AIBU to want to adorn my 1yr old DD in utterly useless hair clips?

[AmazingBouncingFerret]

Just been in M&S and have notice their assortment of hairbands, clips etc for little girls.

In the past I thought it was silly and pretty pointless. But now im tempted. I tried a little butterfly hairband on her and her face lit up (was most likely a reaction from mine, but hey ho!)

She does have a small tuft of hair at the front so I could possibly justify my reasons?

No?


Im being silly arnt I? Can someone sensible come and talk me out of it please.

She'll rip them off after 3 1/2 minutes and they'll end up being eaten by the dog wont they?

[FoxyRevenger]

Oh yes, when she was younger she was very pukey, her hair was always yucky by the end of the day!

[nickschick]

They are both gorgeous I am known amongst my friends for being the daft auntie who puts headbands on their baby girls ......its cos i have 3 ds I cant resist .....ive also been known to put fairy wings on little girls too,...........

[stressheaderic]

Thanks all. It usually has food/milk/puke stuck to it by the end of every day but I still love it. She is also often referred to as the hairy baby, the eskimo, Rapunzel etc :-)

[FoxyRevenger]

Stress I can't believe you have a baby with more hair than I do!!



She has been mentioned round here as 'the hairy baby' though so maybe someone else would like that name....

[BuckBuckMcFate]

Ah just do it.

DD was bald on the back and sides but her fringe was really long and I didn't want to cut it so she has always had an assortment of hair bands, bobbles and clips.

And yes, sometimes I did brush her hair to the side and yes I did do the pineapple thing but I always used Monsoon bobbles therefore it doesn't count [fingers in ears at suggestions this is a bad look]

[SarfEasticated]

My goodness, what shiny lustrous hair. Both of your babies are gorgeous ? thanks for posting.

[AmazingBouncingFerret]

Ohhh she is so adorable!
What a lovely little girl Stress.

[stressheaderic]

Photos on profile now

[AmazingBouncingFerret]

OK Ive uploaded a photo of DD and her tuft of hair just to show that she wouldnt look like a demented easter egg (that would make a good Easter name BTW!) or that she certainly hasnt got enough for the dreaded Croyden facelift tight ponytail thing.

(please ignore picture quality and the doctoring as it was taken by DS on his kiddizoom!)

I second the request for seeing pic of Stressheaderics DD!

[SarfEasticated]

I want to see a photo Stressheaderic pleeeeaaase! I love the look of babies with long hair.

At my dd's nursery in the baby room you can tell that the carers have been bored by the elaborate coiffures of the babies. Mine came home one day with a whole head of cornrows!

[LadyBiscuit]

You're all insane

[HeroShrew]

the "croydon face lift" look on a baby girl is not a good one, I fear.

[happygilmore]

Demented easter eggs

[stressheaderic]

My DD is 11 months. She has had 5 haircuts and is soon due another. It is past the bottom of her shoulders and her fringe is in her eyes AGAIN .

She wears all manner of hair bobbles, slides, ribbons, clips and hairbands and has done since about 3 months. She's never thought to chew one yet? She came home from nursery last week with 2 braid plaits. I love her big mad birds' nest hair - shinier and more bouncy than mine will ever be

[FabbyChic]

Next thing you be wanting to put her hair in bunches so she can look like she has had a face lift.

That has so gotta be cruelty to children when mothers put their babies hair in pony tails, tiny little tuffts at the top of their head, their eyebrows raised like they been tortured.

Awful.

I want to scream wait until they have enough fucking hair for god sake.

[brightlightsandpromises]

£358 is roughly what you will waste on lost hair clips and scrunchies in her lifetime

So long as there is no choking hazzard, i say enjoy x

[SE13Mummy]

In Kaz Cooke's Rough guide to pregnancy and birth she makes a comment about babies in hairbands resembling 'demented Easter Eggs' .

This is the image I have in my mind every time I think of hairbands on bald/nearly bald little girls.

As someone who was nearly bald until the age of 2 and whose own DD2 has less hair at 19 months than most of my friends' newborns (aged 1 week, 7 weeks and 8 weeks), I've always been a fan of not bothering about using hairstyles as a way of defining gender. Her big sister name does that for her.

DD1 had more hair but had a fringe until she was three - the age at which she would tolerate/demand hairclips.

So yes, YABU to want your DD to look like a demented Easter Egg for no good reason!

[TattyDevine]

See my daughter would pull that out

In fact if the child doesn't enjoy the clip/bobble they DO just pull it out, I feel.

Mine I do really because I hate the look of it all tangled up in her eyelashes though as I said she does look prettier with it swept across, mainly because you can then see her face I suppose.

I hate having my hair in my face, I scrape it back in a really uncool ponytail and sometimes terry towelling headband if I'm doing something...looks dreadful no doubt.

[diddl]

Padded hairband so that if she pulls it she won´t rip her hair?

When I was growing my daughter´s fringe out, somedays I just used to tie it on top of her head.

Like this

[portaloo]

Personally, I wonder whether the child enjoys having their hair put in these clips/bobbles etc

I don't mind a couple of bunches, or a clip to keep hair out of their eyes.

OTOH, I don't like my DD having her hair french plaited or put in 16 bobbles FFS!!!! like XPs girlfriend insists on doing to DD .

[mum295]

When DD was younger she hardly had any hair and if going to a dressy event like a Christening or at Christmas, I would put a hair band on her. But I'd save them for special occasions.

Hair clips have never stayed on DD (now 2.5) for more than a minute, so I rarely bother. Her nursery has a big box of discarded hair clips because all the girls take them off as soon as parents leave.

They can look cute, but don't overdo it.

[TattyDevine]

They just go through that awkward stage at this age, girls. Still at least she didn't go through what I call the friar tuck stage , where they have the bald spot at the back and look like a "Jewish Accountant with a combover"

[Katey1010]

all mullety I feel your pain

[clevercloggs]

not unreasonable, but kid will probs look very daft

[AmazingBouncingFerret]

Tatty