Health Alert on the dangers of piercing your baby's ears

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP for its acronym in English) suggests not to put earrings girls under one year old, because a piece of metal may get caught in clothes and cause bleeding in the ear.

In addition, if you are a parent who thinks to pierce your baby's ears a few hours after birth, do not forget that you must first put the baby vaccine against tetanus, which should be placed at 2, 6 and 15 months of life. Specialists recommend waiting until he is two years old and he will have to wear it.

In the end, every parent makes a personal decision about his daughter, but it is important to learn correctly to avoid the health your little one is affected.

Suggestions to lock your daughter safely

1. If you decide pierce your ears of your baby, make sure the earrings are gold, another material could generate an allergic reaction or cause an infection.

2. The earrings should be small, round and without points. Babies are often very agitated and if you climb long slopes, you run the risk of hurting yourself.

3. The equipment must be properly sterilized. So you avoid that your baby to contract a disease or an infection.

4. If you are from mothers who can not stand that you baby If you experience some type of pain, consult the pediatrician if you can perform local anesthesia so that the piercing of your child's ears is not traumatic.