How to grow babies hair?

[bunnyear]

No rude comments please just seeing if anyone has any tips

DD is 7mo in a few days with very fine hair, DS had the hair she has at like 3 months old!

She looks very feminine but it’s just sparse her hair so wondering if there’s any way to help it thicken/grow?

She'll be fine, but your relative was very rude, who on earth insults a baby's looks, especially in front of their mum.

My blonde haired boys were bald until they were about 1 but my dark haired boys had so much hair. My adult son has grown his hair. I think he was aiming for the Ozzy Osbourne look but he has curls so I think he looks more like Hagrid from Harry potter! He liked it though which is what matters.

At the tea and sandwiches in the church hall after my dad's funeral, quite late on (when the mood is a little less sombre ) a lady approached me to do the sorry-for-your-loss bit and say nice things about dad. She smiled at DD who was 3 by then, and said what a beautiful daughter I had. I could see her hesitate, really reluctant to ask given the occasion, but wanting to take the opportunity, then she said, "And tell me...has she always had such a fine head of hair?"
I'd seen her earlier looking after a little toddler who I assume was her granddaughter with a few sparse wisps on her head.
"No" I said, truthfully, "She was as bald as a coot till she was nearly 2 years old"
I think I made her day 😀

Ghastly indeed!

I know somebody who used one of the hair bands with a big chunky flower attached to a thin elastic headband who left painful looking marks on her freshly born daughter.
The same woman when the baby was a few weeks old left her daughter asleep with a massive bow on her head, woke up and it was around her neck.
The baby was fine thankfully but the mum didn't learn her lesson.

I'm rarely judgey about what people dress their children in, mine look like they've been mud wrestling most of the time, but those headbands really irk me.

They're so fucking dangerous. And unnecessary, a little girl shouldn't be growing up thinking they should be uncomfortable to be "pretty" and headbands are really painful on soft little heads.

Ignore the comment or call out both relatives on their weird attitudes.
It doesn't matter if a baby has hair or not, and they don't really look feminine or masculine. It's really strange how adults want babies to conform to adult stereotypes. And how annoyed parents get at someone saying boy instead of girl.

It will grow in its own time, and there's a good chance you'll have the age old battle to get a brush near her while missing the good old bald days.

Appreciate it keeping her looking like a baby for longer!

Pierce her ears. Femininity will instantly flow through her and her hair will instantly grow.

Honestly, OP, forget about gender stereotyping and babies. DS spent his first six months alternatively wearing plain and handmedown floral babygros. When he was wearing blue/plain babygros strangers would say what a ‘real little boy’ he looked. In the pink floral babygros strangers would comment on what a sweet little girl he was. The exact same baby.

(Who had a black spiky Mohawk for his first few months, until it fell out and was replaced with totally different blonde hair.)

DD and I have thin hair. No idea where it comes from as it's literally just us two. We are also the only ones pale as a ghost.

Her paternal grandfather also feels the need to point it out each time he sees her. I mean he's bald so technically not just us two but he did once have hair.

Tell this family member than she's 7 fucking months and give her a chance. She's beautiful either way, unlike their personality.

I was fair and thin haired until I was about 2! Now I have long thick hair. Don't stress 😀

Feminine?! Don't give any thought to any arbitrary expectations of what girls should look like, she's just a baby.

Neither of my kids had much hair until about 18 months. My DS has the most gorgeous thick hair now (2 years later).

😂😂

Also, neither my DH nor I had much hair until we were 18 months or so, so I think our kids take after us. We both have thick curly hair as adults.

I dont think it's connected to colour tbh. Myself and all 3 of my DDS have very thick wavy dark brown / black hair and were all pretty bald until over a year old.

I was bald til 2 and both DS's had just a few wisps at 1.

Babies are so gorgeously cute, hair will come in time

7 months is quite early to have a lots of hair. DS has really thick light brown curly hair, at 12 months he had a tiny fuzz of fine blonde hair. He was also tiny till year 8 st school and now a 6ft + giant.

Just give everything time and enjoy

Shame some people are being so snarky. Meant to be a supportive forum.

Don't worry op, it will grow in time. I'm sure she's a beauty.

It's easy to let others opinions get to you - I get that. It's easy to let comments like that from family or friends worry you, especially if you are feeling uncertain yourself.

Hopefully you feel reassured after reading the more helpful comments on this thread

You're a good mum to care so much.

I was bald as Dwayne the Rock Johnson until I was two, then suddenly it sprouted. I now have hair so thick when it's plaited it looks like marine rope and is so heavy I gave my husband a black eye rolling over in bed and whacking him with my plait. Don't worry, it'll grow when it's ready!

7 month old baby boys look exactly the same as 7 month old baby girls unless they are naked. They are not masculine or feminine, they're babies.

Mine had very fine, sparse hair until about 8 months old. Then it suddenly turned into a wonderful bushy mop!

I can't cut it myself so now I take baby to get a regular haircut. Be glad you are saving money :)

People are being snarky because the question is almost too silly to believe. I'm not calling OP a bad mother, but it certainly isn't the mark of a good one to be obsessing about the physical appearance of a baby who can't even walk yet. I can understand anxiety over your child's future if they have a visible disability or deformity, but this poor baby is suffering from slower-than-average hair growth.

My son had cradle cap and was a bit bald. I used anti cradle cap shampoo and baby oil and found his hair suddenly grew. It's still slow and took some months but I think its the oil which helped.

Just be patient, it will grow in time. Don’t put one of those headband bow things on her, they are beyond hideous.

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