Please help me -- But please don't judge or take offence..

[xnewxmummyx]

all through my pregnancy my family joked that my baby will be ginger etc...not that there is anything wrong with the colour, but socially it isn't "accepted" is it? .. well when she was born her hair was pitch black, great i wouldnt get any stick, but as she has gotten older her hair/eyebrows have turned ginger/strawberry blonde. nobody ever really comments on her hair, but now i am worried she will get bullied when she is older

i love isobelle with all my heart and wouldn't change her for the world, but whenever i look at her, or pictures, my eyes are automatically drawn to her hair colour, and i find myself making comments on it myself..

i am such a bad mummy...

whats wrong with me?!

 

[v2007]

I have never understood the stigma attached to redheads.

But then again people rib blondes, baldness etc etc.

People seem to find it funny to pick on anything

TBH if you are going to comment on her hair colour, you need to remember that as she gets older and sif she ever hears the comments she is going to feel awful.

It is just a hair colour and i wouldn't let it define her.

V xxx

 

[feedindy]

OMG red haired babies are adorable!

Well I think every kid has a moment where they are teased for something in life. But I think red hair is awesome!

 

[Emmy1987]

Nothing! We have gingers in our family and it was a big joke that LO could be ginger and I think there's so much negativity (god knows why!) that you hope it doesn't happen!

My LO was born with dark hair but it's getting lighter and for some reason I've been hoping she won't go ginger! I'll love her even if she turns green and grows scales but I totally get how you feel xx

 

[xnewxmummyx]

i feel so awful..of course i love her and my mates are redheads but i cant help it

xx

 

[charlotteb24]

my son william was born ginger, we used to make jokes over him being ginger before he was born and he is and hes beautiful, i adore his hair colour its beautiful and if he gets stick when hes older we will deal with it then, ive had nothing but positive comments so far xx

 

[Maman]

on the other side of that, people pay millions the world over to try and get ginger/red tones. i think its the one colour even the dye companies cant make up, id love to have red hair.

my cousins son has ginger curly hair, and she shaves it for the reasons youre saying, i think shes mad, his hair is gorgeous AND hes a cool dude anyhow!

 

[keeks1987]

OMG red haired babies are adorable!
I think red hair is awesome!

This

 

[c1403]

Hey all im strawberry blond...i never had a problem with anyone teasing me for my hair colour and my little cousin who is 6 has the most gorgeous red hair (more red than mine).

If told her if anyone ever says anything to her about her hair to say 'its unique to be a red head and who wants to be boring blonde/brown' something along those lines.

Children can be nasty and tease but if you try and teach them from a early age that they are more unique then they will stand up for themselves hopefully and not let it get to them.

I think red hair is gorgeous on both boys and girls and part of me hopes it passes down from me to any baby i have. As an adult i always get people saying they would love hair like mine etc

 

[Jem88]

It might not stay that colour hun, My LO was born with black hair but its came back a light brown/blondy colour. Both me my siblings and OH we're all born with dark/black hair it then grew back blond (mine was actually white lol) then went dark brown and has stayed brown. x

 

[dacosta]

dont worry - in the first couple of years the hair changes colour anyway. plus, a girl's red hair is often admired when she's older.

i have strawberry blond hair and was bullied at school for it, but i love it now and have done really since leaving primary school. it's different and girls with red hair have a much easier time than boys.

my first was born with black hair, whcih turned ginger then blond - we're just waiting to see what colour it stays.

my second was born with black hair and has just turned in the last week, she may stay that way as she has light eyebrows and eyelashes whereas my first always had dark eyelashes. either way, don't let it worry you. what will be, will be.

 

[Mummy2B21]

Please dont worry the redhead stigma isnt as bad as it used to be people are accepting it more and more, i for one think redhair is lovely and so do alot of people nowadays and i know plenty of popular redheads.

 

[Lettuce]

We always joked about having a red head too, and Jenny has give distinctly strwberry blonde recently! but tbh, I like red hair, my best mate has the most beautiful red hair.
We still joke, and rib each other over who gave "the ginger gene" as both of us are very dark. But I think she's beautiful anyway.
Children will tease anyway, about something. If you teach your child to love themselves and to have self confidence they will deal well with teasing. Xx

 

[lovingmommy]

Hun, my brother is redheaded and he never got picked on. I love redheaded babies!!

 

[hawalkden]

I think because your family said it all the way though your pregnancy it's mind over matter and all physiological now. I honestly don't know why people think they can us somebodies 'colour, ability, age, gender' anything to be honest against them because they feel they aren't 'sociability correct'.

I'm sure your daughter is gorgeous in every way and it'll backfire to your family when she's walking down a runway or using her features in a glossy magazine you never know what .

 

[doggy121]

all through my pregnancy my family joked that my baby will be ginger etc...not that there is anything wrong with the colour, but socially it isn't "accepted" is it? .. well when she was born her hair was pitch black, great i wouldnt get any stick, but as she has gotten older her hair/eyebrows have turned ginger/strawberry blonde. nobody ever really comments on her hair, but now i am worried she will get bullied when she is older

i love isobelle with all my heart and wouldn't change her for the world, but whenever i look at her, or pictures, my eyes are automatically drawn to her hair colour, and i find myself making comments on it myself..

i am such a bad mummy...

whats wrong with me?!

aye, i have fairly dark auburn hair and most of my family on my dads (scottish) side have bright red hair and i honestly prayed to whoever is up there that he wouldnt have my red hair when he was born for those same reasons tbh, terrible i know but i got plenty of stick asa kiddy but now i get alot of compliments and my red hair is what first caught my dh eyeso in the adult world its not so bad its just kids being kids!
theres also squints in my family, i was born with a dodgy eye but got it straightened when i was 21, i'm constantly watching my boys eyes (8wks old) for any sign.... this overrides my red hair worries hands down.

 

[kellis]

My girl has red hair and i love it, i'll be so dissapointed if it changes colour. That said i havent got a clue where she gets it from as dh and i have brown hair and ds is blonde, maybe it's the irish in me lol

 

[leahsbabybump]

children can be so cruel no matter what their hair colour i used to get teased at school because my grandparents used to dress me in charity shop clothing thats was "out of fashion" iykwim

 

[cissyhope]

I dont get this thing with red heads either i love the colour and i think red heads are so cute! Any way,its natural to worry,i sometimes worry that my boy is small and he will get picked on at school by bigger kids but im gonna make him strong with confidence.I think thats what we have to do,is instill our kids with confidence to cope with any thing

 

[Destiny08]

im the same! my daughter has turned out ginger. although im sure it'll change, at the moment i just find myself praying it will!

that said i guess we just have to accept they have ginger hair lol, and teach them to love it

chances are it will change! both me and DH were born with black hair, it went blonde and is now dark brown for both of us.