Baby hair is a funny thing, it has a mind of its own – some babies are born with lots of hair only to lose it in the following months while others are born practically bald and stay that way until they are two or even three. Mr Moo was born with an even spread of beautifully soft baby hair which, over the course of his first three months, fell out in a pattern which mirrored the receding hair line of a middle aged man. By the time that he reached three months, it was as if someone had drawn a line over the top of is head, from one ear to the other and there was no hair in front of the line and lots of gorgeously soft baby hair behind it – he looked like some kind of miniature monk! Suffice to say, he wore a lot of hats in those early days. I’m happy to say that this issue corrected itself and he now has really lovely hair (yes, I am aware how biased that sounds…..)
Lollipop was born with an abundance of the most wonderful black hair, she was so adorable! Thankfully, unlike her brother, she didn’t lose her hair but over the course of the last twelve months, those beautiful tresses have lightened in colour and have grown in an uneven sort of way. The hair on the top has grown a lot quicker than the hair on the sides. I can’t bring myself to cut her hair yet so, if left untamed, she can sometimes resemble an einstein-esque nutty professor! To make her look a little more respectable (well, I wouldn’t want her to be the victim of bullying in the ball-pool at creche) I have taken to taming the longer parts into pigtails – the resulting effect is ridicuously cute!!
So now its official, I’ve been bitten by the baby-hair-styling bug and while I’m aware that its uber-cheesey I just can resist it!
We don’t have many pictures of my mother when she was young but when I think of mum as child, she’s always wearing an oversized bow in her hair. I’ve always loved these bows, they just seem to add so much personality (how gorgeous do these eight young ladies look?….though I will admit that the last little girl on the right does look a little scary! ). So one day when I was scouring Etsy for some handmade treats and came across a shop called To Sweet Pea from Me, I knew that I needed to take a closer look.
This shop sells the most fabulous oversized bows for babies and little girls.
The bows are all made from really good quality ribbon and are made using alligator clips which are so easy and, importantly, pain free to get in an out of that very soft and delicate baby hair. I had previously bought some snap clips for Lollipop but the push that is required to snap them shut leaves her cross and me feeling guilty !
You can buy these bows on their own (which is how I prefer them) or with a matching hair-band. I couldn’t pick out just one colour so I chose the set of six bows made from 1 1/2 inch ribbon – the great thing about this option is that you get to chose the colours of the six bows and there are lots of fab shades to chose from…….
The 6 bows set me back $20.75 plus shipping. When you consider how beautiful they are and the fact that your little lady can wear them for years to come, they are not bad value. I use them to sweep Lollipop’s unruly tresses to one side and she looks almost obnoxiously cute. It’s a little bit of Shirley Temple in 2010.
Have been looking for these everywhere online and off – they look great.
Etsy really does have some wonderful shops.
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