Am I a the only person that thinks those girl baby bows are horrific?

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I’ve been wondering if anyone agrees but these baby bows are so freaking HORRIBLE!! They’re so ugly and giant and makes the baby girl look stupid. Nobody needs to know the gender of your baby that bad. Babies don’t know where their feet are never mind what gender they are meaning they don’t care what gender they get called. If you really wanted to be obvious about their gender you’d buy girly clothes and girly toys which just proves that the bows are literally just to use the baby as an aesthetic!! At least it points out the mothers that care more about their baby looking aesthetically pleasing than them being comfy in a nice little hat and outfit. If my baby is a girl I hope to God nobody gifts me a bow bigger than her newborn head.

Eh?
I've got a few for my daughter who is 7mnths. You do know if a baby doesn't like it or finds it uncomfortable they will literally just take it off?
What's different between the bow and any other item of clothing that isn't purely functional? These bows are soft
What's honestly the difference between that and a hat?
I think you are odd to get so worked up about this. It's just a bit of fun.
Or do you think babies should just wear plain white baby grows until they are old enough to choose their own clothing?
It's hard caring for a young baby. Let mums have fun with their bunny costumes and bows and novelty mittens. What's it to you? It doesn't mean these mums think their baby is just a doll or they don't love then properly, what an odd judgemental thing to think

Exactly.

The posters who are claiming they're not at all classist or judgemental but only concerned about safety can highlight the risks if they see an unattended infant and find the parents...

Yeah agree with @UserNameOfShame .

Its not for me but it's not the hill I'm gonna die on if I'm going to start lamenting other people's life choices 😅

Demented Easter egg vibes

100% this. Classy folk don’t make these types of remarks. These kinds of remarks are always made by those that think they’re upmarket; but really aren’t.

There's nothing to stop a parent putting a big bow on a boy.

I don't like them, but I wouldn't judge someone if they did put one on their DD. It's their choice! I agree, however, babies shouldn't be sleeping with them on. My DDs would never have kept one on anyway. 😂

Absolutely horrible, reminds me of Hilda Ogden circa 1968.
I don't like any of those fancy bands on babies' heads.

It's sex, not gender. But, I do find that the people who put those god-awful bows on baby girls tend to go full gender stereotype with their babies. Pink and frilly for girls, blue and denim etc for boys,

But yes, they are naff as fuck.

Agree

Can’t stand them at all. Garish and just tacky chavvy to me.

But do they buy them for their baby boys?

That they're classist.

You paint all your kids toys beige, don't you? 🤣

I HATE THEM!!!

Awful and also really dangerous- those horror stories where they slip down and suffocate the baby. Yes the risk is small but it's still a completely unnecessary risk, without one the risk is zero!

I had them for my daughter. Mainly just for photos because I thought she looked cute. She was so bald!!

I don’t think the should be worn for a length of time as the knot at the front leaves dints babies heads as there are so soft.

I really hate them. they look daft, and it's not like they've got enough hair to need a hairband. so what's the point?

No one is judging the babies, we are judging the parents that put tacky chavvy bows on their babies.

@MarvellousMonsters I'll reiterate my earlier point as you clearly struggle with reading comprehension.....

You are judging the baby because you are looking at them and thinking 'ew that looks chavvy.' That is deeply unpleasant.

Focus on your own children and bringing them up to be less judgemental and unkind than you.

I hate bows and clips in a young baby girl, even a toddler with little hair. Why? Just why. Makes me wince. Never seen one I've liked yet.

I hate them with a passion. It's not something I feel sanguine about at all. I was definitely in the minority on Mumsnet when I started a similar thread years ago. Got my arse well and truly handed to me!

I don't like them personally, I have 2 girls and 3 boys and my girls never had anything pink let alone one of those. However.... unless there are valid safety concerns ...my position is live and let live

seems like a reason that she really doesn't need one, to me. why wear a hairband if there's not much hair?

They look so uncomfortable for the little one. More for the Facebook parent’s benefit x