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Babies should NOT wear headbands/bows

50 replies

StudentMum92 · 15/03/2017 20:41

They are completely unnecessary!

www.google.co.uk/amp/www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/parents-being-warned-dangers-big-12741977.amp

Poor baby 💔😢

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Morphene · 15/03/2017 20:50

oh gosh - how tragic!

What a terrible accident to occur.

Ride · 15/03/2017 20:52

Oh and they are just awful and weird as well.

DaffodilTime · 15/03/2017 20:53

That is so sad. I'd say it was a very very unlucky, unusual and tragic thing to happen though?

Mumzypopz · 15/03/2017 20:54

I think they look awful on babies.

RainbowPastel · 15/03/2017 20:58

Poor baby how tragic. They look ridiculous on babies I have never understood the attraction.

toffee1000 · 15/03/2017 21:04

They look daft on bald babies. Babies look like presents with them on (IYSWIM).

PlayOnWurtz · 15/03/2017 21:06

How sad. They are hideous to boot.

3luckystars · 15/03/2017 21:06

Why are dummy clips dangerous now?

Octuscactus · 15/03/2017 21:07

Poor poor baby and mother :( that's so sad!

Btw what looks ridiculous is your opinion on how someone else chose to dress their own child.

TheFifthKey · 15/03/2017 21:08

I don't think this actually happened - there's no actual source here, just a Facebook post?

greenlavender · 15/03/2017 21:11

They are totally ridiculous and unnecessary

Lambbone · 15/03/2017 21:15

Whenever I have worn a hair band, bow or clip it has given me a fearful headache, so when I see a small girl with such stuff in her hair it does worry me - that she may be really miserable and the parents don't realise.

Never occurred to me it might be actually dangerous though.

TheFifthKey · 15/03/2017 21:15

Yeah but they're all just repeating the same Facebook post. Lazy journalism without any confirmed sources.

ImFuckingSpartacus · 15/03/2017 21:18

They shouldn't wear them while asleep, or unattended. While they are fugly and stupid, they can wear them perfectly safely if used with caution.

Babies have suffocated on their own clothes, but you don't warn people to make sure all babies are naked.

cherish123 · 15/03/2017 21:19

Tragic.

I am not sure why anyone would put one on a baby. They are: hideous, naff, pointless.

RunningBetty · 15/03/2017 21:19

Sadly i have heard very similar story from a friend. Her husband is an a+e consultant. The baby was in the back of the car next to an older sibling. Again the wide band had slipped and suffocated the baby. Heartbreaking and so easily avoided.

Littlelanecountrygirl · 15/03/2017 21:20

I'm amazed that people are surprised that a headband could be dangerous to a baby It's a closed loop of material a few inches above your neck which a baby can't remove. No shit it's dangerous Hmm

itsbeenaverylongweek · 15/03/2017 21:20

Facebook post was deleted & Scottish police wouldn't confirm the story so no verification. Would be pretty sick to make it up though Sad

Iamastonished · 15/03/2017 21:21

I think there is more danger from a headband than clothes though. So tragic and unnecessary.

BertieBotts · 15/03/2017 21:22

IIRC death by suffocation is not confirmable. That is why there is suffocation-avoiding sleep advice, such as avoiding fluffy blankets and pillows, mixed in with general SIDS prevention advice like keeping the temperature of the room low and placing babies on their backs to sleep.

It's possible that the tragic death of the little girl has been attributed to the headband because of the placement of it at the time of death whereas it could have been an ordinary cot death.

That said, heavy fabric over the mouth and nose could easily obstruct breathing and perhaps it wouldn't take very long for a baby to reach distress.

Either way what an awful thing to happen :(

Ericaequites · 15/03/2017 21:23

My sister was talking and running before she had hair. Mother would have loved headbands and small bows for a little girl when going out, especially when people ask why you cut off all her hair.

PidgeyfinderGeneral · 15/03/2017 21:23

I don't like them and think they look weird but I don't have DCs and accept that I'm in the minority with this opinion.

Original poster
StudentMum92 · 15/03/2017 21:25

Clothing are a nessessary to keep a baby warn, headbands are not!

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ThymeLord · 15/03/2017 21:27

How sad. The poor parents.

At least it's given a lot of you the opportunity to cast your judgement on a fashion accessory. Lovely.