Would you say my baby is ginger ?

[August21yellowbaby]

I'm getting a lot of comments mainly from my mum who has always been very negative about ginger hair and she's keeps mentioning my babies hair and she's making it a bad thing
When his own grandmother is being mean (she says she's joking) about his hair colour I worry about other people being mean to him later in life
Would you say he's ginger? My first is quite dark now at 3 years old but his hair changed a lot during those 3 years

My daughter is the same. Nobody else in the family has red hair. We think it's a throwback to generations past. Her grandad had a red beard but dark brown hair, oddly. She's not had much trouble over it, though once at primary school she threw a punch at a boy who tried taking the pee. She got punished at school, but I said to her, use your words next time, and dropped it. She's russet brown now. It's a pretty colour. It's a shame gingerism still exists. It's on par with other discriminatory behaviour. No need for it.

Aw that's absolutely gorgeous!! A baby ginger!!! As a ginger myself it's always lovely to see.

Oh I never had negative comments bar the very very occasional one at secondary. And one odd moment when a group of about 50 year old bald men shouted 'Oi Ginge!' At me across a petrol station forecourt... which was very retro 😂. On the other hand I've actually had plenty of positive attention for it...

Yes, he looks like a red headed baby. Tell your mum to grow up evey timenshe 'jokes'. I'd have loved my children to have red hair.

Definitely.

DS2's hair was that colour when it started coming through, he was a cute ginger baby. It didn't last and by the time he started school it was dark brown with gorgeous copper highlights. These days, to his great annoyance, his beard is mostly ginger.

Who even picks on people for being ginger nowdays?

No one actually cares and kids do not take the mick over being ginger. Its more an older generation thing so dont worry, your mum needs to grow up

Both of mine looked like this, even redder in photos. Agree with PP, it was the cradle cap. They were both blonde as babies and toddlers and have darkened to mousey brown. DH was the same as a child and his hair is so dark it's nearly black now so I'm hoping the DC go the same way. I'd rather they had red hair but there's none in either family so it wasn't likely.

Regardless, tell your mum to cop on. It's a prejudice with really nasty roots (as I guess can be said of most prejudices).

Red head here, with red headed child. Neither has had any bullying whatsoever. I admit I was a bit worried when they were born but actually has had so much positive attention for it. Just doesn’t seem to be a thing anymore. Your mum should stop that immediately.

Yes, I would say that he is ginger. Ignore your mother, she is being ridiculous and incredibly immature. I adore ginger hair and I certainly would not say that red heads are a big target of bullying anymore. Kids these days are largely far more accepting and respectful of each other’s looks.

It has become trendy for people to dye their hair ginger so your DS may well grow up to have others envious of his hair! DD went auburn last year and wishes that it was her natural hair colour, it was gorgeous and she got so many compliments for it. She hates her ‘boring brunette’ (her words..) hair!!

Your mum sounds like a piece of work, who needs enemies with families like that! Your baby is a defenceless human being and if she’s like this now I’d be going low or no contact because she will bring misery to your child’s life.

Definitely, OP. How lovely 😍😍

My son's hair was like that and as a baby and his hair is more blonde now, I have 3 children. Myself and my partner are both red heads our middle child has bright red hair, the other two are more of a strawberry blonde. I get compliments on my middle child's hair every single time I take her out, pictures attached. And then a picture of all 3 of mine.

He's too young. You can't tell yet what he'll be. My son was jet black when born, then went paler, looked ginger for a period, then blond.

He is still blond now but dark blond and may well end up brown as that's the same pattern my husband and I had growing up.

I'm ginger I was born completely bald but with ginger eyebrows 😂

my son was ginger at birth- now has mostly blonde hair with a tint of red in summer

my middle daughter has always been bright ginger.

my youngest daughter was born white blonde, it's now strawberry blonde

You need to get your mum to stop "joking" about any aspect of your son's appearance now before he gets older and starts to understand it.

Your mum sounds like an ignorant bitch to me.

Yes. But red hair is beautiful OP. Your mum needs to butt out.

Or the exact opposite. Mocking ginger hair is the absolute height of immaturity. I'd be telling her that she's about 50/60/whatever years too old to be behaving like that and you (and ds) won't be seeing her nearly so often if she doesn't grow up sharpish.

To add my own anecdata, my ds1 was born with hair that colour. He was blond within a year and has stayed blond. My second and third were born with black hair. Ds2 went very light brown quickly and darkened gradually, reaching dark brown in his teens, Dd, like ds1, went blonde by a year and appears to be sticking with it. No rhyme or reason.

Beautiful red hair. My favourite colour.

This is me as a little girl. I would do anything to have that hair colour now!

Sorry, picture didn't attach.

Your mum.can do one.

That colour is particularly fabulous. My daughter's classmate had a very similar hair colour. Her hair was luxuriant, thick, straight and almost sickeningly gorgeous. I always had a thing for red-headed boys myself....❤️🧑‍🦰

A little bit ginger yes. How lovely. Gingers are ace. It is a beautiful hair colour. Don't let anyone tell him (or you) otherwise.