Best Baby Sun Hat

Last Updated: Oct 19, 2021 @ 10:22 am.

How To Buy The Best Baby Sun Hat

Let’s talk the best baby sun hats!

Besides looking terribly cute, hats help keep sun off baby’s face, neck and ears—and that’s something pediatricians recommend since babies under six months aren’t old enough yet to wear sunscreen.

Consider these quick tips for finding the best baby sun hat:

• Baby hats come in three basic styles: wide brim, safari-style and bucket hats. Each has its fans—for smaller babies, safari-style hats help keep sun off the back and ears. Older babies do better with wide brim or bucket hats. 

• Look for adjustable sizing with toggles. All the hats in this article were recommended by our readers for their ease of adjustability. 

• How compact does it fold? The best baby sun hats collapse into a small shape for transport.

• Consider throwing an extra hat in your diaper bag for those surprise sunny days. We love having a spare hat around for just such occasions. Later in this article we’ll recommend an affordable two-pack of bucket hats that are perfect for a diaper bag.

After asking our readers for their favorites and doing independent research on our own, here are the baby sun hats we’d recommend.

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