How My Body Failed Me.

CinemaGoddess · January 2013

SookieFrackhouse68:

Poor bald babies. So creepy.

/elsaybay

FTMFW.

Y'all are just misunderstandin' her.

Ethansmommy18 · January 2013

I nursed my son for 15 months he has a full head of hair....guess you were just un lucky and your milk was sour Confused

flerlgirl · January 2013

CinemaGoddess:
heljo16:

I don't have a newsletter but if you want me to, I can do a weekly post to share my motherly wisdom.

Next week: Why some babies don't STTN.

Answer: Babies are jerks.

This just in: babies purposely make your life harder. They go bald just to p!ss you off. I've seen their meeting notes.

CinemaGoddess · January 2013

flerlgirl:
CinemaGoddess:
heljo16:

I don't have a newsletter but if you want me to, I can do a weekly post to share my motherly wisdom.

Next week: Why some babies don't STTN.

Answer: Babies are jerks.

This just in: babies purposely make your life harder. They go bald just to p!ss you off. I've seen their meeting notes.

True story.

BrittKav · January 2013

This is some of the weirdest MUD I've read.

AmandaR204 · January 2013

I'm really going to have to agree with OP's side on this. My son has SO much hair and he is FF, everyone says it's genes but I always knew it had something to do with the formula, it's just better. The whole breast is best thing is totally B.S. I mean Formula is made by scientists and mixologists, it's a perfect blend. BM can get all wonky depending on your diet and all that, but formula is perfect everytime. If you love your babies, Formula Feed, please.

Thanks for this post OP, I'm glad someone had the guts to enlighten us!

CinemaGoddess · January 2013

AmandaR204:

I'm really going to have to agree with OP's side on this. My son has SO much hair and he is FF, everyone says it's genes but I always knew it had something to do with the formula, it's just better. The whole breast is best thing is totally B.S. I mean Formula is made by scientists and mixologists, it's a perfect blend. BM can get all wonky depending on your diet and all that, but formula is perfect everytime. If you love your babies, Formula Feed, please.

Thanks for this post OP, I'm glad someone had the guts to enlighten us!

diet coke. out the nose. burning.

NotSharknado · January 2013

I'm gonna start drinking formula. I whip my hair back and forth, I whip my hair back and forth.

NotSharknado · January 2013

My baby looks like Donald Trump. It's awful. She's such a jerk for looking like that.

Monkeybabe · January 2013

This explains so much. My mom really screwed me as an infant. I had no hair until I was nearly 3!

Momtobe618 · January 2013

It's called genes! Wow! I will be breastfeeding and maintaining a health diet to ensure that my LO has one too.

biblionerd · January 2013

That's what I thought, but baldy didn't have hair until he was almost 1. Sad I wasted all my money on formula. Once I started washing/rinsing his hair with beer though it really softened it and started it growing.

KacyChicago · January 2013

flerlgirl:
KacyChicago:
Dear Diary, I'm really bored today. How much of an idiot can I be? I know, I'll blame my bald baby on breastfeeding ... That'll help a lot of women, I'm sure! Signed, Dumbass.
Dear Dumb@ss,
Please don't do that. Seriously. I'm begging you. I'm made of paper and cardboard and I have more sense than that.
Love,
Diary.

Ha! What's with all the idiots today?

KFCupcake · January 2013

I mixed a little bit of beaten egg into my formula. Everyone raves at his shiny hair.

ChelseyB5186 · January 2013

Momtobe618:
It's called genes! Wow! I will be breastfeeding and maintaining a health diet to ensure that my LO has one too.

:pats your head:

There, there.

Monkeybabe · January 2013

KFCupcake:
I mixed a little bit of beaten egg into my formula. Everyone raves at his shiny hair.

Oh my goodness! I never thought of this! Such a great idea.

merc5411 · January 2013

So if we give men who are balding formula, will their hair grow back? I have some friends who would love that!!!!!!

gollywollypog · January 2013

starshollow · January 2013

I am pretty sure this is true. Tyler was bald until 6 months. This is also around the time I stopped BFing and started FFing.

TucktheTurtle · January 2013

I totally believe it. My first was FF and had amazing hair, but my second is BF and bald as can be. I wonder if they sell baby-safe wig glue? She won't let me keep a headband on her.

biblionerd · January 2013

TucktheTurtle:
I totally believe it. My first was FF and had amazing hair, but my second is BF and bald as can be. I wonder if they sell baby-safe wig glue? She won't let me keep a headband on her.

Elmers is non-toxic.

Kitten80 · January 2013

MUD.

FYI, if you mean her hair fell out as a newborn, that ommonly happens. It didn't happen to either of my children, but to my cousins' children and friends' hildren. I EBF both my kids: my son has a full head of thick hair while my daughters is fine and just starting to grow. Yes, I look forward to pigtails and love when she will leave cute headbands in, but she is wonderful just the way she is...and breastfeeding was a winderful gift my body cooperated in giving my baby. If someone wants to FF, thats their business, but base it on facts.

stever · January 2013

Um, huh?

kkfeb04 · January 2013

You are absolutely right! My 2nd cousins (4 times removed) had neighbors whose sister's husband's daughter said the exact same thing. This is very true. BFing does cause baldness and the cure is raw eggs and porcupine.

