Baby headbands

[Stephenstickinsect]

Aibu to say when you have had a girl you should be made to sign a declaration stating you won’t put stupid headbands on your daughter.

the cats are crazy that was serving a purpose so I get that. Shame it didn’t help

I see so many people saying they put them on their babies but then feel the need to justify it with practicality. Dress your child however you wish and tell anyone who has a problem with it to mind their own.

I'm just baffled by all the posters saying they have to use headbands to stop their hair getting in their eyes. That's what haircuts are for!

I always think people who do this (for aesthetic reasons) are like the people who dress up tiny dogs and put them in handbags.

Absolutely they look fucking awful

OP

I personally think baby headbands are the most ridiculous thing but I would never dream of saying something negative to parents who choose to do this- each to their own.

Am expecting a DD, already have DS (was really hoping for another DS but that's for another thread)- have been kindly given so much girl stuff from friends/relatives/acquaintances etc but cannot believe the sheer volume of pink/girly clothes!

Have to say there were at least half a dozen headbands in there too- they have all been donated to the local charity shop!

Definitely not going to be inflicting headbands on my DD

Bit weird to my eye but apparently it's quite normal in America.

Just as normal in the UK as in America.

I think they’re utterly hideous

I think they look uncomfortable too and not necessary.

I also agree there is no need for passers by to know the sex of a baby.

When DD was about a month old I bought one and thought it looked sweet, she was born with lots of hair so I thought, why not? So I stuck it on and merrily put her in her seat to go shopping, my normally content baby screamed from the minute it went on until I had to pull over to take it off.

As for keeping hair out of eyes, I used a bit of hairspray to stick it in place. She still has masses of curls at 3.5.

As for them being vile, they are a bit. But each to their own. A family member's dd has a huge headband or bow for every outfit. Ugh.

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OP You are Hannah Gadsby* and I claim my five pounds!

• would you put a bangle on a potato?

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/jojo-bow-headband-baby-died-12738382

So so sad.

Dangerous, unnecessary and it does put pressure on the skull when it's still forming. I didn't use them until my DD was 2+

Oh dear, these new fangled baby headbands look so ridiculous, some of them are bigger than the baby's head. I know of a person,who has about 30 of these headbands, one for every outfit the baby wears.

Just as an aside, when I was younger,with longish hair,I used to wear a thin plasticky headband, and after about an hour or so,it used to give me a headache and had to be removed.

And babies with big headbands and also pierced ears at one year old, omg.

Hair bands that serve a purpose, absolutely fine. Using them on bald babies/toddlers with little to no hair pointless and selfish.

There’s one fuckwit on my Facebook who constantly suits her kid up in dresses that are bigger than the child herself, complete with a huge, sparkly useless headband on her bald little head that serves no purpose other than fulfillment of her mother’s inane fantasy of making her a ‘dolly’. 🙄

I'm in the US and everyone puts them on their baby girls. I hate it with a passion, it's so tacky. I've seen times where baby girls are held back from more physical play by parents fussing over their headband and look or tugging at the band as it's clearly uncomfortable.

That's seriously depressing MouseholeCat

I don't understand why parents are bothered by people not being able to tell what sex their baby is, the baby doesn't care if she looks like an old man which most newborns do either way.

I've got DS's & DD and they were all assumed different sexes by strangers out and about, I can't find it in myself to be upset by someone else's innocent mistake enough to feel the need to 'decorate' my baby by squeezing an uncomfortable, elasticated piece of flowery fabric around her soft still moving skull.

It bothers me that anyone who is aware of how dangerous they can be would choose to put something unnecessary and useless on a baby's head. Whether they're hideous or not is a matter of personal taste but there's no excuse for disregarding a baby's safety in the name of "fashion" or to avoid the 3 seconds it takes to say "she's a girl."

I really don't know what the obsession is with broadcasting the baby's sex though. I remember a stranger telling me to the a pink bow on DDs pram "cos you'll get sick of people asking if she's a bit or a girl." And I thought, nah I'll survive, and miracle of miracles, I did survive!

Nice to see the middle class having a pop at the 'chavs'.

Larry - I’ve seen that sad story on here before, and other posters point out that there was no further story/proof - just a few articles about a deleted Facebook post from someone saying it happened to her friend. I would prefer to think it’s not true . But either way, it can only be sensible to remove a big headband if a baby is sleeping, especially if you’re going to be showering or sleeping yourself, surely.

Personally I didn’t put them on my DD (and I also had an older man insist she was a boy “because she’s wearing blue, goddammit ), but YABU to judge others for their taste, OP. I’m sure you put your children in lots of stuff that i’d dislike - and my opinion would be just as irrelevant and pointless!

I don’t understand why people put them on their baby. They look cheap and tacky and must be uncomfortable. They’re babies, they should be wearing comfortable practical clothes and they don’t need something to identify them as girls.

They look silly if the baby has no hair. It’s like screaming THIS BABY IS FEMALE. Why?

I hate them. Have two girls they never wear these ridiculous things.

I saw a little girl of about 18 months in a pushchair shaking her head back and fore because her headband had fallen over her eyes. Her mother was oblivious but I pointed it out to her. It was quite distressing for the child.

I have 3 girls and I have never used them.