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Original poster

To wish people wouldn't put headbands on babies?

262 replies

SusuwatariToes · 22/06/2013 03:38

I hate wearing headbands. I last about an hour before the pressure behind my ears really gets to me.

Once they are old enough to figure out how, they will pull them off at every opportunity. They clearly don't like to wear them.

I know people think they are cute but babies are already cute! Little boys aren't put through this torture. AIBU?

OP posts:
ParadiseChick · 22/06/2013 14:44

Someone needs to ask this question on net mums

MikeLitoris · 22/06/2013 14:47

Is anyone brave enough paradise?

ParadiseChick · 22/06/2013 14:53

I'm banned

theodorakisses · 22/06/2013 15:12

Paradise, do you get a badge? I would wear it every day!

Original poster
SusuwatariToes · 22/06/2013 15:13

namechangea exactly! I'm in a different time zone so I went to bed and woke up this morning to find it has become class wars and a feminist issue!

I agree that it is ok if they have a function like keeping hair out of the face. I also think it is ok if the child is old enough to pull it off or communicate their displeasure if it is hurting them.

The worst thing if when they clearly don't like it and are trying to pull it off but the parent keeps stopping them or putting it back on them!

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Original poster
SusuwatariToes · 22/06/2013 15:15

Yes, paradise, I wonder how it would go down over there? Someone do it and post the link.

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olidusUrsus · 23/06/2013 01:55

I'm now watching this thread in the hope that someone will Netmums it and if no one does I might Grin

WafflyVersatile · 23/06/2013 02:06

I think alice bands on bald/short haired babies looks a bit odd but I guess it's to indicate it is a girl?

ParadiseChick · 23/06/2013 07:59

No, no badge I'm afraid!

pumpkinsweetie · 23/06/2013 08:04

I wear them, but to be frank can't stand seeing them on babies, especially those with zero hair!
Must be uncomfortable & irritating for them & getting them to stay in place must be an art!
On toddlers though, think they are ok!

BuntyCollocks · 23/06/2013 08:11

I love them. Hated them until I had dd. I think she's exceptionally cute in them. Pic on my profile.

JulietteMontague · 23/06/2013 08:21

Finally, someone has said it. Sometimes I have to try hard not to stare. YANBU

CheerfulYank · 23/06/2013 08:35

Awww, she is beautiful Bunty!

It's something I really can't be bothered about. I took DD for pictures when she was just a few days old and the photographer put a tutu and headband with a big feather on her (not for all the pictures, just some). I did think "urgh" but they are cute pictures, I suppose. And the headband wasn't a tight elastic sort but a very big soft one.

RustyBear · 23/06/2013 08:35

Bounty - your DD doesn't need a headband to be exceptionally cute. Those eyes do it all by themselves!

ParadiseChick · 23/06/2013 08:50

She is exceptionally cute

amazingmumof6 · 23/06/2013 08:50

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HelgaHufflepuff · 23/06/2013 09:58

YANBU, they look ridiculous. What on earth does a tiny baby need a headband for when they usually have one or two strands of hair maximum?!

RazzleDazzleEm · 23/06/2013 12:00

I agree they can be too tight, but I think the parent can decide that, also some babies only wear them for a short time.

as mine did to a show this year it was only for one hour

RazzleDazzleEm · 23/06/2013 12:01

Ohhh....

My DD has an amazing head of hair think suri cruise

Bearfrills · 23/06/2013 12:02

DD wears them now and then but she's 22mo, I didn't bother when she was tiny, and they're the wide soft ones made of stretchy stuff and don't dig in (when she removes it there's no red mark or dents). Most of the ones she has have either been given or have come with outfits she has as part of a set.

And yes, she doesn't have much hair.

She likes wearing them, believe it or not. They were originally in her dressing up bag with the other costume stuff and she kept putting them on and wanting to wear them to go out so I started putting them on her. She has a little whale-spout shaped ponytail sometimes too, again only if she wants it in and if she says no or pulls it out then that's fine.

ilovexmastime · 23/06/2013 14:40

I don't like them. What's the point if your baby has no hair? Seriously?

And just to be pedantic, the Collins English Dictionary
defines pet hate as:

"a minor annoyance that a person identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than it may be to others"

So head bands fall into this category whereas I very much doubt that neglect and abuse does.

LeoandBoosmum · 23/06/2013 14:45

I totally agree with you! Why some women insist on putting them on a baby girl's BALD head I'll never know... Not cute! YANBU!

MiaowTheCat · 23/06/2013 15:29

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MummyAbroad · 23/06/2013 15:44

I never really thought about the discomfort aspect before (I have boys) but now you mention it, I agree YANBU.

At least its not like Latin America though where there is SO much pressure to put earrings in tiny baby girls because if you dont "everyone will think its a boy"!! Poor wee things.

BuntyCollocks · 23/06/2013 15:54

Thank you! I think so, but am biased Wink

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