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

I’m crabby too and I think they’re utterly ridiculous

Each to their own, and trends definitely change over the years. But I see a bald baby with a ribbon round it's head, and I think "Easter Egg".

I’ve never liked them. They’ve been around quite a while - I remember seeing them on babies when my daughter was a baby and I vowed never to let her wear one. She’s nearly 37.

TerriBull

In this day and age of steering children away from gender defining apparel and toys, placing an utterly superfluous bow on a baby girl's head is somewhat strangely old school and retrograde. Just seems to buy into the quaint notion that little girls should resemble some daft frilly, frou, frou from a bygone age. Here's hoping those babies turn into spirited girls, demand Doc Martens before they hit nursery, so they can grind the trashy hair bows underfoot. Go girl! tell ya ma "bin the ribbons bring me my Valkyrie Helmet it's a jungle out there"

Standing ovation! I so hate gender-defined clothing and always have. It's the first stage of conditioning children into gender stereotyping. When my girls were born I wasn't having any of that frills and flounces nonsense.

I had two baby girls in the 70s and dressed them in frills and bonnets, but I don’t like the headbands they put on babies now as op said they must be uncomfortable and tight around their head and when they are to big I think they look a bit chavy
Only my opinion

My sentiments as well. I have read about incidents about babies suffocating when the bow has accidentally slipped down the babies head. Apart from looking ridiculous far more importantly the danger they impose

Paperbackwriter

TerriBull

In this day and age of steering children away from gender defining apparel and toys, placing an utterly superfluous bow on a baby girl's head is somewhat strangely old school and retrograde. Just seems to buy into the quaint notion that little girls should resemble some daft frilly, frou, frou from a bygone age. Here's hoping those babies turn into spirited girls, demand Doc Martens before they hit nursery, so they can grind the trashy hair bows underfoot. Go girl! tell ya ma "bin the ribbons bring me my Valkyrie Helmet it's a jungle out there"

Standing ovation! I so hate gender-defined clothing and always have. It's the first stage of conditioning children into gender stereotyping. When my girls were born I wasn't having any of that frills and flounces nonsense.

My DD did wear pretty cotton dresses but also had practical dungarees. Babies can't crawl in dresses!

In their 40s they still like to wear a dress for special occasions but one is most likely to be seen in jeans and sturdy walking boots or Doc Martens, the other in jeans, boots or trainers.

Oh I so totally agree, who on earth would want to restrict the growth and comfort of a babies head. It appalls me to think that any reasonable intelligent person would see this as a reasonable thing to do. Does ‘fashion’ have to dictate every aspect of or lives. If some of these stupid mothers have a need to be slaves to fashion for goodness sake confine it to yourselves and leave your children out of it.

Each to their own. Tbh it’s not something I’ve noticed where I live. And I don’t really notice what babies are wearing anyway. In fact when out and and about I don’t really notice what any anyone is wearing . I’d make a rubbish witness 🤔

I can't stand those head bands (with or without bows) and agree with the other negative comments about them.
My other pet hate (as mentioned above) is babies wearing designer shoes when they can't even walk! These shoes are quite expensive and I am always worried mothers will want their money's worth. I worry they will push their babies feet in them when the shoes are too small. Babies bones are soft and too small shoes won't hurt but will cause deformities! There is absolutely no need for a baby to wear shoes until they are walking. The same goes for too tight baby grows and socks where their little toes are all scrunched up. I just want to get a pair if scissors and cut the toes off the baby grows when I see that !

I’m a doula and antenatal teacher and I see a lot of these headband things. They don’t exert much pressure but they do annoy the baby! I think it comes from a desire to mark girls as “girly” from a very young age.
I’m with the OP but have to pick my battles!

I agree that they could be dangerous.When my daughter was young I waited till she had long hair before using bows.

I quite agree, it must be so uncomfortable for the baby and looks ridiculous imo. Equally I can't bear to see dogs dressed in Christmas jumpers etc.

I love the baby headbands. I think they're cute.
I wouldn't put one on a tiny baby only when they can sit up and obviously take it off for sleeping or unsupervised.

No, it's not just you, I can't bear them. I'm just not a frilly/bowey person and my own girls never wore them. My daughter does all sorts of things with her daughter's hair and I hate it - though she isn't a baby.

Agree totally, but i can also have a rant at mums who dont put gloves on their babies’ little hands while wearing gloves themselves. Reynauds calling at later date?

Luckygirl3 With you on this. As we are consrantky bombarded by Mums telling us how stressed they are caring for a baby/toddler, never enough time yet they can manage to put those ridiculous bows and bands on babies.

lol it’s a style of fashion for little girls of now my granddaughter had some beautiful ones when she kept them on. I’ve photos of me wearing a huge bonnet if it slipped down no doubt I could have been strangled but I wasn’t and no doubt older ppl would have said something similar to what you are saying now about my bonnet lol if you feel that strongly next time you see a baby with one on I suggest you go tell its mum your views I’m sure she’ll will tell where to go

Agree ridiculous. Also piercing young children’s ears which should be banned.

Some babies look rediculous with bows, others look cute. Shame though, that most mothers can’t see what others see

It is the pierced ears that often accompany bows that I don't like , but then I cringe to see tattoos on their parents. It is difficult to keep my mouth shut when my GD gets another tattoo

I wish parents would put warm hats on babies in cold winds. And also not push babies into direct bright/hot sunshine usually when on their flippin phones.

I'm not a fan but as others have said, everything is of a time.
I'm more crabby about young children/babies with earrings.
Luckily it's not seen so much now on young children, it was quite "a thing" at one time.

Grandma70s

I assume the bows are to show the baby is a girl, not a boy. Still not necessary.

Actually some indication of the sex is a very good idea with infants. After all, we can't go around taking off their nappies!

And honestly it is hard to see whther the infant you are looking at is male or female, now that new mothers don't either colour-code (blue for a boy, pink for a girl, except in Belgium where it was the other way around,) or put little boys into bonnets which came to a point in the middle of their foreheads, while little girls wore bonnets without a peak.

In my experience, new mothers become very offended indeed if you say, "oh what a lovely little girl" and the child is a boy or "oh what a lovely little boy" and the child is a girl!

And asking if the baby is a son or daughter invariable provokes the offended response, "Can't you see she is a girl orhe is a boy." "no dear, I can't - I wouldn't have asked if I could."

So I am all for some or other distinguishing sign.

I'm a crabby old git too because I agree! Most of the babies wearing them don't have much in the way of hair so why do they even need to wear a hairband?

Also dangerous and aren't baby's heads still soft on top? A tight hairband pressing down can't be good!