Small Babies With Headbands

Their babies their choice in my book. I had twins and believe me the number of unwanted comments about why weren’t they wearing the same/why were they wearing the same./why were they wearing blue if they were girls etc was truly never ending and deeply irritating.
Although maybe not as much as a friend with boy/girl twins who was frequently amazed when, after explaining that they were a boy and a girl, was often asked if they were identical.

My new granddaughter was born with a hearing defect and, at 3 months, wears a headband to keep her hearing aids in - and it looks really cute. So many things going wrong in this world and you choose to post on this, Crossstitchfan…

My daughter used to have about three strands of hair up in a "palm tree" on top of her head, for the same reason.

I think they most often do it with baby girls with no or hardly any hair, to show everybody : it's a girl! I don't mind really 😊

Totally agree, don't like seeing little babies in anything denim .

I agree with many others here about babies in headbands and other "adornments". I've wondered if (deep down) it's about the mother's own body image issues... whatever she may look like herself. (Just a thought; I acknowledge fully that this is my own opinion and that others may well not agree with me.)

Totally agree with you!

Of goodness me “that type of person” “common” whatever you mean by that - it is rather rude. If mums who work hard with babies to the point of exhaustion want to dress them up and put a bow on top to go out why ever not. You could argue the same for every type of baby wear from Liberty fabric smocked dresses, sailor suits ,double denim to extreme ruffles. Would you have babies in white babygrows with a white bonnet ? My Gds wore these very soft stretchy bows and if they didn’t want them on they just pulled them off. I actually quite liked them so assume I’m going to go into the bracket of “common” and that “type of person”. I’m just glad I’m not a narrow minded person ……..

I can't imagine my girl would have kept on on.
It would have been pulled off in an instant.
Not that I like them anyway.

I have to say I quite like them, and as a mother of four sons, much female frippery is welcome to me! Surely if they were too tight, babies of even only a few months old would simply pull them off and chew them? (In some cases maybe that could pose a danger, but one would surely not leave baby on her own to sleep, wearing a headband?)

It’s rather like dressing a doll up. Thank heavens my granddaughter is dressed properly and sensibly.

Vests with envelope necks, boys in nighties, all the ties and ribbons on clothes, scratch mittens, mop caps, frilly crackly plastic pants.
We had had much better taste in the olden days.

I absolutely hate the look, especially on a baby without hair. It kind of looks like a bandage and makes me think of someone has had to be shaved for surgery.

I was saying exactly this the other day. I completely agree that they look ridiculous.

OurKid1

I don't like them, but I guess fashions change. When my babies were born, my mum in law was shocked that they wore babygros instead of nightdresses!

My eldest had those little flannelette nightdresses Ourkid1 with an embroidered motif on the sash. How times change.

My DGD always pulled if so her DM gave up trying. The problem we have now is she won’t wear anything on her head.

I must admit I think they look ridiculous. The mothers must spend their whole time adjusting them otherwise they end up over the poor babies eyes.

I don't like them, but I guess fashions change. When my babies were born, my mum in law was shocked that they wore babygros instead of nightdresses!

I love the little bands around their little heads, they can be easily and quickly taken off but what I absolutely hate to see are babies with pierced ears.

And recently I saw one where one of the parents had used coloured biros to draw ''tattoos'' on the babies arms ...

If you think babies were dressed in wollen bonnets when we were younger and if I tried to put one on now it would be a massive sensory overload hate anything wollen. I think babies must be uncomfortable in these wollen monstrosities. Even hospitals seem to use wollen hats as soon as baby is born to keep heads warm. But the material used to make these headbands feels far softer. I have headbands made of the stuff myself and it's really comfortable. I mean I think the huge bows are a bit much but really head and should only be used to keep back hair not as a fashion accessory.

Girls with little or no hair tend to be mistaken for boys... so that is one solution to stop nosey parkers asking - boy or girl? .

I guess parents would be sensible enough to remove them when the baby is unattended.

MissAdventure

Why would they cause headaches anymore than a hat or cap would?
They're usually slipping down half the time.

I agree, the soft ones have no elastic or boning like hats or caps.

I don't like caps either on babirs

But a hat or cap won't stop a baby breathing if it slips. A headband could - especially the big wide ones.

Why would they cause headaches anymore than a hat or cap would?
They're usually slipping down half the time.