To feel a bit sorry for all those babies having to wear those triangular dribble bibs?

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I know how they are supposed to sit. And I know how they are supposed to lay and I know how they are supposed to look.

Except they dont. They dont sit in a nice comfortable triangle under their chin to catch the dribbles, they ruck up so they are over their chin and bunch up around the neck.

In warm weather Id hate to have that round my neck. And Id hate to have something constantly riding up around my chin and mouth.

I just used to use a muslin or have a couple of top changes during teething periods.

I know, I need to get a life. But Im bored today .

YAB both unreasonable and reasonable.

I think they look awful on babies where a traditional bib with ties would sit much more nicely. However, on toddlers and young children I think they look good, as long as they don't have daft pictures of princesses or anything Disneyesque on them.

DS3 has been in teething-dribble mode for five months. His brothers were just the same.

Six years ago you could only get them online from the original Danish company - who originally made them for older children with medical conditions, then expanded into babysizes IYSWIM. They are bombproof and far better than using pots and pots of barrier cream.

The various fashion knockoffs (eg Next outfits with matching necker bib) just aren't as good, for fit/lie or absorption. I think that's what OP sees and I agree they're pointless. They're also crap if not changed frequently.

They are great for older kids with additional needs, my cousin's teenage son has severe CP and has trouble with his saliva and he has some really funky ones. His mum just buys them in a bigger size, no rucking up.

Kids look ok in them ( if a bit cow boyish) dogs however look stupid!!

YABU. If you iron them they're fine. My dd has eczema and is particularly prone to it on her chest. She soaks through a vest and top in 5 mins flat and wet clothes on skin make her eczema in that area worse. I would love not to bother with them but I dont want her tobe damp and uncomfortable or having to wear those hideous plastic ones.

Neckerchief bibs!!

I can't stand them. I've got loads of them in the nursery that other people have bought for DS but there's no way I'm putting one on him - they look so silly!!

I loved them for DS. They were only new out at the time in this country. Every time there was a new boyish pattern out I got it.

Then we got him an amber teething necklace, and barely needed the bibs.

Iron? Bibs?

No.

YANBU to dislike them.

My offspring's clothes and chin will be protected by nothing less than a silk cravat when s/he dribbles.

#preggyandbored

I use them with ds as he will pull a bib off as soon as it's put on him. The dribble bibs are smaller and he doesn't notice them on him as much so they stay put.

YABU. My DS lived in these from around 6 months to 2 when he finally stopped drooling constantly. They didn't ride up or look uncomfy and they stopped him getting horrific rashes around his chin and neck from being wet from dribble all the time.

Normal bibs or a folded cloth didn't get close enough to his neck to stop the dribble sneaking through.

Whilst OP I understand what you are saying.... please consider that they were originally brought out and manufactured for children who have additional needs.

Tieni I'm sure he will look fab.

Were they? They've been around in forrin parts on babies for years - I wasn't aware of any SN origins there

As a pp said my dd dribbled so much she ended up getting cream prescribed to help the rashes all over her face and neck. I had loads of the FG ones but they curled up and soaked through in a very short time. I have since started using Mum2Mum ones. Her rash has completely gone despite still dribbling a lot. And she can manage with one or two a day rather than 10.....

The company mine were from (I started buying them six years ago, mind) claimed to be the originals and to have started for older children.

Will need to dig one out to get the label, hold on... Bipi Stuff, see if this URL is still live.

I like them, they stop DS2 mucking up whatever he's wearing in that gap between getting him dressed and actually heading out of the door, in fact I should probably buy some more, they're like socks with the frequency they disappear mysteriously...

The Mum2mum ones are brilliant. They are in bright colours and soak up heaps of liquid. Nursery have confirmed DD is the dribbliest child they have! Am really cheered by the post above that suggests they do mostly grow out of it, as the bibs will make awesome cloths/dusters.

You know, if it were socially acceptable, I'd wear one myself .

Nearly pml when i read the title of this thread. I HATE those bibs.

I love them, they're so useful. I do also keep muslins on hand just in case though DD gets through all dribble-catching instruments at a ridiculous rate.

Yes I like the cowboy vibe they have going on too!

Well, they are socially acceptable which is why they come in adult sizes for people with special needs.

Yes it may be over sensitive, but to read how silly and uncomfortable and how people feel sorry for babies having to wear them, is a bit upsetting when you have a child who has to wear something because of their excessive drooling.

Ds (4) is on medication for his drooling, because it causes him to choke, but he still has to wear a bib on bad days, and thankfully there are loads of these bandana style ones in list of designs, that are soft and comfortable and look ok.

My friend puts her 2.5 year old in them!
They are useful when they are really dribbly to keep their clothes dry