Whenever a child is born the first thing which should be done is giving azaan in his right ear so that the first thing a new born baby would hear is the words praising Allah, our creator and Lord.
Many scholars recommend that Adhan should be given in the right ear and iqamah should be given in the left ear, this is the simple method of giving the azaan. But this should be done as early as possible after the birth of the child.
It has been observed that many people delay giving the azaan and wait for some elders to come so that they may give the azaan, the preferred method is the father should give the azaan or if he is not present then anyone who is present should give the azaan.
Jamia Binoria received a question which asked whether give azaan in the ear of child through telephone is right or not? Mufti said that azaan should be give after the birth of the child without any delay, so it is better the one who is present at the time should give the azaan.