Anonymous wrote:Wow -- Saw the subject of the thread and was eager to pile on until I read the vile, classist, regionalist remarks. DC residents think of themselves as so urbane and educated and, uh, full of good taste. We're just as parochial as all those people we look down on. The fact that we can't see it just proves the point.

Oh blah blah blah.

These are absolutely the tackiest, most Jon-Benet looking adornments I have ever seen. Thank goodness I have boys only and don't have to deal with this lunacy.

But as long as we're on the subject, let me weigh in about those ridiculous hair bows on school age girls that are almost as large as their heads. What are you mothers thinking??

Wow -- Saw the subject of the thread and was eager to pile on until I read the vile, classist, regionalist remarks. DC residents think of themselves as so urbane and educated and, uh, full of good taste. We're just as parochial as all those people we look down on. The fact that we can't see it just proves the point.

Anonymous wrote:Oh, to be a young parent again.

What's the point of loathing something as benign as a headband. Wait until your kids are in junior high. Then you will have issues worth complaining about.

haha! i dread it!

Anonymous wrote:I sometimes wish kids could read threads like this. They would shake their tiny little heads and chuckle at the ridiculousness of their parents. Debating hair accessories. And somehow trying to make the conversation deep by bringing in references to gender and identity.

I don't think anybody really takes it that seriously. DCUM is a place to vent about meaningless things. Even those who come across as passionately against headbands, are probably doing so because it's just something to do... something to argue about. For the hell of it. Arguing about something so dumb is just kinda fun. And the people who take it very seriously are probably just having a bad day.

I sometimes wish kids could read threads like this. They would shake their tiny little heads and chuckle at the ridiculousness of their parents. Debating hair accessories. And somehow trying to make the conversation deep by bringing in references to gender and identity.

OMG I never knew our silly flower would bother people so much!!!!

Heading to Michael's NOW to get a bigger brighter one LOL

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Anonymous wrote:what about hairbows????????

Hair bows are fine.....if the child has hair!

Unless you're at the pool - seriously, I watch this kid (maybe 3) every week at the pool as she is waiting to get in for her lesson, and EVERY TIME she has a giant bow in her hair. Which her mom brushes, then re-attaches the bow AFTER the kid sheds her street-clothes and gets into her bathing suit. For the 5 minutes that she is going to spend poolside before getting in the water. The kid is extremely cute, but come on!

Here's an alternative:

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20441298,00.html

OMG. What IS that???

Oh, to be a young parent again.

What's the point of loathing something as benign as a headband. Wait until your kids are in junior high. Then you will have issues worth complaining about.

Anonymous wrote:Every time I see one I wonder why they didn't just write "GIRL" on her forehead in pink sharpie. I have the same reaction to the tiny sticking-straight-up-from-the-head-like-an-antenna ponytail.

Exactly. What usually makes this even funnier is that they usually have some trendy weird-ambiguous-gender-neutral-last-name-as-first name, as a PP pointed out. Emerson, Riley, Avery, Addison, etc.

Uhh, how about an actual girl's name, and skip the bow and head-to-toe pink?

Many years ago I used to babysit my niece who had very little hair and had a light blue coat. Many times people would stop me and say, "What a cute little boy." I would answer, "Thank you, but she is a girl," and without fail they would say, "But she has no hair." I, without, failing, would say, "neverthelesss, she is a girl because I have changed her diaper." This generally shut them up. Maybe there should be a headband with the New York Yankees or other baseball, football logos, and this will become a trend, particularly for little boys with a lot of hair who are mistaken for girls.

I hate the flower and these round curly ones.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/72570367/pink-and-white-korker-bow?ref=pr_shop

Again cute baby, hideous head piece!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what about hairbows????????

Hair bows are fine.....if the child has hair!

Unless you're at the pool - seriously, I watch this kid (maybe 3) every week at the pool as she is waiting to get in for her lesson, and EVERY TIME she has a giant bow in her hair. Which her mom brushes, then re-attaches the bow AFTER the kid sheds her street-clothes and gets into her bathing suit. For the 5 minutes that she is going to spend poolside before getting in the water. The kid is extremely cute, but come on!

Here's an alternative:

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20441298,00.html

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what about hairbows????????

Hair bows are fine.....if the child has hair!

Unless you're at the pool - seriously, I watch this kid (maybe 3) every week at the pool as she is waiting to get in for her lesson, and EVERY TIME she has a giant bow in her hair. Which her mom brushes, then re-attaches the bow AFTER the kid sheds her street-clothes and gets into her bathing suit. For the 5 minutes that she is going to spend poolside before getting in the water. The kid is extremely cute, but come on!

Why would a parent be that upset over people mistaking their baby for a boy? They're just a baby. Like it matters. I personally wouldn't give a shit.

I wish there were something gender-identifying for the moms with long haired boys - long enough hair to pull back in ponytails! - to use to proclaim to the world that their children are, indeed, male, rather than the frustrated, exasperated sighs of indignation they make when yet another person asks how old their daughter is. If the question bothers you, cut the kid's hair so he looks like a little boy!!