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Baby headbands

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Chocolateontoast · 23/11/2013 13:10

I did a search and there are some quite strong views on this topic, one person even finding it funny to pretend they were looking for some.

Anyway, at the risk of attracting the same people here, the general consensus seems to be that they are "chavvy" and reflect badly on the mother. I was just about to buy one for my DDs first birthday as I'd always thought they were quite cute. But the topics before seem to be more about newborns - do people find them repulsive on older babies too? I don't really want to look back at the photos from her birthday and feel like an idiot for putting her in one (or for other people to see the photos and their only thought be "why did she put that on her head").

So just curious as to whether most people think they're tasteless for older babies too?

OP posts:

NewNameforNewTerm · 19/01/2014 08:55

Surely if it is tight enough to stay on it is tight enough for the baby or child to know they are wearing it?

Many parents send their DDs to our nursery class wearing ones like some posted here. By 9.05am all the children have taken them off, played with them, mixed them up with other children's, thrown them around, buried them in the sandpit, left them in a play area, etc. So I find it hard to believe the child wants it on. (plus staff get huge flack for the child not wearing it at home time or having got the wrong one...)

SharpLily · 19/01/2014 09:03

Must be just those that don't like them that visit mums net, form all the sites that are around selling them there must be people buying them otherwise people wouldn't be selling them

Yes, but they hang out at Netmums instead...

The original post canvassed for opinions so I think it's a bit off to criticise when people give exactly that in response.

In my opinion, they're fucking hideous - you might as well get her a matching T-shirt with 'gawjus' printed on it. However what matters is if you like it. Go with your own instincts and don't worry about other people's opinions so much - no doubt you see other kids wandering around in outfits or other things you don't like all the time and don't think any worse of them for it. Your daughter already is cute - because babies just are, and if you think a headband makes her look more so, go for it.

vitaminC · 19/01/2014 10:15

I personally don't like them on bald babies because to be honest, it makes them somewhat resemble an Easter egg.

Hair accessories on babies with enough hair to need them is a different matter...

At the end of the day, though,it's your child, your decision and it would be out of order for anyone to mock you for that!

zachary54 · 19/01/2014 11:27

I posted a link to lolique website too actually! What i am trying say and what is being missed is, who are we to criticism others. Expressing an opinion on likes and dislikes is utterly fine with me. I love a debate. I don't like it when opinions turn nasty though. If you don't like them fine, if you do fine, but express that in a civil way. Saying no i really hate them is fine. Saying yes i love them is fine too. Saying babies who are only spotty, potatoe head, ugly wear them is edging on cruel and not expressing an opinion in a nice way. That was my point. How some people are expressing themselves on this thread is bordering on bullish nasty behavior. Your're right though the thread was asking for opinion so express it how you wish, I personally don't like to say or hear nasty things so you're right, perhaps this the place for me. I might prefer netmums so i will go try that site and hope can be a little nicer to others. Ultimately, i guarantee, those of you with daughters will put hair accessories in their hair at some point! So be careful what you say :)

Lozcat86 · 19/01/2014 11:35

I hate them personally and wouldn't put them on 12 week dd but this is your dd and your opinion is what matters

BookroomRed · 19/01/2014 14:00

If you are someone who is conscious of the class connotations of clothes, OP, I'd pass, based on responses here.

To me personally they say 'I'm insecure about my baby being mistaken for a boy' and 'my child's comfort matters less than my desire to accessorise'.

dementedma · 19/01/2014 21:20

Think they are hideous.

zachary54 · 19/01/2014 21:54

Suppose these fashion designers wouldn't agree with many of you, but hey, what do they know about cool? Just a few I found, not saying I like them... :) What I am saying is, not all of them are horrid, some are ok, some aren't horrid, some are, just like all clothes etc. Does everyone who puts a baby headband on their little girl have to be worried they will look like a boy? Maybe they just want them to look cute and like them?

www.alexandalexa.com/missoni-knit-stripe-headband

www.childrensalon.com/girls-pale-pink-hairband.html

www.alexandalexa.com/catimini-white-cotton-headband-bow

www.alexandalexa.com/missoni-knit-stripe-headband

www.alexandalexa.com/pink-flower-headband

HappyGirlNow · 20/01/2014 07:30

But it's not necessarily the bands themselves that are horrible.. For me it's more that they look ridiculous on babies without a full head of hair!

SharpLily · 20/01/2014 12:36

Suppose these fashion designers wouldn't agree with many of you, but hey, what do they know about cool?

To suggest that because someone designed them makes them cool is a rather desperate argument - someone designs the clothes worn by Katie Price but that certainly doesn't make them cool...

Bernie75 · 09/07/2014 06:58

Have you ever considered a baby might wear one of these for medical reasons? craniosynotosis is a birth defect where the plates of the skull fuse early causing abnormal head shape and sometimes pressure on the brain. Surgery is often required to correct and involves and ear to ear incision across the head leaving a large scar. I know of a company / charity, Cranio Angel Networks, who make and sell these flower headbands to children recovering from surgery to help cover their scar whilst healing. So when you next see a little baby girl in one of these, before you jump on with your judgement and nasty comment, keep that in mind. You never know what a child and parent may have been through.

zachary54 · 09/07/2014 07:49

Absolutely well said Bernie75! People she think first and judge last! Couldn't agree more with you :)

RachelPz · 09/04/2016 21:24

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MamaLazarou · 09/04/2016 22:11

Nah.

MsBojangles · 09/04/2016 22:42

They're a bit grim, especially when combined with pierced ears

RachelPz · 09/04/2016 22:58

In two minds! Totally agree on the pierced ears, tacky!/Xx

FriendofBill · 09/04/2016 23:50

Re the bands, can't be comfortable for baby.
I wouldn't for that reason.

SinisterBumFacedCat · 09/04/2016 23:58

They just look like garters to me

AgathaMystery · 10/04/2016 00:53

They do look like garters. But if you like it, put it on your DD. Doesn't matter what a bunch of random interweb strangers think.

MartinRohdesBellybuttonFluff · 10/04/2016 00:58

Zombie thread...

Helenwiththebigmelons · 10/04/2016 01:10

Haven't there been reports of those moulding the babies head oddly or something?

That aside, I think they're horrid. They're really unnecessary, and uncomfortable to some degree so why bother? They also scream scummy mummy to me, but that's only because I see scummy mummies putting their kids in them.

I also think people put them on because they have an issue with their daughter being mistaken for a willy woo owner

ummlilia · 10/04/2016 01:30

I'm not keen, but my DIL was..I just bit my lip, they're her children, I'm only the grandma.

MitzyLeFrouf · 10/04/2016 01:33

On MN it's frowned upon if your child wears anything other than a white babygro before the age of 12.

MitzyLeFrouf · 10/04/2016 01:33

What's a 'scummy mummy'?

MitzyLeFrouf · 10/04/2016 01:37

I fell for a zombie thread.

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