We all know the problem, when your little daughter has reached an age where she wants earrings. Preferably shiny silver earrings for kids. As a mother, you have your doubts about this. You think to yourself, do I do it or don't I do it, do I wait a little longer to see if my child is really ready. The joke is that as a mother you often have even more tension than your daughter herself... Nowadays you often hear that children want earrings at a young age. For example, a four-year-old girl, or even younger. Still, it remains a difficult decision. In this blog you will read all about silver children's earrings and I will help you make a choice.

Preparing your child for genuine silver children's earrings

Are you afraid of what will happen to your daughter? We can reassure you, you are really not the only one, every mother suffers from this. Therefore, for a more comfortable feeling, we recommend you to inquire at different jewelers with silver children's jewelry. Here you can inquire about the process of piercing children's ears.

There are broadly two ways how to make a hole for children's earrings:

piercing, with a needle;
shooting, with a studex/pistol.

Most mothers like the ear holes to be shot on both sides at the same time with a studex/pistol. This prevents your daughter from having not one, but two holes. Children regularly change their minds once the first hole is in. So always ask the jeweler if it will be done the way you want.

Age also plays an important role, as not all jewelers will shoot ear holes at a young age. If you really have the nerves and you don't know what to expect at the jeweler, check out online reviews of previous customers and read through their experiences calmly. You probably know a mother who recently gave her daughter silver earrings as a gift after getting her ear holes shot.

How do you care for the earlobe after piercing?

The big disadvantage of (especially) the imitation silver earrings, and especially after shooting them for the first time, is that the earlobe can get inflamed. How do you prevent earlobe inflammation?

In the first few weeks after piercing, it is especially important to keep the earlobe clean. The tricky part about this is that the shot silver ulcer buds have to stay in the earlobe for the first six weeks. Just then, you should try to keep your ears clean though.

You can do this by disinfecting with a little alcohol, this is often the best way to keep the earlobe clean. If at all possible, always keep the earring in the earlobe, as holes can grow closed very quickly. Most jewelers will therefore insert so-called ulcer buttons. It is important to tell your child that she will not immediately get the beautiful silver earrings in which it is all about. Every girl wants to be a princess!

Inflammation can also often come from buying the wrong earrings. Of course it is nice if you can buy cheap earrings. But it can also be the case that your daughter cannot stand these and the earlobe becomes inflamed.

Therefore, it is also often better for your earlobe to wear silver or gold. Now gold is an expensive product, so we recommend you buy silver earrings. We offer a wide range of 925 Sterling Silver children's earrings. Every girl has a different taste and therefore we have something suitable for every girl in the webshop.

How do you maintain silver children's earrings?

No one likes discolored silver earrings. You want to enjoy your shiny silver children's earrings for as long as possible. Therefore, never let your daughter sleep or shower with her earrings. Sleeping with earrings is guaranteed to bring irritation to your daughter and the earring won't get any prettier. With the ulcer buttons, of course, this is a different case, these you must first leave them in for 6 weeks. Ulcer studs are also smaller so your daughter will have less trouble with them.

Showering with earrings is also something you should avoid as much as possible. There is always some calcium in water, even in the Netherlands. Because of lime, earrings become dull and ugly and of course we do not want that. This also applies to swimming in a pool, which contains chlorine and is bad for earrings. Also, cosmetics such as perfume, body lotion or other products are bad for the earring, this causes the silver earring to discolor very quickly.

Suppose it accidentally happened once you swam with it or cosmetics got on it, you can always use the silver wipes. These can be found everywhere and it is an ideal solution. The silver wipes will make your earrings shine again and look like new.