what do you do with your little girl's hair?
have you chosen to grow it, or is it in a shorter style?
my 2.5 year old has quite long hair, its down to her shoulder blades, however has shorter parts which have taken longer to grow (her fringe which is down to her chin and bits at the side which are probably longer than chin length)
it always seems messy. i can sit and put it into two braids (which she hates getting done) and all the shorter bits always fall out, no matter what i do. i figure its all the playing, wriggling etc that a toddler does that works against her hair staying looking reasonable/decent.
i have tonight almost decided to get it cut into a bob style... probably about chin length, maybe slightly longer. i am then hoping to be able to just clip her growing fringe out the way and be done with it. No time wasting doing piggy tails and braids etc with her protesting the whole time.
i would love for her to have long lovely hair, but i just don't think its conducive to being a toddler, i can't seem to keep it neat.
is there anyone else out there who has chopped off their little girl's locks? was it easier having it shorter? will i regret it? i feel like we've been growing it and pesevering with it forever, so i'm hesitant to give up and have it shorter - but at the same time if its going to be easier to manage and look better, maybe longer hair can wait til she's 4 or 5...
your thoughts? sorry its a bit of a superficial thread!
My DD has very long hair for a 2yr old! Its half way down her back. I had a fringe cut a while ago and now I'm trying to grow it out. It is always in her face, though it doesn't seem to bother her I hate it! I usually just put the front bit of it into a pony tail on the top of her head or on the side (like a fountain, lol!) It's been really hot here the past week and I have just been putting it all up into a ponytail. I wet it and pull it back, then put 3-4 clips into it to stop the loose bits falling out. She usually takes the clips out though I have brought sooo many of them! If it was just my decision I would cut it to a shoulderish length bob, but DH wants her to have long hair. And it is sooo beautiful too...
What about putting her hair in a french braid? If done when her hair is wet it can last a couple of days, and on day 3 when you take it out she will have lovely waves which will give her hair more texture and make it easier to clip back out the way.
DD#1 has short hair - but thats cos its taken her so long to grow any! Lol
shes only ever had one haircut and shes almost 3! I put it up in little pig tails or just clip it back - theres not enough for a pony tail or plaits yet
Emma, dd1 has the same length hair by the sounds of it. My problem is that she refuses to wear it up most of the time. I have recently found ?cradle cap on the back of her head/neck line and a few patches near the crown of her head. These are itchy and flakey....so I am in the midst of deciding to chop it off so we can manage her scalp issues and for the fact its messy and in her face, constantly getting food in it. I love her hair long but its unmanagable. Am waiting for our hairdresser to call me back to make an appointment, so when I get it cut, I will let you know my response!!!
Its so hard cutting their hair but going by past experience even a little bit cut off makes it grow faster and thickens it up, hard but if she hates it being done maybe it owuld be better to wait a year or 2 until she likes it played with again??
My DD has quite curly hair so it's all different lenghts even though you can't tell unless it's wet. I have decide to not cut it at all until it's at a length where I can even it up. I DO NOT WANT her to have a frigne cause I knwo hwo it hard it was for me to grow it out as a kid! I pull it back most days and use clips - if I part it to one side it tends to look nicer and stays in better.
In saying that little girls with bobs do look very cute too so there's no isse there - it just wouldn't suit my daughter.
My DD has soooooooooooooo much hair, it is thick and quite curly, she is 3 1/2 and has had about 6 or 7 hair cuts already. I actually have to get it layered to stop all the ends tangling together. I would like to get it cut short, but she has a double crown and her fringe grows forwards, so to make it work, I am pretty sure it would end up looking like a mullet.
Good luck with the hair cut, it usually does wonders for thicker hair.
yes i am SO GLAD i got her hair cut, it looks 100% better, and really suits her.... everyone is commenting on how great her hair looks, and i only have to spend literally 10 seconds on it every day...
Emma - Glad that you are so happy with the decision to get her hair cut. I think it would have been a hard one to make.
Hair has always been an issue for us. My DD1 was born with so much hair. She had her first haircut before she was 3 months old. I have found that having fringes can be problematic if your baby/toddler doesn't like haircuts (we had to get DD1's fringe cut in her first hair cut because it was so long she would suck it into her mouth when she as feeding and it was always in the way). Fringes tend to be a lot of maintenance as they can grow really really fast. My DD1 needed hers cut every 4 weeks. By the time she was 1yo, I gave up and have just let it grow out. She now has really long hair. We have always had to do something with her hair so she is used to having it brushed and tied or clipped. It is quite thick now and easy to style. When it was finer it was a lot more difficult. (Here is a photo of DD1 as a baby http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...d&id=533631828 - she is 11 wks in this photo, right before her first haircut and this was right after http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...6&id=533631828).
It is often messy though and I think that is just toddlers really. DD got my awful hair - it is kind of curly but it would be worse if it was shorter and she has a cow lick in the front which makes it hard for it to sit properly when it is shorter too.
Anyway, probably information that you don't want now that you have made your decision but thought I would put it in anyway
Last edited by Just Me; November 30th, 2009 at 11:42 AM.
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I have brought sooo many of them! If it was just my decision I would cut it to a shoulderish length bob, but DH wants her to have long hair. And it is sooo beautiful too...
but going by past experience even a little bit cut off makes it grow faster and thickens it up, hard but if she hates it being done maybe it owuld be better to wait a year or 2 until she likes it played with again??
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