I stick out my tongue, one tiny Cheerio perched on the tip. Her giggles tell me that she actually can see through the hairy obstruction. Yes, the brunette veil has returned, and as her hair grows longer, her resemblance to Cousin It grows stronger.
I pull the Cheerio into my mouth, crunch it up and swallow. Her smile fades. Perhaps she is distraught over the loss of a treasured snack, or perhaps she senses my temptation to once again reach for the scissors.
I push her hair aside, seeking those elusive blue eyes.
There they are. Staring at me; daring me to make the same mistake twice. But I resist.
I will NOT…
I repeat…
I will NOT…
give my baby another mullet!
But what to do about that unruly head of hair? It all grows forward, right into her beautiful face, and does not respond to any amount of coaxing. Her hair has a love affair with her face, and I am woefully inadequate at keeping the two apart. Soon, those tresses will reach her chin.
The pig tails help, somewhat. Yet she enjoys yanking on them. Her baby friends also enjoy yanking on them. So, they do not stay where they are supposed to be. The hair inevitably is freed, resulting in a hairstyle I desperately sought in the eighties, achieving only with a massive curling iron and copious amounts of Aquanet. Alas, even that hairstyle is short lived. As she crawls, climbs, and cavorts about, the hair descends once again, a curtain closing.
Perhaps, eventually, the oddly growing hairs will discover a more “normal” route, framing, rather than obstructing, her beautiful face. Until that time, I’ll continue my efforts to coax her locks. I’ll continue the constant replacement of pigtails. And I’ll adamantly continue to resist the temptation to cut my own child’s hair!
Do you cut your own child’s hair? If so, I hope you’re better at it than I am! If you’re new here and have not read about the time I accidentally gave my child a mullet, you can read all about it here. Hmmm… perhaps I should go for a bowl cut next time?
My mother-in-law cuts my son’s hair. It’s a valiant effort and I’m just grateful everything’s not crooked. Though he does emerge with a bowl haircut
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I think boys can get away with the boycut more easily than girls can. At least while they’re so young!
I trimmed my son’s hair the day before his first birthday, just so it wouldn’t hang in his cute little face. I thought about giving him a real cut, but I think I’ll leave that to the pros!
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Yep, leave it to the pros! I need to turn that into a matra, just to keep reminding myself!
I have been cutting Tanner’s hair for three years. I am sure you can’t tell at all!! For the most part I have figured it out but the messy surfer look works for him! I am not sure Anna could pull that off. Could you take her in to your stylist and have them show you how to cut it. I know Alyssia has offered that to me before.
Tanner definitely pulls of the surfer look! I just need to be patient and let Anna’s hair keep growing – eventually it won’t just hang in her face, right?
She is so darn cute…I love the pigtails!! Resist the temptation to cut those locks! Soon it will grow and be much more manageable
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It’s also starting to get a little bit curlier as it gets longer. I love that! How could I cut off the curls?
My toddler has a bad case of the hair in her face. I refuse to cut it and she refuses to keep her ponytails in. The compromise, her hair in her face all the time.
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Does it bother her? I keep thinking all that hair in her face and over eyes must be annoying, but she doesn’t seem to mind a bit!
It’s easier when they get older and can hold still, and all you need to do is a little bang trim. I hacked up my boy’s hair when he was a toddler, too. He looked like an orphan from the 50s or something. It was SAD!
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True, but when they’re older they also know better! My 11-year-old wouldn’t let me anywhere near her head with a pair of scissors!
She is so cute either way! My daughter use to also yank out her hair anytime I tried to fix it. Then she cut it herself!
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OMG she is so cute in those pigtails!!
I don’t cut my boys hair. They are SO darn active, I don’t want to go near their heads with scissors. So I pay someone to do it!
I’m such a chicken!
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Better a chicken than a mommy with a guilty conscious!
I have all boys so if I wanted to cut their hair I could get away with it. She looks adorable in those pigtails though!
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