“I decided to hold her still while the woman in the store pierced her ears,” she recalled. “She started to cry after the first ear, which made me a bit upset, so I gave her a hug and told ...

Piercing the ears of babies is a prevalent practice in ... a quick gunshot did the job. The girls did cry but only for a minute, after which they went back to being their usual smiley selves ...

She wrote that, as a former employee, 'I didn't mind piercing the ears of children who were excited to get new earrings but nervous about the procedure. I'd do what I could to put them at ease. ' ...

In a viral TikTok, with over 9 million views, a professional piercer recorded her niece’s reaction to getting her ears pierced for the first time Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.