I can get the recipe for you all if you like.

kgs0505 · January 2013

That theory is stupid. Ever baby loses their newborn hair. It takes a long time for hair to grow in, especially if it's fine, or for some reason, a lot of blonde babies take forever to grow in hair. She won't be bald forever. Get over it.

hogrefea · January 2013

Hahahahaha! Since I am Team Green, I will just wait to see if I want to BF since I most certainly will just PARISH if I have another girl that may be mistaken for a *gasp!* b-o-y. Whatever would I do? Is there a support group? Does Locks of Love make wigs for babies SUFFERING from baldness???

I Love my Dave · January 2013

MUD

MrserinJ · January 2013

Thank God I partially FF my 2 boys. My youngest didn't get hair until he was 18 months. Could you imagine if I had exclusively breast fed? He probably would have never got hair.

gisa886 · January 2013

brrkrrs18:
Umm, you are a selfish idiot. Babies are beautiful with hair or without! And breastfeeding is WAY healthier for the baby! Jesus...

Oh honey try to calm down. All this stressing out will give your baby the geigh.

kkfeb04 · January 2013

gisa886:
brrkrrs18:
Umm, you are a selfish idiot. Babies are beautiful with hair or without! And breastfeeding is WAY healthier for the baby! Jesus...
Oh honey try to calm down. All this stressing out will give your baby the geigh.

Truth.

katie6/26/04 · January 2013

LOL babies lose hair either way. You know, some are born with dark hair and when their new hair comes in it's blonde.

biblionerd · January 2013

gisa886:
brrkrrs18:
Umm, you are a selfish idiot. Babies are beautiful with hair or without! And breastfeeding is WAY healthier for the baby! Jesus...
Oh honey try to calm down. All this stressing out will give your baby the geigh.

so geigh with no hair then. Poor thing.

PalmettoBaybee · January 2013

LOL at this. My DD was EBF for the first year and had a head full of gorgeous hair that never fell out. DS was FF due to many, many issues and was bald until he was 18 months.

laurack · January 2013

It sounds ludicrous but there is actually some truth to it. I am a clinical pediatric craneologist ( we study the head shape and hair patterns of infants and children) and we do see some correlation between breastfeed infants and low hair coverage and thickness. There are many theories, for one thing cows are completely covered in hair and most formula is made from cows milk. We have seen that in infants fed soy formula, the hair is not as thick as those fed cow milk based formula. Also soy formula fed infants tend towards a squarer head, like a block of tofu if you will.

There is some cutting edge research being done at the moment on rats and their offspring, the earliest released findings have suggested rats fed only their mothers milk do indeed show a balding pattern on their backs, compared to the rats fed an infant formula made of cow and sheep milk, with various plant extracts.

While human milk may not be best for baby, it does provide special bonding and nurturing time so in my practice I suggest a hybrid, with most calories coming from an infant formula and nursing done simply for the bonding aspect.

jkfranklin · January 2013

But, DH was FF and he had tons of hair when he was little but he went bald a 16! I took a chance bfing DD. She may be bald now, but I hope she gets a good 3040 years of hair once it comes in. FX.

laurakaz13 · January 2013

Mamasaurus:

Confession: I BF and that's why my baby uses this.

I just spit my wine out! Thanks! Oh, and I'm not pregnant and need to get off the tri boards.

AmandaR204 · January 2013

laurack:
It sounds ludicrous but there is actually some truth to it. I am a clinical pediatric craneologist ( we study the head shape and hair patterns of infants and children) and we do see some correlation between breastfeed infants and low hair coverage and thickness. There are many theories, for one thing cows are completely covered in hair and most formula is made from cows milk. We have seen that in infants fed soy formula, the hair is not as thick as those fed cow milk based formula. Also soy formula fed infants tend towards a squarer head, like a block of tofu if you will.
There is some cutting edge research being done at the moment on rats and their offspring, the earliest released findings have suggested rats fed only their mothers milk do indeed show a balding pattern on their backs, compared to the rats fed an infant formula made of cow and sheep milk, with various plant extracts.
While human milk may not be best for baby, it does provide special bonding and nurturing time so in my practice I suggest a hybrid, with most calories coming from an infant formula and nursing done simply for the bonding aspect.

Thank you Doctor.

It's a shame what they are doing to children, pushing their ridiculous BF'ing agenda on them WELL FUCC BEWBS! All they do it make our babies bald and snooty.

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha · January 2013

OHMYGOSH THANK YOU SO MUCH OP FOR POSTING THIS!

I refuse to believe anyone is dumb enough to think BFing = bald child. THis has better be MUD.

Cinnamon Haze · January 2013

That is not true AT ALL.

I have 5 kids and only nursed one, Alllllll of them lost almost All of their newborn full heads of hair, it is 100% normal. Try doing some research OP.

extremely naive advice. Not to mention UNTRUE!

Maybe your daughter is going to be bald for Life, it's called Karma.

kelseypie · January 2013

Are you sure you're not just pouring nair over your Cheerios in the morning? I would eat some rogaine on rye and see if that helps after a few months. Thing about that is, you have to keep using it or it all falls back out.

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