~xBi-racial Bumpsx~ *36 Babies Born & Counting!*

[majm1241]

This is my baby girl!


Sorry...my scanner sux, but I will try and upload pics of her blond hair...its more of a brown now. But in Kindergarten it was blond (shes in grade 2 now, 3 in the fall)...tends to get blonder in the summer and darker in the winter LOL.

What a Pretty Little Girl!

 

[JaymeeBee]

thanks.

 

[minties]

Nothing really to do with the thread, I guess? But speaking of mixed race babies, this is my gorgeous little cousin whom I Love to bits! I'm 27 and finally got a cousin haha! I care for him once or twice a week so we are very close.

He's 5 months here, and half European and half Vietnamese. His mum fleed here in a huge boat full of other Vietnamese people, her mum was shot during the fleeing, so this wee bubba has an interesting history.

 

[Agiboma]

jaymebee your baby girl is so cute

 

[AriannasMama]

I am also having a biracial baby GIRL!! Due Oct 2nd. I am white (mainly british/irish and also cherokee and creole indian) OH is black and a small bit of creole too.

 

[kfarb]

Nope, there's a few of us on here! I'm caucasian and DH is African American. I was on another site before I came to B and B, I had a pic of me and DH as my avatar, I was announcing my BFP, and someone made a racist joke. Had the nerve to ask me is I knew I was pregnant by sticking a banana in my vagina and asking if it had a bite in the end when I pulled it out! (I don't mean to offend anyone by mentioning this, I just wanted to share how cruel some people can be to biracial couples expecting on other sites.) I was horrified. I feel very accepted here and love to know they're are others. I'm glad you started this thread so we can all get to know each other.

(Butting in) That's terrible! I can't imagine the tongue-lashing someone would get if they said something like that here! How ignorant of that person, and I'm so glad you made it here!!!

 

[wishingforbub]

Hi I am a mixed south african( dark skinned) and my DH is Iranian (white skinned) so we are both very curious to see what our little one will look like We have no idea LOL. Our baby is due Dec24 xx

 

[LilDreamy]

*updated*

xUniqux - Your baby is so precious. I absolutely love the picture of your baby on the beach. Looks like baby should be in a magazine.

JayMeeBee - You're little girl is beautiful as well. I love her hair. My guy just bragged about all the beautiful mixed baby girs that have blonde, puffy hair that he saw at an elementary when he vonlunteered to help. Just wondering, does your husband have blonde hair, or does it just run in his family? Only reason I ask is because I have brown hair, but blonde runs in my family. Just curious if my baby might have blonde/brown as a possibility.

 

[shareema]

Hiya I'm Beninese(West Africa), black and my DH is white european but mainly Dutch. I'm saying European because he has italian, scottish hungarian french and german blood lol...I'm due the 26/10 and also very curious to see what baby will look like don't know the gender yet...

 

[mixedmama]

I can't wait to see what everyones babies look like!

JaymeeBee & xUniquex, your LOs are sooooo adorable! xx

 

[LilDreamy]

Shareema, I added you.

Does anyone have any concerns or seeking advice from those that may already have bi-racial babies?

I know I do. For example. At first I was petrafide about having a baby girl, because I'm afraid I'm going to be completely clueless as to how to take care of her hair. I've been trying to read everything to help me... but I really won't know how to handle babies hair until she is born since all bi-racial babies hair are different you know? Anyone with any advice? Lol.

 

[xUniquex]

well try not to worry,as you can se emy son has a full head of hair and it has to be cared for,so it's not just those having girls who need to know hair care!!

Obviously it depends on the mix of the child and how 'tight' or 'loose' or even 'afro' the hair is (there are a million variations!)

I found the best hair care to start with was simply using extra virgin olive oil on bubs hair,i didn't want to put any kind of chemicals or products on my baby when he was still a newb and we found that olive oil worked very well,so well in fact we still use it now!!

However now he's older i do have a product for his hair,to help moisturise it.

My best advice is that if you are unsure once bubs gets older,take them to an afro hair salon (assuming your bubs has afro hair!) and get one of the stylists to look at bubs hair texture and type,they will be able to advise what products are best for that kind of hair.

If anyone has any kind of questions with regards to ANYTHING at all i will do my very best to answer them so feel free!but could you please specify the bubs mix in the post as i have baby brain and can't remember everyones mix!

xxx

 

[LilDreamy]

Thanks xUniquex!

