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Is this ginger or strawberry blonde

67 replies

mandyxx · 08/02/2021 13:13

What colour of hair is this

Is this ginger or strawberry blonde
Is this ginger or strawberry blonde
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Kittykat93 · 08/02/2021 13:20

Does it matter?it's a baby..their hair colour will change rapidly anyway

RichAssWhoopin · 08/02/2021 13:24

It doesn't look either and I really wouldn't worry because

A. There are so many more important things than hair colour
B. Whatever colour it is it's unlikely to stay that way

I hope you're not fearing a child with ginger hair that would be sad.

Ginevere · 08/02/2021 13:25

I see neither, just blonde.

Why do you care?

JustCallMeGriffin · 08/02/2021 13:25

The crown looks dark blonde/light brown so far...it's hard to tell when they have so little hair. Both of mine kept us guessing for a colour until their hair came through better.

DinosaurDiana · 08/02/2021 13:26

Looks like brown hair with cradle cap to me.

kateybeth79 · 08/02/2021 13:28

As PP have said, my friend's baby was born with almost jet black hair, by the time she turned 2 it was the most gorgeous sunkissed light brown! And 9 out of 10 blond babies hair darkens by the time they turn 9 or 10.

pistachioglace · 08/02/2021 13:33

Neither, it's brown.

sleepyhead · 08/02/2021 13:37

Absolutely no idea. Brownish I would say.

Strawberry blonde is just a way of saying ginger for weirdos who think there's something wrong with red hair.

cherriesx3 · 08/02/2021 13:43

hmm, I actually think it's strawberry blonde.

If it is, lucky baby! it's a beautiful hair colour.

Bluesername · 08/02/2021 15:11

Reddish blonde

Ewanthescreamsheep · 08/02/2021 15:41

I see cradle cap, which can give an orange tinge. Hair just looks brown - but every chance it will fall out with the cradle cap, and baby hair often changes colour.

Hazelmazel · 08/02/2021 15:42

Agree, looks like light brown with cradle cap.

Wbeezer · 08/02/2021 15:44

My redheaded children had obviously red hair from birth, much tedder than that, so I say no not ginger.

MarshaBradyo · 08/02/2021 15:45

Looks like they will be blonde but hard to say for sure.

PolarnOPirate · 08/02/2021 15:47

Looks brown to me.

One of my babies was white blonde, now almost brown aged 5.

The other was born brown and now lovely golden ringlets at 3.

Things change! I would die for red hair like my aunt, personally.

LaMarschallin · 08/02/2021 15:52

Trouble is, a baby's hair at this stage gives no prediction of what they'll grow up to have.
My nephew looked a lot more ginger than his sister, but that was cradle cap and he's now md-brown while she's got the red hair.

Apparently I had thick black hair when I was born; sadly, it's now fine mouse (well, it's naturally mouse...).

What do the people who've seen you DC think? It's something that's easier to see irl, I think.

LookToTreblesGoingTreblesGone · 08/02/2021 15:59

Brown.

My two were both born with black hair. Then by the age of 2 it had changed to light blonde. By the time they reached their teens it had changed to mid brown.

ShirleyPhallus · 08/02/2021 16:04

Strawberry blonde is just a way of saying ginger for weirdos who think there's something wrong with red hair

This isn’t true at all, strawberry blonde is a different colour to ginger, which is a beautiful colour in its own right

Affectation · 08/02/2021 16:07

It looks like my DDs baby hair. She's blonde.

clpsmum · 08/02/2021 16:08

Does it matter?

SendMeHome · 08/02/2021 16:08

I’d say light brown too. It’s not blonde or ginger.

Merename · 08/02/2021 16:10

My daughter who has ginger hair was quite similar to that as a baby. You could really tell in the light but indoors it looked more browny. Her eyebrows are fair, kind of non existent, but she’s most definitely red. My other is a browny auburn and it was her eyebrows that confirmed it, if that makes sense. In both cases it was a long while before it was clear what their hair they would have.

MisiSam · 08/02/2021 17:04

I think it looks light ginger, it's very pretty! I don't think it looks brown, my friends baby was this colour and now she is one and she had dark red hair , it's beautiful.

viixie · 08/02/2021 17:08

Brown

timetest · 08/02/2021 17:11

It looks brown to me. Both my daughters were born with a fine head of light brown hair which turned to blonde by the time they were about 6 months.