the child is old enough to make the decision for herself.

The mother, who posts under her daughter’s name – Lara – on TikTok, shared an innocent video of her baby girl just hours after her birth compared to her now at three months old.

The adorable tot had a tiny flower earring visible in the footage from her first 24 hours on earth, and it caused a raucous to explode in the comments section below.

But others defended the decision saying that it’s common in some cultures to pierce a young girls’ ears early in life. 

‘Maybe it’s just me but on the day my children were born getting their ears pierced was very far down my list of concerns,’ one woman said.

The adorable tot had a tiny flower earring visible in the footage from her first 24 hours on earth, and it caused a raucous to explode in the comments section below

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‘Wow, this is another level for me… I just can’t understand. And it hurts the same as when they are older! Don’t fool yourself,’ said another.

A third added: ‘Why shouldn’t they get a choice if they want their ears pierced or not? This is heartless, I am going to let my babies decide when they understand these things.’

While it’s not known where Lara and her mother live, it’s presumably not Australia as she confirmed that it was the neonatologists within the hospital who ‘pierced Lara’s ears’.

‘When they are 2-3 days old, they don’t feel pain like a year or two!’ she wrote.

‘The holes are given to them by neonatologists (doctors specialising in the care of newborns) in the hospital at birth.’

While it’s not known where Lara and her mother live, it’s presumably not Australia as she confirmed that it was the neonatologists within the hospital who ‘pierced Lara’s ears’

The mother claimed that babies’ ear lobes are softer when they’re really young and her daughter wouldn’t have felt any major pain, in fact, she ‘didn’t even react’. 

Others agreed that it was common to pierce young girls’ ears as an infant.

‘In my country they pierce the baby girls on the first day they are born,’ one woman replied.

‘Love how she has her ears pierced! Honestly I’d do the same,’ said another.

A third added: ‘I love the earrings <3 Good job mama and congrats. Ignore all the hate’.

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