I'm deffinately going to use the virgin olive oil. I wouldn't want to put any chemicals in babies hair either until she is older, since the hair will be so delicate.

Oh yea, I forgot to mention my babies mix will be between White(European ) and African American.

I've read everywhere that Moisturizer is the key.
Shampooing too much will dry babies hair out, so you only wash babies hair like what twice a week, but you condition/moisterize daily, but put in leave in conditioner twice a day? Seems so complicated. Lol.

Maybe I'm asking too many questions now... but do you have any clue how babies hair should be made (once she gets older of course). Should I let her hair poof out? Poof out in a pony tail, braids, or dreads? Lol. It's more of a what would look best question.

Maybe I should wait until she's older to ask. Lol. She isn't even born yet!

 

[xUniquex]

i'd definately keep shampooing to a minimum as you are right,it does tend to dry out hair,if yo find that your babies hair is very dry then you may even benefit from a specialist conditioning shampoo.

Our son has a leave in detangling conditioning spray put on his hair once daily,his hair is lovely and soft and doesnt need to be sprayed more than once a day at the moment.

As for styling your daughters hair,it all depends on what you want to do with it,what you think suits her and how much hair she has!there is nothing wrong with a simple pony tail,plait or bunches.A lot of the styles will be determined as to how long she will sit still for and what she will tollerate!

xxx

 

[mixedmama]

xUniquex - what is your natural hair texture like? and what about your OH's hair?

I think I'm going to be ok with handling my daughters hair. My mum struggled with mine when I was younger (she's white and I had quite frizzy afro hair!) I'm hoping my LO will have easier hair to manage than my own. xx

 

[xUniquex]

my OH has true afro hair,really REALLY tight ,coarse curls,and i have very loose curls but it's VERY thick and it goes seriously frizzy!

Our son has fairly tight curls,but it does frizz up if not tamed!!

If this one is a girl i am hoping she has curls that are a lot more relaxed than our son's!

Unfortunately you just can't guage what bubs hair will be like,as i have a cousin who is exactly the same mix as me and her hair is naturally almost straight with a slight curl!

There are so many variations and products out there now to suit all kinds of afri hair so we are lucky really!

The only advice i have to ladies who are having babies with afro hair is PLEASE DO NOT BRUSH their babies hair!! Use a comb!!

xxx

 

[LilDreamy]

Oh no brushes???

LOL! I'm glad you said that or I would have learned the hard way.

 

[xUniquex]

brushing afro hair is a disaster!!Because it is naturally dry,brushing is actually quite harmful to is,so yous hould always use a wide toothed comb!

If you do brush afro hair,the curls come out and it turns into a FRIZZ BOMB looool

The only way to undo a frizz bomb is to wash the hair!

If you do need a brush style obeject to style afro hair it's best to use one of these >>

https://www.kentbrushes.com/shopexd.asp?id=81&catid=33

i use a double sided one on myself,one side has harder bristles than the other,but if i had a daughter i would use a soft bristled one.

As a rule,the more you brush or rub afro hair the frizzier it gets so when bubs gets out the bath pat their hair dry,my mum rubbed Kairi's hair dry after bathing him once and he looked like a microphone!loool

 

[alaskanwhitec]

My DH laughs at me when I stress about my daughter's hair, she's not even here yet, and I want to know all I can. I didn't know about washing once a week, and using special brushes, etc. My best friend growing up was half black, and her mom didn't treat her hair accordingly, it was a mess. I will not have my daughter go through that, and my DH has shaved his head since I met him so I don't know what kind of hair he has, but he's telling me the consistancy of the hair in his family is the soft curls type, not the frizzy afro type, but I'm still going to educate myself regardless so my ignorance doesn't destroy her hair at a young age. I got a really bad perm at 12, and it psychologically damaged me until it grew out. The whole point is, I take stuff like that seriously because I want only the best for my daughter...I think sometimes we are afraid to ask these questions, but I feel there are no stupid questions, its better to know then not know. It just bothers me when my DH acts like I'm crazy when I bring up, "How should I raise my biracial daughter? How do I deal with this situation?" Am I stressing to much about it?

 

[DreaminOfBaby]

I was wondering the same thing as you LilDreamy since my baby too will be half black. I was always curious about the hair. I'm glad to see you and xUniquex talking about it because it's something I had NO idea about! Very informative, thanks for asking lil and thanks for answering her unique. I deff. gotta store this info for later lol