Apparently I Am A Hairdresser Too....

[meganlavonnesmommy]

DCM came in this morning asking if I could start "doing" her 2 year olds hair each morning because she "doesnt have the time to fight with her" in the mornings about it.

She handed me two rubber band hair things and a comb. I did the girls hair later in the morning, and she was fine, didnt mind that I was doing it at all.

Sure, I have nothing else to do with 7 kids in my house, so I would love to make the time to do her hair each morning. I'll do it right inbetween feeding them all breakfast, changing 3 diapers, packing lunches for the schoolagers, getting them all shoes and coats on and little ones in the stroller so we can get to school on time.


Seriously, it makes me wonder what parents think sometimes.

[MyAngels]

"Oh, that's okay. We don't need her hair done up. We don't have any fashion police here, and then I won't have to worry about anyone eating the bands or clips when she removes them." All while handing the items back to her.

[laundrymom]

"Oh, that's okay. We don't need her hair done up. We don't have any fashion police here, and then I won't have to worry about anyone eating the bands or clips when she removes them." All while handing the items back to her.

this or,....
sure, for an extra ten bucks a week

[nannyde]

This is very easy to solve.

Whatever they say to you ... you say back.

Parent: She wouldn't let me do it.

Provider: She wouldn't let me do it.

Parent: She's fighting me.

Provider: She's fighting me.

Parent: She's crying when I do her hair.

Provider: She's crying when I do her hair.

The root of this is the parent doesn't want to do it because the child gets upset. If you honor that the child gets upset and you don't want to upset her either then it gets put back into the parents lap.

It's "tag... your're it".

[TBird]

I had a DCM that would bring her daughter to daycare in FULL AFRO, expecting me to braid her hair. I was full at the time and there was NOOOO WAY that was EVER going to happen full or not!!!

She came to the door at pickup and said "Oh...I see her hair isn't done." I said "NOPE...I have a full house to care for...I can't just sit here and braid your daughter's hair. You'll have to bring her with her hair done as it states in my contract." She had the nerve to look dumbfounded as if I came out of a bag on her. UGH!!!! THA NERVE of some people!!!

[childcarebytori]

I may be in the minority, but I style/do the hair of my little dcg's every day. During snack in the afternoon, I go around the table while the kids are eating and the girls get their hair done in simple hairstyles (ponytails, pigtails, side ponies, parted with a clip or barrette). It doesn't take much effort on my part and I hate sending home my little girls with a huge mess of hair that they usually end up with after nap.

Thanksfully, though, my daycare parents appreciate it. I always get new clips, barrettes, hair ties, bows, headbands and flower clips to add to my hair accessory stash.

I especially enjoy it when my 'tough' daycare dads walk in and drop off a nice pretty pink set of butterfly clips for their daughter. LOVE IT!

[Meeko]

I have it in my handbook that girls are to come with their hair already done. And done simply.........NOT with a headful of choking hazards.

Little ones tend to pull out twisties, and bows and clips and barrettes etc. I don't want to be responsible for finding them...or have the nightmare of one of my crawlers picking them up and choking on them. Some of those hair accessories are teeny tiny.....

[cheerfuldom]

I did one little girl's hair recently (because the pony mom made came out at nap) and mom was not happy. you're darned if you do, darned if you don't.

[sharlan]

That's what I miss about having little boys. I loved doing the girls' hair up in french braids and pony tails.

My 5 yo's hair is obviously done by Mom before she goes to school in the morning.

I do do a quick spritz w/water and brush the 8 yo's hair in the morning before school.

[BusyBee]

It takes me literally less than a minute to fix my little dcg's hair in the morning. Big whoop. The dad really has no clue, so mom asked me to do it. She supplied the pony holders.

[TBird]

I may be in the minority, but I style/do the hair of my little dcg's every day. During snack in the afternoon, I go around the table while the kids are eating and the girls get their hair done in simple hairstyles (ponytails, pigtails, side ponies, parted with a clip or barrette). It doesn't take much effort on my part and I hate sending home my little girls with a huge mess of hair that they usually end up with after nap.

Thanksfully, though, my daycare parents appreciate it. I always get new clips, barrettes, hair ties, bows, headbands and flower clips to add to my hair accessory stash.

I especially enjoy it when my 'tough' daycare dads walk in and drop off a nice pretty pink set of butterfly clips for their daughter. LOVE IT!

Although I refuse to do hair from scratch, I'm with you....I hate sending kids home a mess. I wash faces & hands and "tidy" hair with a brush or comb from their cubbies. But "tidy" is all I consider myself morally obligated to do....hair styles are a parent's job.

[nannyde]

It takes me literally less than a minute to fix my little dcg's hair in the morning. Big whoop. The dad really has no clue, so mom asked me to do it. She supplied the pony holders.

See that's the part I don't get.

How is it that Dad can't have a clue about something you are able to do in less than a minute when he has supplied pony holders and a wife to show him how it's done ? Even if it took him ten times longer than you.... why wouldn't he be able to figure it out?

This isn't about time. It's about parents not wanting their kid to cry. That's where the problem is.

[DCMom]

I don't mind doing it once in awhile, but to have mom come in and expect me to do it every morning...that would bug me.

All my dcgs have a pack of ponies and comb in their cubbies, because like childcarebytori, I like to send them home in pretty much the same condition they came to me in. All the kids get tidied up after afternoon snack.

[daycare]

This would be easy for me.. I dont allow rubber bands, barettes, clips, NOTHING accept cloth headbands.

My son a year ago found a rubber band that fell out of one of the DCG hair. I didnt notice. My son attempted to try to fling it and it backfired and shot him in the eye. My husband was home at the time and had to rush him to the ER. He tore the lense of his eye, it was horrible. the doctor said we were lucky, he could have been blinded by it. He had to go on drops and wear an eye patch so that bacteria did not get in and build an infection. You guys know how much fun it is to put an eye patch and drops in kids eyes...it was such a disaster.

If a child walks in my door with any of the above items, I take them out and hand them bck to the parent or ask the parents to do it and take them home.

[Country Kids]

See that's the part I don't get.

How is it that Dad can't have a clue about something you are able to do in less than a minute when he has supplied pony holders and a wife to show him how it's done ? Even if it took him ten times longer than you.... why wouldn't he be able to figure it out?

This isn't about time. It's about parents not wanting their kid to cry. That's where the problem is.

I actually saw a little girl onsie that said "My dad did my hair". My daughter looked at me and said "we needed those when we were little". My husband tried and tried but just couldn't get the hair think for more than a pony tail. I didn't blame him-something most men don't know how to do. Life went on and no big deal.