Bows in tiny baby girls' heads .....

I’ve noticed that, too.

People die putting their socks and underpants on, Every death matters but nothing in life is absolutely risk free. As I see it, so few deaths suggests that the activity is considerably safer than putting a child in a car, or a bath.

M0nica

People die putting their socks and underpants on, Every death matters but nothing in life is absolutely risk free. As I see it, so few deaths suggests that the activity is considerably safer than putting a child in a car, or a bath.

When I had my two you weren't meant to put the baby in the bath for the first couple of months you were meant to jiggle and balance them on a towled knee while washing them with a soaped face cloth one for top and one for bottom.
I can remember giggling with other young mums in the maternity hospital when one mum oversoaped her baby and it shot out of her hands into the bath.
Leaving one alone in a bath that is a different matter.

merlotgran

welbeck

isn't it largely a class signifier.

Shall we guess then?

My money’s on chav! 😂

I have seen affluent young women, complete with baby and head bow!

I actually had to read thatt comment twice!

They are an abomination. Absolutely ugly and totally pointless

BlueBelle

Yes I would cringe, baby and small children and dogs are not our fashion playthings …buy a Barbie 🤣
I think those bows especially on a bald head are daft and serve no purpose and I m not a crabby old lady I ve always thought they are daft …but…. you re right it’s no one’s business but the parents but we can quietly think what we like 😀

Or we can noisily say what we like about the matter or dislike come to that. Forums aren’t designed for everyone to agree with everyone else.
I think a bow on a bald head looks a bit strange too just as Hairbands and slides look a bit strange on an old head, either bald or with hair.😁

M0nica

People die putting their socks and underpants on, Every death matters but nothing in life is absolutely risk free. As I see it, so few deaths suggests that the activity is considerably safer than putting a child in a car, or a bath.

But people have a choice.

Babies don't.

LovesBach

A little off topic, but I have been disturbed over the last few winters to see small babies with nothing at all on their heads. Only last week, in bitter cold and with a fierce wind blowing, a Dad was wheeling his baby briskly along the High Street. The child was blinking as the cold wind hit her face - she had no head covering at all, and no gloves or scarf. Parents who treat tiny children in this way must be attempting to bring up a race of Spartans.

I see this all the time and it’s all I can do not to stop the parent and say something.Usually the Mum or Dad is rugged up themselves in cosy hat and scarf!

If I die putting my socks on I am going to be so irritated.

Even worse if it’s putting on your underpants Galaxy 😂

At least that would get people talking.

I'm going to be annoyed and embarrassed if I die putting on my knickers Galaxy

😂😂😂

Oreo

Even worse if it’s putting on your underpants Galaxy 😂

As long as I don't die knickerless I'll be happy! 😂

I agree with you Luckygirl . I think they look uncomfortable but I guess they prettify an ugly baby in the eyes of some.

I had a girl after 3 boys and couldn't believe the number of ridiculous frilly dresses she was given. She wore none of them.
I was a crabbit young woman!

Grannybags

Oreo

Even worse if it’s putting on your underpants Galaxy 😂

As long as I don't die knickerless I'll be happy! 😂

Or both legs down one hole!

Luckygirl3

At least one baby has died from suffocation when a bow was left on during a nap.

This.

LovesBach

A little off topic, but I have been disturbed over the last few winters to see small babies with nothing at all on their heads. Only last week, in bitter cold and with a fierce wind blowing, a Dad was wheeling his baby briskly along the High Street. The child was blinking as the cold wind hit her face - she had no head covering at all, and no gloves or scarf. Parents who treat tiny children in this way must be attempting to bring up a race of Spartans.

Keeping hat/mitts on any of my GC has always been a thankless task. We used to take out at least two hats when they were small so as one came off another one went on. Now they are old enough to decide GD wraps up in many layers, GS refuses even a jumper. Littlest GD has become super speedy at taking anything on her head off. Maybe the dad was going as fast as he could knowing stopping for hat etc was a waste of time.

I'm not a great fan, but they are quite common on the continent. Not big bows, but the kind of stretchy bandeau thing with a knot.
I guess it would make a nice present for a baby if you only wanted to spend a small amount.

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I don't have any major issues with the bows - each to their own - and the bands are usually very soft. With regards to safety our generation wasn't blameless. Those hand knitted mitts and bootees could (and did) cause infants to lose fingers or toes when a loose strand of wool wrapped itself around little digits cutting off circulation. In my part of the country huge beribboned bonnets have been in fashion. for many years (see pics). They are colloquially known as five pound bonnets - not the cost but the weight!

bluebelle baby jeans are not made of stiff denim but lookalike soft, stretch fabrics so not uncomfortable.

The bows are totally ridiculous. I get annoyed when babies are dressed up like little dolls when, instead, they should be comfortable and warm. My other gripe is when babies are not wrapped warmly enough - especially when they are big enough to go in a pushchair. The person pushing is warm as they are walking but often I see young children in pushchairs with bare feet and hands and no blanket.

Sorry Katek maybe some are, but many aren’t, we get bags full of baby clothes come into the charity shop and many baby jeans are made of denim just like adult jeans and there are stiff and hard for those little legs and waist

sodapop

I'm going to be annoyed and embarrassed if I die putting on my knickers Galaxy

Even worse if you're pulling them up in a certain room,DH assures me you regain consciousness as you hit the floor just for an instant and your last thought would be"those bloody knickers.''

Yep it's you. Get a life woman.

I wonder if I'm alone in thinking the expression "get a life" is unnecessarily rude, we all have a life otherwise we'd be dead