I personally don't see anything wrong with it. I had my ears pierced as a baby in the hospital by a nurse. It doesn't hurt anymore than a shot, and when the child grows older if she decides she doesn't like it she can just simply take them out and then the holes will close up. Now I know that not everyone agrees with me on this, and I don't really expect very many people to agree with me on this. But in a lot of hispanic cultures it is normal for girl to get their ears pierced when they are babies. All the girls in my family got their ears pierced when we were babies.