To worry about the safety of baby headbands?

[CatThiefKeith]

A few women in my friendship group and/or with children in dd's class have had baby daughters recently, and have all been putting flowers and bows on their babies heads. They have all been bought from a local seller on FB I believe.

AIBU to worry that:

1. They may not conform to safety standards and therefore pose a choking risk and

1. It will be 30 degrees here by Monday, the poor little mites might overheat.

Headbands are similar too, but slightly larger than the ones shown.

I think the big ones look naff. The thinner ones on older babies 8 months on are cute!

I've never seen them used outside of a certain 'Big Fat...' TV Series, are they actually a thing??

I may affix a racing car to son's head if this is the fashion...

Cute

It's fabric. Her sun hat puts more pressure on her skull. Should I stop her wearing that?

Headbands like that used to give me an awful headache mz.

I'd be more concerned at my baby looking like a giant wrapped up Easter egg
I couldn't help but have a little giggle at this comment.

They're hideous beyond words.

Christ that most recent one manages to be both gruesome and spooky at the same time !

Yabu about the safety aspect. If I think about it (and I haven't until now!), they look like they could be a choking/strangling hazard - I see some on my fb selling sites and have no idea whether or not they conform to safety standards regarding gems glued on (they might do, but I haven't looked into it as is never buy them).

With the overheating, I'm not sure they'd make any difference, although babies in this weather probably don't need anything other than a nappy, most people would surely not bother with accessories in this stuffy heat!

Finally, I think the ones in your Op look horrible but the thin one mz posted is quite cute! Still, not something I'd have bought for either of my dds.

Ffs, yaNbu

How do people keep them on their DC? My DD wouldn't even keep a baby hat on

YANBU they are hideous...along with the naff newborn photo shoots they often feature in. I can't see why something as naturally beautiful as a newborn is trussed up in tacky decorations and photoshopped bent into unnatural positions.

I think they're incredibly tacky and frankly rather silly looking. I hadn't considered the discomfort/safety issue.

mrs baby girl hair envy is actually genuine isn't it? Also the mother of a DD who could have had a top knot at a week old.

DD2 is 1 and is bald. Completely bald. DD1 has a mop of hair at this age.
Doesn't bother me, I'd never stick a stupid headband on her to make sure she looks like a girl (she gets mistaken for a boy on a daily basis... I like navy!). However whenever she sees a baby with long hair she goes over and strokes it. I think she has hair envy

I make bald babies. My DD was often mistaken for a boy. DS has never been mistaken for a girl. DD was once mistaken for a boy whilst wearing a pink and purple flowery dress.

I put a headband on DD once in the early days. It wasn't long before she'd wriggled it out of position, or it would move when we picked her up. I just couldn't be bothered having to faff with it constantly.

I also find on myself that if a headband actually stays on my head, it's too tight. If it's comfortable, it ends up being pretty pointless.

Fun bald baby fact - it's much easier to wipe mushed up weetabix off a bald head than to try and clean it out of longer hair.

I thought they were a thing used by religious people because of rules about making your gender clear in your style of dress. So women have to wear skirts and bald babies have massive flowers on their heads to show they're girly and not trying to be the boss of the family.

I think they're brilliant. They signal which parents I will want to avoid at baby groups. "Mummy's little princess" type tshirts are also useful for this.

I'm due in November with my first DD and a woman at work has already bought me three of the bloody things. I don't know her very well and I'm really touched that she thought to buy the baby something but I think they look awful

I think they're brilliant. They signal which parents I will want to avoid at baby groups. "Mummy's little princess" type tshirts are also useful for this.

Yes, this!!

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yawn

They're terrible. But I doubt they're dangerous.

My dd has just turned 1 and wears this type. The ones OP pictured are just awful but I like the type I buy for my DD. They're not tight, you can buy different sizes to make sure of it and she doesn't mind them either. If she takes it off ill put it back on once, maybe twice but after that I leave it. (And no she doesn't wear them all day every day either)

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That'll be because you're on mumsnet.

As far as the overheating aspect, about 18 months ago, when I was bald as a shiny chicken egg caused by chemo, my friend kindly bought me two different coloured adult versions of the ones in the op (minus the hideous flower attachment, but with a crochet flower). I tried to wear them, as the thought was there, and she left the receipt in the bag so I knew they cost her a fair bit, but I just couldn't. They were squashy, itchy, and mostly made me sweat like nothing else, and I wore a mixture of sun hats, a wig, and a beanie on cold days. None of them made me as hot as those bloody head bands. She went in the huff with me for not wearing them even when I gently explained and offered to reimburse her but that's for another thread. So yes, in warm weather I could imagine a baby could be fairly uncomfortable, as they regulate their temp through their heads too.

Oh and I think they're hideous, but that's besides the point.

Yep they're tacky... They're babies not dress up dolls ffs.