Uh, what babysteals? Glue a bow on your baby!

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My co-worker did this.

Frankly, I thought it was cuter than all those obnoxious giant bows and flower headbands that other people use.

[pantsparty]

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That being said, there will be no glued-on bows on my baby.  LOL.

For people wondering what it looks like:

[CheshireGrin]

My mom tried scotch-taping barrettes to my head at one point before my hair was long enough to hold them.

[cinderbella]

My aunts both did this because their babies were born bald. They used KY jelly to get it to hold. When I volunteered at a hospital, they did the same thing for the girl babies so it's not weird to me at all.

I was prepared to do it with my girls but they were both born with so much hair that they could hold little barrettes from day one.

[VillainV]

That just looks so wrong.

[cville]

You know what's easier than that and also nicer to your kid? Practicing, "actually, she's a girl!" with a smile.

WALLA.

[LeggsBenedict]

my niece had a bow glued to her head when I went to meet her in the hospital for the first time. my brother was all "they use glue! I had no idea! its GLUED TO HER HEAD!!"

[dapotato]

short-grain white rice also works really well as an "organic" glue/paste, fyi.

[LoveBug]

Mar 30, 2014 13:37:12 GMT -5 CheshireGrin said:

My mom tried scotch-taping barrettes to my head at one point before my hair was long enough to hold them.

My mom admits to doing the same to me.

They make mini clips for girls with very little hair: www.babywisp.com/product-mini_latch_clips

I've never used them but a few of my friends have and they love them!

[cville]

Mar 30, 2014 13:33:54 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

My co-worker did this.

Frankly, I thought it was cuter than all those obnoxious giant bows and flower headbands that other people use.

I HATE LARGE BOWS AND FLOWERS AND HEADBANDS.

I just needed to get that out.

Now I'm off to sew a bow tie for my son.  Because I approve of THOSE bows 24/7.

[polka]

After my babies were born, a nurse glued on a tiny bow to them after their first baths in the hospital.

I was too busy thinking about my swollen vag to care.

[fezzik]

The hospital did this to L the day after she was born.  The brought her to the nursery to take her picture for the website and when they brought her back, I took off her hat and was like, "wtf is this?"  I'm not sure what kind of "glue" they used, but it fell off within an hour or so.  Apparently they do that to all baby girls at that hospital for their picture. 

[bluegreen]

Mar 30, 2014 13:48:40 GMT -5 cinderbella said:

My aunts both did this because their babies were born bald. They used KY jelly to get it to hold. When I volunteered at a hospital, they did the same thing for the girl babies so it's not weird to me at all.

I was prepared to do it with my girls but they were both born with so much hair that they could hold little barrettes from day one.

Wait, what? I thought KY jelly was supposed to make things, uh, not stick?

[Champagne Supernova]

I used glue dots to glue a bow on my cousin waaaaay back when I was in highschool just for kicks but I never knew this is a thing until now.

[furby]

Oh hell no. My daughter doesn't need a bit of fabric glued to her head to denote her sex or *accessorise*
End rant.

[Dumbledork]

The hospital put a bow on DD, but it was made out of gauze and they taped it to the beanie the slipped on her. We took the bow off as soon as we were in our recovery room because it was so big and in the way. WTF to gluing it on.

I loved the beanie though. She was stinkin cute in it.

[shostakovich]

Are people really this desperate to make sure everyone knows their baby's sex? Why not glue a little mustache on the boy babies?

Okay, actually, that would be really fucking cute.

But the bow thing is dumb.

[Deleted]

My mother used to TAPE bows like that to my head well into toddlerhood.

[renna]

Mar 30, 2014 14:30:09 GMT -5 shostakovich said:

Are people really this desperate to make sure everyone knows their baby's sex? Why not glue a little mustache on the boy babies?

Yes!  And maybe glue on some Andy Rooney-like eyebrows for the boys, too. (idea)

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[MrsAggie]

This is weird. It's even weirder that hospitals do this.

[polka]

Okay, glue aside, I don't see the big deal.

While I would not have put those things on either of my daughters' heads, I'm sure the majority of the people who do buy them do it to be "cutesy", not to make a statement about their baby's sex.

I wonder if those who think it's about accessorizing to denote sex, think the same thing about boys wearing baby baseball caps. 

[noodleskooze]

My mom used a little dab of maple syrup to stick bows to my sister's head.

[MixedBerryJam]

Mar 30, 2014 13:37:11 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

That being said, there will be no glued-on bows on my baby.  LOL.

For people wondering what it looks like:

I am no fan of giant bows held on with giant elastic bands. But a tiny bow like that glued on seems actually dangerous to me. Unless it's superglue it could easily get knocked off or sweated off and that sucker's going right into the baby's mouth. I cannot imagine this being a good idea.

[pinkeggs]

One of my mom's friends used a dot of honey to stick a bow to DD1's head once. It was cute.

[cville]

Mar 30, 2014 15:22:40 GMT -5 polka said:

Okay, glue aside, I don't see the big deal.

While I would not have put those things on either of my daughters' heads, I'm sure the majority of the people who do buy them do it to be "cutesy", not to make a statement about their baby's sex.

I wonder if those who think it's about accessorizing to denote sex, think the same thing about boys wearing baby baseball caps. 

I just think that I hate big giant bows so much I will marshal any and all evidence in favor of them being lame. 



I know there are big bow lovers here.  I don't hate you.  Just the bows.  Let's be friends!

[justkly]

I can't wait til my husband falls asleep. I totally know what I'm doing.

[polka]

Lol cville! I didn't put big bows/flowers on my babies either.

But we cool, boo 

[pooh8402]

Mar 30, 2014 15:21:17 GMT -5 MrsAggie said:

This is weird. It's even weirder that hospitals do this.

This. I make bow hats for the girls.

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I was ready to side eye, but that is cute as hell. -takes notes-