To use headbands on baby?

[AliceMarie89]

The fabric kind? Also pram shoes? I've been judged massively for both recently and want to ask other mums :/

Never thought about headbands as I have boys but pram shoes are vile. Blankets for car seats and pram, snuggly cosy toes for pushchair. Job done.

@SilverySurfer You COMPLETELY missed my point whilst trying to make a snide dig at me. SAD!!
I was merely demonstrating that just because you choose to put a soft headband or booties on a baby it doesn’t mean you ‘live on a council estate’ !!! Or are from an underprivileged area!!! All these people that state that little pretty headbands and peak shoes/booties, pretty dresses etc are tacky and chavvy I’d LOVE to see what your kids are dressed in. Yes babies should stay babies for as long as possible and wear baby grows and nice soft clothing but what’s the harm in occasionally dressing them up for an occasion or a family gathering or something?? Very strange people with warped ideas on this thread.

Hugo I don’t think I made myself clear. I judge everyone that puts those god awful pointless headbands on babies. Some of the chaviest and tackiest people I have met are actually blinged out middle class “yummy mummy/daddy”.

Your assumption that posters using the term chavy or tacky are referring to people that live in social housing or are under privileged is wrong.

You can't put tights or babygros on with a sling as it can pull the material tight over their toes and cut off circulation.

I didn’t think I’d be a headband mum but I actually think my little girl looks lovely with one on for a special occasion/photoshoot. And both my babies had pram shoes. I’m obviously lower class and tacky having read these responses 🤔🙄

Fair enough Gummy, thanks. I could never baby wear so never really thought about it

I always used tights and babygros with the sling, never knew otherwise.

Too long ago for mine to have worn headbands. Mine wore long white nightdresses until about a month then babygrows only until about six months. I have an intense dislike of babies becoming fashion accessories and that includes headbands (why, just why? It looks awful and serves no purpose. There are definitely class associations too).

Hugo, you are taking this waaaaaay too personally.

It’s a thread on an Internet forum about baby clothes. Seriously, this is not important.

Put a headband on yourself and you’re not allowed to live it/take it off. See if it getting irritating. Apart from what everyone else has said about them potentially being dangerous.

They don’t need shoes - any sort til they start walking.

In my opinion I think a headband is nice for a photo shoot (some of them are really pretty) but wouldn’t put on all of the time. Pram shoes (the warmer ones) can keep feet warm if it’s really cold. I don’t have a girl though so no experience.

I wouldn't say anything to a mother who chose them but anyone who puts a headband on a baby is fundamentally a sexist person. It is a very blatant demonstration of belief in damaging sexist stereotypes.

If it was within my family I would do my best to counteract the sexism of the parent in the interests of the child as this nastiness wouldn't be the only influence to train them to conform to sexist stereotypes over the subsequent years, and I would also look at what sexist pressures any boy children were being damaged by from the same parents.

If not in my family it would be none of my business and I would just drop the sexist person from my circle of friends as I would have no interest in further acquaintance.

I think they look awful. And pointless. But I think it’s a generational thing. I’m an old mum now and lots of younger mums that I know like it, and they certainly are not necessarily poor or from council estates, just normal lovely mums.

For a cute photo yeah sure whatever, for the full loop of the estate? That's unreasonable. My babies lived in babygrows until they could walk practically (ok not quite but def the first 6 months) I feel so sorry for the babies weighted down in tutus, head bands, pram shoes and all the other narcissistic parental paraphernalia.

I always left ds barefoot in house and in socks when we went out but he was a very late walker so I did use Pram shoes to keep his feet warm when he was over 1 but only when we went out and not around house or anywhere! The physio therapist said it was fine to keep is feet warm if he was only in pushchair and wouldn’t hinder development in anyway.

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‘For a cute photo yeah sure whatever, for the full loop of the estate?’

Does everybody live on an ‘estate’ and all know each other and do regular loops with their children’s pictures? A work colleague lives in a cottage in a rural area and got photo taken of her dd and she certainly wouldn’t dream of knocking on her rural elderly neighbours with the pictures. She has the picture up in her house and I didn’t even see it until I went around with her birthday gift.

Most baby clothes are ugly tbh. I hate the scandi stuff - Frugi and so on but I seem to be the only person on earth who doesn't want to dress their child like a rainbow puked on them.

Oh sorry kit I have misread your comment and now realise you were meaning parading baby about with said headband 🙈I apologise for taking your comment out of context

Cocobana

I was being a bit sarky with the council estate jibes 😉 but as it goes yes I do live on an estate lol.

No worries cocobana :)

I took your comment out of context, my bad. I know you were referring to the type that parade their babies around like trophies/dressed up dolls.

I don’t think a baby’s head needs to be adorned. It looks awful whatever the occasion or reason.

‘Never thought about headbands as I have boys but pram shoes are vile. Blankets for car seats and pram, snuggly cosy toes for pushchair. Job done.’

This doesn't always work. It did work with ds until he got to 1 then he would throw said blankets off and he got too tall for his cosy toes and would fidget and cry. He also likes to be carried a lot and sit in trolleys etc and his feet would get cold in the winter in only socks. Then I used fleece lined soft shoes to keep his feet warm for these instances only. Would have I put them on for any other reason? No

I say shoes but they were more of a thermal soft boot from next, they were great for the winter times when he would be outside. Before this I had encountered comments from people asking if I’d forgotten his shoes because he looked too old to not be walking. I then progressed to first walkers when physio said it would be worth while.