https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 12:40:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-918966 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:10:40 +0000 littlecasita1122 918966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You really only need 3 towels at most...we have 12 or 13 hooded towels and I wish I returned two packs! Hooded towels were a popular gift people gave to us AFTER the baby shower/when baby arrived and of course there were no gift receipt and they weren't on our original registries.</p> <p>We have mostly BRU brand, and while they were great for when he was little, they barely wrap all the way around him now at 12 months, and my LO isn't that big for his age. We also have a larger hooded towel gifted to us that's from The Children's Place and we love it! It's what we use for his swim lessons since it's bigger and thicker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-918946 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:01:04 +0000 BananaPancakes 918946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: @luckypenny: Another vote for 3 Sprouts. Absolute best towel for infants, hands down. They're like blankets; so warm and absorbent. We have the boar, the monkey, and the walrus. I buy them for baby shower gifts all the time. They're a favorite baby item of mine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-918926 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:56:14 +0000 betsyboop 918926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dwell Studio. They are expensive but we got ours for 50% off on ruelala. So absorbent and they are large enough for LO to use as a toddler. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-918919 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:54:23 +0000 Cupcake 918919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have BRU brand ones, and are fine. We have 8! Which is way too many, but we got them as gifts and I was too lazy to return them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-918860 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:29:40 +0000 mrsjyw 918860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>echoing PPs, get the PBK ones on sale in Toddler size!! :) </p> <p>We had them in both sizes and regularly have two toddler size ones in rotation, while we haven't touched the baby one since like 3 months? </p> <p>The carter's ones are ok for backup! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915294 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:04:44 +0000 luckypenny 915294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: we have the hippo! I'm obsessed too :) I think I have a picture.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915268 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:59:13 +0000 lawbee11 915268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@luckypenny: 3Sprouts has a hippo towel! Hippos are my weakness. They sell them on Amazon, so I may have to buy one with our Amazon gift cards! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915249 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:55:50 +0000 pelikila 915249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: BRU also carries hooded Carters towels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915217 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:48:59 +0000 MrsRoo 915217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: thank you :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915129 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:26:57 +0000 luckypenny 915129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have tried them all - Circo, PBKids, Carters, etc... and the BEST one is 3Sprouts! Super soft, super absorbent and adorable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915124 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:26:07 +0000 shopaholic 915124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsRoo: soo cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915117 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:23:48 +0000 GrapeCrush 915117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we like the toddler size ones at target. we used them when he was a baby too. he grew out of his pretty quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915115 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:23:45 +0000 MrsRoo 915115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were gifted a PBK towel and love it! The tag says one size so not sure if its a toddler size or what, but it's definitely still big for LO. We have some off brand thin ones from Ross that were also gifted. I don't love them. I end up toweling her off with the thin ones, then bundling her up in the PBK towel. I'd suggest having at least 1 of the PBK towels.</p> <p>This is when she was 2 days old in the PBK towel after a sponge bath. She has tons of room to grow. </p> [attach=1345/13/mpodfm.448x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915109 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:21:21 +0000 lawbee11 915109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: LOL! Good idea about TJmaxx--I think I'll check there before I hit up Carter's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915092 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:14:58 +0000 autumnlove 915092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend bought the baby a monogrammed hooded towel from Moonbeam baby. It is made out of a regular bath towel and is very high quality! I like it a lot more than the PBK towel I splurged on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915081 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:12:03 +0000 shopaholic 915081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Fwiw, we only recieved one towel at our showers. I bought 2 PBK ones and love them, but I do think they are pricey even on sale. I would definitely hint about getting PBK ones in toddler size. Anyhow, funny thing is AFTER the baby came I got 2 more towels as gifts and found 2 that I loved at TJmaxx that I couldn't resist buying ( hello kitty and an organic Burt's bees one). So now we have 7 towels! Wth? DH likes to use a clean one every night though so I don't mind. I think 3 would have been the perfect amount.<br /> Oh, and the other towels are a thin Child of Mine one (really too thin for my taste), and 2 First Impressions from Macy's. I'd say my faves for softness and absorbency are the PBK and Burt's Bees ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915079 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:11:01 +0000 lawbee11 915079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: Awesome! There's one right by our house, so that'll save me some shipping costs. </p> <p>@Foodnerd81: Yeah, I'd rather her get practical things like that over toys! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915065 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:07:54 +0000 Foodnerd81 915065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Oh great Christmas present idea! I will keep that in mind for sure! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915064 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:07:14 +0000 ladybee 915064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are the a&amp;a ones good? Can you use toddler ones on infants? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915055 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:04:02 +0000 mrskc 915055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: They do sell them in their store! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915044 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:58:39 +0000 lawbee11 915044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: This is a silly question, but does Carter's sell the hooded towels in-store? I've only ever gone to Carter's for clothes so I never noticed if they sell towels! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915036 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:56:17 +0000 lawbee11 915036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I think I'll skip the infant-sized ones altogether and ask for a couple of monogrammed toddler ones for Christmas from the grandparents...a monogrammed towel is right up my mom's alley! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915020 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:51:27 +0000 Foodnerd81 915020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO isn't here yet so I can't comment on the best ones, but as far as the pricier PBK ones-- maybe after baby is born, you could subtly mention how you want to get a monogrammed one :) I love them and think I'll eventually get the toddler sized one, but I sort of want one with his/her name embroidered on it so I'll just wait. </p> <p>Also they do go on sale sometimes, or offer free monogramming-- though probably not at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-915003 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:46:54 +0000 loveisstrange 915003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not necessarily a recommendation for a good one, but stay away from the Circo ones. :/ They are not very absorbant and we didn't get much use out of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-914998 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:45:44 +0000 808love 914998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any hooded towel is a great towel! Total fan of hooded towels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-914996 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:45:31 +0000 mediagirl 914996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: meh, we had baby towels and they were so tiny! I ended up using a regular towel most of the time. I don't think those infant towels are worth the money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-914993 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:44:29 +0000 lemondrop 914993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got a cow hooded towel from Target online, and I love it- should have gotten more! We still use it at 18 months, it's not a fluffy as the pricier ones, but it's soft and does what I need and I think was only $12 or so.</p> <p>[attach=1790/13/mpobuq.338x600.IMG_20130607_170413_850.jpg] </p> [attach=1790/13/mpoclg.447x600.IMG954258.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-914972 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:40:42 +0000 Pepper 914972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have some off brand ones from Marshall's that do the trick, but honestly I'm totally partial to the PBK ones! They're so soft and absorbent, and they seem like they'll last til he's older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-914970 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:40:17 +0000 Weagle 914970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Carter's are fine, but we only used hooded towels for 6ish months. I much prefer using full sized towels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-hooded-towels#post-914969 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:40:02 +0000 mrskc 914969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used the cater's ones. I think 2 is plenty. I wouldn't buy an expensive one unless you get the toddler size from PBK. That will last longer. We only used the hooded towel for a couple of months and now we just use a regular bath towel. </p>