Ear stretching newbie

I just started stretching my ears, on Sunday I stretched to 14g so it’s been a few days and everything is great. I know to wait at least a month before going up. I just have oneeeee question!

When I was doing my research before I started I came across someone that said it helps to insert the taper the opposite direction on the next stretch. Likeee, if the first stretch I went in from the front of my ear, next time insert the taper from the back of my ear. Does that make sense?

It doesn’t seem like I should do that and I asked my boyfriend about it and he never did that. So I guess I’m jsut wondering if that’s beneficial at all or if I should just keep putting the taper in from the front of my ear?

Also.! About what size do I start the taping method? I plan on stopping at either 0g or 00g!