Not Cutting Your Baby's Hair....

[daycarediva]

but...but...but...usually when they wear a boy's hair that long they don't MIND a ponytail!!! :confused:

That's what I assumed as well! Even my dh said "He looks good like that!" Atleast his hair looks nice, is clean and always well maintained upon arrival, etc. I shouldn't complain!

[countrymom]

well, you know how inoccent kids are. Well, I took my bunch to the park one day and there was a boy about 2 yr old playing too. So the boy decided he wanted to play with my kiddies. Well my kiddies kept calling him a girl over and over again, the mom would kept correcting them, but really the kids called it like they saw it. She was mad, but what am I suppose to do when he did look like a girl.

[Blackcat31]

I have a little guy here right now who is African American and has not had a haircut in over a year....his hair is HUGE and waaaaaaaaay out of control. He is 4 yrs old.

I literally have to pick things out of his hair sometimes because it collects so much stuff throughout the day. His mom is fully aware of how awful it looks and even makes jokes about looking for missing things (like car keys etc) in his hair but she still hasn't gotten it cut. Why? He won't let her. :confused: ::

My own DS had to get real hair cuts by the time he was 6 months old as he had a full head of hair and it grew so quickly that he saw the barber every month. We have super healthy and quick growing hair in my family. My DD had long flowing curls down to her bottom by the time she was a year old.

For daycare kids though, I treat hair the same for both sexes. If it's in the face or in the way, it gets clipped or secured back so the child can participate without worrying about their hair. I don't care if parents like the clips or pony tails or not. It is what it is and safety ALWAYS prevails.

[crazydaycarelady]

I would have that clip in his hair when dcm comes to pick-up and just mention that his hair was getting stuck in his snot - I would think that would prompt a haircut.

[momofsix]

With some cultures it's a huge no-no to cut baby's hair before their first birthday. I've had some pretty goofy looking kids before they turned a year::
But hair getting in the drippy nose is just gross

[Hazel]

I have a Chinese family and it's a tradition to cut a baby's hair at 100 days old. Don't know if this is just for boys tho (since i only have the one boy) but he looked SO much better!

[brookeroo]

I have a little boy who had a baby mullet. He is cute but I was so excited when they cut his hair. He has what appears to be Justin Beiber's hair cut now and he's only like 8 months old. Funny. He's cute but I'm so glad they finally chopped it. He looks so much better!

[Patches]

With that said, my daughter was over 2 when I cut her hair the first time :: after it was cut I realized how dumb it had looked.

I was the same way with my first son. His hair grew slow on top and faster on the sides and back, so he basically had a natural mullet::. EVERYONE kept telling me to cut his hair but I thought it was sooooo adorable. He was amost 2 when I finally got it cut and now when I look back at pictures, I realized that it was not cute at all. First child syndrome blinded me

[MamaG]

My son had beautiful hair as a baby. My poor lil girl has the type of hair you talked about. I get it trimmed often and it has helped it look thicker. Nobody wants hair in their face! She used to complain about it and cry! That's why we had it cut, got a pixie type hair cut and it looks awesome on her because of her fine whispy hair.

[MamaG]

well, you know how inoccent kids are. Well, I took my bunch to the park one day and there was a boy about 2 yr old playing too. So the boy decided he wanted to play with my kiddies. Well my kiddies kept calling him a girl over and over again, the mom would kept correcting them, but really the kids called it like they saw it. She was mad, but what am I suppose to do when he did look like a girl.

My son could be wearing Spider-Man tshirt, jeans, Spider-Man shows and still people asked me what HER name was!! Ticked me off. I had to cut his hair. I don't think he looked like a girl myself. I hated that his curls never came back

[Bookworm]

There's a 2 yr old in my center with very long hair ( mid back) and at least twice a week, DCD gets ticked because someone would ask if DCB was a girl or boy and why won't they cut his hair because he looks like a girl.

[KEG123]

I guess I'm in the minority because I think, while you're entitled to your opinion, I think this post comes off kinda rude. What if they want to grow his hair out? My dd is 14 months and her hair is in her eyes. I'm trying to grow it out. She takes out pony tails and clippies. So yes, it's in her eyes. But so what?

[Former Teacher]

I guess I'm in the minority because I think, while you're entitled to your opinion, I think this post comes off kinda rude. What if they want to grow his hair out? My dd is 14 months and her hair is in her eyes. I'm trying to grow it out. She takes out pony tails and clippies. So yes, it's in her eyes. But so what?

You are absolutely entitled to your opinion happyface

My opinion in this is that I find it neglectful when a child's (both boy and girl) hair is in their face. The hair catches everything from dirt to food to snot. While some kids do keep their clips etc in their hair, most do not. Then you have a choking hazard.

I just find it neglectful that a parent doesn't take a few mins to at least trim around the eyes.

[KEG123]

How do you expect parents to get their childs hair long then? Or do you think both boys and girls should have pixie cuts?

[Former Teacher]

How do you expect parents to get their childs hair long then? Or do you think both boys and girls should have pixie cuts?

Getting hair long is one thing. Having it in their face to where to they can't see or they wind up eating it is a totally different thing.