Too Cute or Too Tawdry?

MOM and Dad both want Liesel to wear something that makes her instantly recognizable as a girl since, when out in public, too many people ask "Are they both boys?"

"Really?" they ask each other after-the-fact, "We would dress our one son in a pink outfit and stroll him around in a pink stroller?"

She is too young to have her ears pierced and Dad doesn't think it appropriate at a young age any way. So that won't suffice.

Both Mom and Dad dislike, with extreme prejudice, those infant headbands.

http://wanelo.com/p/2375057/pink-flower-headband-baby-girl-infant-newborn-headband-chiffon-lace-head-band

Not to insult anyone New Family blog reader's taste, the Parents know you like them and respect that. However, it is not for Liesel.

So they settled on a barrette. But Dad cannot decide if it is cute or tawdry.

Dad would be more comfortable if it served some purpose other than communicating to perfect strangers, "Hey, I am a girl!" But since she lacks sufficient hair to make it worthwhile, and strangers will ask silly questions anyway just to have something to say, he doesn't know if he likes it. Mom thinks it's adorable.