Sumanda M. would love to get her 5-month-old baby girl's ears pierced, yet she's received conflicting advice on when to do it. "My friend said to have it done at 6 months because she will be too small ...

This story originally appeared on Today. A petition to ban parents in the U.K. from piercing their child's ears has gathered more than 36,000 signatures and generated a heated stream of comments from ...

Kim and Kanye had it done. So did Giselle and Tom Brady, and Matthew McConaughey and his wife Vida Alves. STORY: The Worst Parenting Mistakes Seen on TV These celebrity couples, along with millions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Alefiyah Malbari, a pediatrician at Dell Children's Medical Center, says ear piercing is generally considered to be safe for ...

Baby ear piercings have always been a milestone for baby girls and excited parents. It's something that mums are excited to do with their daughters. Ear piercing at birth or at the infant stage of the ...

Is piercing a baby’s ears cruel or cute? As a former baby with pierced ears of my own, I have a special message for parents who are on the fence. When I was a baby, my parents were missionaries in ...

Did you know you can buy an ear-piercing gun at Wal-Mart? I think anything involving a gun and a sharp, pointy object aimed at a head seems like a bad D.I.Y. project, but when my friend told me she ...

A petition to ban parents in the U.K. from piercing their child’s ears has gathered more than 36,000 signatures and generated a heated stream of comments from parents across the globe. The movement, ...

When you become a parent, you're immediately bombarded with decisions regarding your baby's well-being. Will you use cloth diapers or disposable? Will you co-sleep or put your baby in a crib? Will you ...

A petition to ban parents in the U.K. from piercing their child’s ears has gathered more than 36,000 signatures and generated a heated stream of comments from parents across the globe. The movement, ...