Small Babies With Headbands

Totally agree with you!

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

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 😊

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

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…

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.

I’m sorry to hear about your granddaughter, but you must realise that the OP was talking about the fashion for headbands with bows, as have the rest of us. It must be extremely rare for a baby to need to wear a band for medical reasons, so no need to be so snippy.

I think if the head band is soft then it can look really pretty.
I don’t like to see little babies with a mini pony tail wound round with an elastic band. It looks so painful.

I love to see babies wearing headbands with bows.
Not while they're sleeping though.
I got my daughters ears pierced when she was about 2 years old and my younger son got 1 ear pierced when he was around 5.
At 40 he still wears a stud in that ear.

I agree, they look silly but each to their own!

I dont know about the rest of you,but I dressed my babies in styles I liked...not those of my mothers generation.Maybe some of you would care to look back to the time you were young,delighted with your wee one and dressed them in clothes available in all the shops.
Mine were certainly fashionably dressed.no I didn't put them in long flannel nighties ,or rompers they were dressed of their time.So many narrow minded ,stuck in the past women...its mainly women...who do this.Surely anything that gives young mums pleasure when they might find life a struggle is fine...headbands are just that...they are not permanent so whats the problem.My mother had all her babies in white ,head to toe She thought colours were "common"but then she was born over 100 years ago theres no excuse for some grans on here its the 21st century .Let folk live their lives without judging ! I get quite shocked by the snooty remarks on here ...

MissAdventure

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

And the ‘slipping down’ is the danger - as per my pp at least one baby has been strangled by one of these ‘cute’ hazards.

Well there are always going to be freak accidents.
Blinds, covers, even snoozing parents causing harm to their children.
I'm convinced my mum must have been trying to strangle me with some of the winter hats she tied around my neck!

My granddaughter sometimes dresses her baby in one of the local footie team colours. It actually looks quite cute and we have a laugh. Only thing is, it’s Collingwood - Aussies will know what I mean !!

I was always asked to make one of these for a baby girl, ok to wear for a photo shoot not all day.

I love my daughter in law to bits but I am so glad she had a son … cute bows would have been the least of it! Painted nails, ear studs, baby jewellery etc etc

6 pages on whether babies should wear head bands or not!!!!!!

Yep, and it comes down to the fact that parents today like them, and parents from days gone by, don't.
As is usual for child rearing.

Absolutely hate them, personally. Think they look ridiculous.

The whole scenario is utterly ghastly. Why, why, why? It is rather like putting a poodle in a frill or flounce. Awful and, yes, possibly dangerous. Instead of buying that tat, learn to smock!! Remember that?

Mamie792

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 ……..

It’s quite disheartening that a bunch of grown women can be so snobbish.

Whatever my opinion on the subject there is no way I would brand anyone ‘common’ or ‘naff’ or ‘that type of person’. So rude.

I don't like them either. I am glad I am not the only one.

Yep.
I'd rather put my dog in a headband than be one of "those types" of people who have got to their 60s, 70s and 80s amd still haven't learned how vulgar it is to be rude about others choices.

I think they look silly