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hat for non-hat wearing baby!

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pooka · 28/10/2004 21:53

My dd loathes any kind of hat and also wont have her hood up. Need to get tough as she's also practically bald. She can undo velcro so a lovely gap hat I bought is instantly whipped off. Need a hat with ties or a balaclava (or would that be too cruel? I can just imagine her reaction ). Any suggestions re: where I can buy pretty/warm/funky hat of this sort?

Thanks for your help.

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pooka · 28/10/2004 21:53

She's 15 months, BTW!

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Rowlers · 28/10/2004 21:56

Not much help but my mum gave me an old-fashioned bonnet for my DD and I scoffed. It's the sort which covers head but not face / forehead. It has clearly been knitted by someone and has ribbon ties under the chin. As it doesn't cover her face, she's quite happy wearing it. She looks all cute like a little dickensian baby. Don't know where you get them but that type may be more successful. Hope you find something!

Frizbe · 28/10/2004 22:02

I recently took my 1 year old hat hating DD to the shops to buy her winter one, and let her choose, after trying a few on (silly I know but humour me) she chose a nice one from next with a cat on the front, all well and good...when it came to wearing it there were the usual spats, until I pointed out the nice cat on the front, and that she had chosen it, and she now wears it happily? (it/I may be mad, but it seems to work!)

jamiesam · 28/10/2004 22:03

Sorry - thought I could answer but if she won't have a hood and is cute to velcro, don't know. My ds would never stay still long enough to let me do up any ties - good luck! (he's also 15mths)

WestCountryLass · 28/10/2004 22:15

I think I saw cute one in Vertbaudet ;-)

WestCountryLass · 28/10/2004 22:19

No, it was La Redoute:

www.redoute.co.uk/redouteuk/sBoutique/1,1170,,00.html

Any good?

Bladee · 28/10/2004 22:24

bought ds a baby buff - he wore that but pulled any hat off - looked quite a dood in it too!

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pooka · 29/10/2004 08:06

Thanks for suggestions - will do a full-on internet trawl.

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Bagpuss30 · 29/10/2004 08:16

You need the polartec pom pom hat from Jojo Maman Bebe. It has ear flaps and a tie under the chin. DD wore this last winter and it stayed on (which is something of a miracle for her!). In fact you may get two winters out of it as ours still fits this year!

Here it is

HTH

lulupop · 29/10/2004 08:33

My DS was like this and I found even if I cld tie a hat on, he'd just go absolutely beserk until it was removed.

Our solution was that if we could distract him while putting the hat on, after a while it didn't bother him. So I'd give him a rice cake or something, tell him a little story or sing a song, and shove the hat on before immediately pushing the buggy out the door and setting off. By the time we'd finished the rice cake/story/song, we were on our way and he'd forgotten about the hat.

alfiebetty · 30/10/2004 08:27

Just bought my 'anti-hat baby' a sheepskin hat with spats and tie from Hennes £3.99. She loves it and cry the minute I put it on..she normally screams the house down if I put hat on her. Green Baby also do one online.

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