A few years ago I started noticing pictures of new, bald (except sometimes with downy wisps of hair) girl babies wearing a headband. The bands sported bows and fake flowers on a spot on the headband, usually off to the side of the forehead.
Like this:
This picture comes from The Simple Little Things, a site that focuses on baby accessories.
I went looking for a picture to illustrate what I was writing about and, instead of choosing one at random, was drawn to the name: The Simple Little Things – probably because of the soothing song, Little Things Mean a Lot.
Anyway, my point, which has been totally obscured by this preamble, is that to me a headband on a bald baby looks odd. Maybe it is because I am of an older generation, or it might have something to do with just plain personal preference.
It doesn’t have anything to do with the actual attractiveness of a baby; I’m just not used to it. On the other hand, I think similar version are fetching on girls that are a little bit older . . . and have hair.
Maybe I am just not into bald.
In all fairness, I have to say that I might look better with a big ole flower or bow stuck right on the front of my face, as in covering it. I could be a walking azalea – heaven knows the rest of me looks like a bush
Full agreement here. I’d like to know how they get the babies to leave them on their heads. My kids would have had them off and strangled themselves with it in seconds… or used it to truss up the kid next to them. They were advanced in that way.
These are popular with the same people who think it is “comme il faut” to make dogs wear drool bandanas.