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 they look worse on bald babies, not so bad on older babies but still a bit tacky.
I had a dd after an 8 yr gap with ds and even that wasn't enough to make me want to inflict on of these on her.
Anyway she's a right little tomboy and would have thrown it out the pram as soon as she was able to

I was given one, but I only used it for 5 minutes to take a quick photo and then took it off again. It's a bit of pointless clothing really. I don't like them myself, but DP and his family like girls to look like little princesses!

There's an old fashioned saying but relevant here IMO It is " Why gild a lily"?

I like them. I have two girls (both with loads of hair from birth) and both have worn them. They aren't tight at all (not the ones I've used) and I take them off for naps etc. Each to their own x

Yep,dangerous and personally I hate them! Unless you have hair why do you need a hair band?www.kidspot.com.au/health/family-health/safety/beware-the-baby-headband

I don't mind the plain ish ones without the big flowers on, but I never put one on my DD as I think babies look cuter without them. Never really thought about them in relation to choking or over heating. I wouldn't think the latter was an issue though.

I also think they look ridiculous and I always remember headbands giving me a headache after a while so i wouldn't put them on my girl until she's old enough to want them and can take them off!

I give you BABY WIGS

I think they can look quite tasteful, but you have to have your child's name tattooed on your neck to really bring it off.

PerspicaciaTick

They're so tacky... but my girlfriend and I enjoy spotting the biggest ones on friends of friends on fb, screenshotting them to our whatsapp group for an amusing one upmanship game... (probs slightly uncouth!!!)...
Bought one as a joke for friends newborn girl but her 2.5yo big sister nsbbed it as she actually loved it and refused to give it up for several weeks.... 😂

Fear not, you can make your little girls as pretty and decorative as you like without worrying about the risks of overheating or strangulation

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[vomits copiously]

I was bought several of these as presents when my daughter was born just under a year ago, she has always refused to wear them... Don't blame her really!! I don't think they really pose a choking or overheating M risk, after all parents surely have eyes on their babies? But I feel like it's an attempt to confirm its a girl. My friends wee girl is about 15 months old and bald as a coot and wears one of these everywhere. My daughter has a decent amount of hair, she is a twin, her brother is a boy and people assume a lot that it's two boys, it doesn't really bother me, her twin and his older brother were never confused for girls, it's strange..

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Surely they should have a sunhat on their head in this weather?!

underneath 😂 So funny . I agree , they are the huns usually too.

My dd would never have stood for any adornment like that on her head - it would have been off in milliseconds.

It's the pointlessness of them that winds me up. A baby needs to be clean, fed and clothed. Trashy hairbands that are purely decorative serve no real purpose. When I see them being worn it makes me think that the parents quite enjoy having an accessory rather than a child.

I hate them personally, I think they're tacky and stupid.

They will end up with heads like egg timers.

And imagine what would happen if one gets caught in a lathe!

Have all the posters that think they don't make a baby hot read Wherethefucks post regarding how hot they made her, an adult?

They're ridiculous.

Let's face it - floral headbands on bald baby girls are unwise and rather naff. Just like pink tutus, baby clothes with dodgy slogans, pierced ears on infants and so on...

They are horrific . Poor kids!

Bagpuss, that is just plain wrong!