toddlers hair...?

[duchessofdulwich]

Can anyone give me some advice on what they do with little girls hair?

I've tried pony tails and hair slides but she just pulls them out after I've done it. I don't want to cut her hair really....

[duchessofdulwich]

She is 21 months old by the way!

[Moos]

I don't have a girl so not sure if this is sacrilege, but could you cut it short?

[crystal7]

Urgh we had this problem too. In the end she started not minding the hair slides (probably realised it was getting tricky to see without them). But at 2.5 still refuses pony tails, bunches etc! Sorry not much help...

[Pickle]

This phase will pass. My daughter (3) now requests a variety of styles - not being of the "girly" mindset I struggle a bit with "Mummy, could you do a sideways plait with 2 hair ties and 3 hairclips that looks like X from playcentre's hair" demands at 7am. Her hair is thin, slightly wavy and generally a nightmare. Can't wait for the day she can do it herself!

I keep it cut in a short bob which does help a little with the overall scruffy nature - Moos I think you'd be hard pushed to find a 2.5 year old girl happy to have her hair cut off completely!

[Moos]

I didn't mean off... guess I was just thinking of a fringe?

Help!

[Pickle]

Just thank your lucky stars you have boys ;-)

[Helen GV]

A cute fabric headband?

[KalamityKel]

I was thinking headbands too. *nods in agreement*

[mymobilemassage]

This question all depends on the hair type...my daughter is 2 and she is afro caribbean and that was a major struggle to do her hair because of the texture. However if your child has european hair or afro hair twist, plaits, wear head band or just leave it out.

With my daughter to get her to sit down and get her hair done was a nightmare so i get her involved put hair clips bands hair cream the lot in front of her and it keeps her occupied i put beads and everything in whist she thinks shes "helping mummy" makes it look really pretty if you want me to show you how to plait put beads in etc just let me know id be happy to help :))

[duchessofdulwich]

Hi thanks for all your lovely messages.

Mobilemassage: opposite problem this end, her hair so fine and silky everything slips out so its really easy for her to pull out bands and clips etc. Tried to trim her fringe this morning whilst distracting her with mr tumble! She was having none of it. Think I may bob it off until she is old enough to leave hair bands in then she could grow it long?

[candj]

My younger daughter has fine straight hair too and we used to keep it in a little bob without fringe with little butterfly clips that we just kept saying wanted to be in her hair. We also went out and selected loads of hair clips (what everyone is calling slides?) that she liked. Hairbands for us don't work because they fiddle with them and some can hurt their heads. Agree with above that it does pass eventually and then gets very complicated when being asked for all sorts of updos at 7.30am on a school morning.

[gwod]

I used these when the girls were little

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Goody-Multi-Clear-Elastic-Holder/dp/B005CSYTCU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316169537&sr=8-1

They stay in really well (after the initial struggle)and one at the front to one side looks very cute as there hair grows into a cutable style. They sell them in most chemists etc

[hellosailor]

duchessofdulwich Wrote:

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> Tried to trim her fringe this morning whilst

> distracting her with mr tumble! She was having

> none of it.

That's just sparked a strange memory - when I was little, probably about 7 I think, my mum got so tired of trying to bargain with me about getting my long hair cut / tying it back that I remember one day she came up behind me when my hair was in a ponytail and literally cut my ponytail off! Looking back, especially now being a mum myself, this seems really quite an odd thing to have done!

[duchessofdulwich]

Ohh good suggestions gwod didn't think of that type. Might try those ones