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Old October 29th 08, 04:03 PM posted to misc.kids
Kat
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I was doing DD1's hair this morning... as I do most mornings. She's 3 and
has fairly long hair. I've never cut it, other than her bangs and a minimal
trim when needed.
Today I decided on a french braid. Then I did DD2 - she's 2. Her hair isn't
very long. Just past her shoulders, but she has hair like mine - very fair
and fine. I did a simple pony tail on the top of her head.

As I was doing DD1's hair, I got thinking about how I usually do something
with the girls' hair, although nothing fancier than a french braid.
I also started thinking about how when we go out, more often than not
someone makes a comment about DDs' hair and how I've done something with it.
It seems most people are amazed that the girls can actually sit long enough
to do something like a french braid, but really, it doesn't take me more
than about 5-6 minutes. I've also been doing their hair one way or another
since their hair was long enough to do something with - from probably about
6-8 months with DD1, about 8-10 months with DD2.

I also have noticed that many little girls don't have hair really done much.
Nothing at all. I don't really care either way, but I just find it's easier
for my girls with their hair to keep it somewhat under control and free of
food, juice, knots and other random things.

Am I one of the few people that does something with their little girl's
hair? Both girls sit very, very well, even if it takes more than 5 mins...
I will sometimes spend even about 10 minutes to pony tail up DD1's hair,
braid a few small strands and wrap the pony up with the braids and pin it
up, for one example, and there's rarely any issues at all. I'm also always
looking for new ideas to try out with their hair (mostly DD1 because she has
much more hair to work with) and I'm wondering if others here do the same -
or did do the same with a toddler/preschooler. DDs both ask for their hair
to be done on occasion if I don't do anything and both with bring me hair
ties and a comb if they want something done.

Does anyone else do this?


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Old October 29th 08, 04:53 PM posted to misc.kids
MarieD[_2_]
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"Kat" wrote in message
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Am I one of the few people that does something with their little girl's
hair? Both girls sit very, very well, even if it takes more than 5
mins... I will sometimes spend even about 10 minutes to pony tail up DD1's
hair, braid a few small strands and wrap the pony up with the braids and
pin it up, for one example, and there's rarely any issues at all. I'm
also always looking for new ideas to try out with their hair (mostly DD1
because she has much more hair to work with) and I'm wondering if others
here do the same - or did do the same with a toddler/preschooler. DDs
both ask for their hair to be done on occasion if I don't do anything and
both with bring me hair ties and a comb if they want something done.


None of my girls liked for their hair to be messed with at all at different
times. But when we'd go for dinner, or family get-togethers I'll braid it or
twist it. My favorite is to french braid down both halves of their head,
then either braid the two braids together or put the braids in a ponytail at
the end and curl it a bit. I do not know the correct term for the twisting,
but it's like french-braiding except you twist each section of hair. After
you twist a section, add another section and twist the whole thing, then add
another. It looks really "fancy" but doesn't take anymore time than
braiding. Sometimes I french braid/twist the hair down to the middle of
their head and let the rest just hang down. My oldest still won't let me
mess with her hair (unless it's halloween!) but the 11 and 6 year old will
ask me to braid it sometimes.
Marie

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Old October 29th 08, 05:27 PM posted to misc.kids
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Default Little girls and hair?

Kat wrote:

Does anyone else do this?


Well, Sara's only a year and a bit but since she was born with loads of
hair (I think she had her hair combed before she was weighed and
measured...) I've had to use clips and elastics in her hair pretty much
from 3 months on. I can't use clips right now because she pulls them out
and chews on them, and I've found one kind of hair elastics that she
can't remove because they're tiny and she can't grab them properly when
they're in her hair. I usually just grab a hand full of hair from the
front, put the elastic in and let her take off again because she hates
having to hold still. But I have done a ponytail and pigtails on her
before, which make her look about 3 years old... No wonder people keep
asking why she's not walking ;-)

at birth: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1163/...deb963d22b.jpg
6 months: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2248/...6a6e94b1eb.jpg
8 months: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2292/...abd3354c50.jpg
10 months:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3189/...fbb7c1.jpg?v=0 (Yeah,
she loves "helping" with the laundry...)

I don't have a photo of her older than 10 months, at least not online,
but her hair is past her shoulder blades now...

cu
nicole
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Old October 29th 08, 07:35 PM posted to misc.kids
Rosalie B.
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Default Little girls and hair?

"Kat" wrote:

I was doing DD1's hair this morning... as I do most mornings. She's 3 and
has fairly long hair. I've never cut it, other than her bangs and a minimal
trim when needed.
Today I decided on a french braid. Then I did DD2 - she's 2. Her hair isn't
very long. Just past her shoulders, but she has hair like mine - very fair
and fine. I did a simple pony tail on the top of her head.

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Am I one of the few people that does something with their little girl's
hair?


I have trouble with my own hair and have never really known how to do it. My
mom never had her hair cut (always wore it in braids around her head or in a
bun) and so she had no experience with hair dressing to pass on. My hair was
long until I was 12. My mom braided my sister's hair, but didn't braid my hair
although occasionally she would put it in rags to give us Shirley Temple curls.
When I would have a permanent it was a frizzy disaster.

I just never learned how to deal with my hair other than to put it in a knot or
pony tail or to have it really short. I have very fine and somewhat sparse hair
but it does have a wave to it if it is short enough. I do know how to braid,
but not how to do a French braid.

DD#1 and DD#3 were mostly bald until they were past two years old.

Then DD#1 had such curly hair that it is never longer than shoulder length no
matter how long it got. People used to ask me if I'd given her a perm. There
was no point in doing anything with it except keeping it cut because when it got
long it got bushy and it was much easier to manage when it was short. I doubt
if it could have been braided.

DD#2 had straighter hair which would get sun streaked in the summer and people
asked me if I had colored it. Her hair has a nice wave to it and good body
(unlike mine). I used to keep hers short too, but I decided that it made her
mouth look wide and was not attractive so when she got older, I would braid it.

DD#3 had much blonder hair somewhat between DD#1 and DD#2 - not quite as curly
as DD#1 and not as good texture as DD#2. My mother used to call it dandelion
fluff. Didn't do much with it IIRC - just kept if off her face with a barrette
or something.

All the girls had horses and learned to braid manes and tails and dd#2 and dd#3
can do French braids on themselves..

DD#1's daughter has straight hair which she kept in a bob - now her hair is long
enough to braid into a coronet. (She's 26 years old). Her sons have curly hair
like their mom - kind of a waste. The younger one keeps it really short to his
skull. The older one (age 28) has a full beard and since he rarely has his hair
cut and is 6'4+ and weights 250 or more, he looks like a mountain man.

DD#2's daughter's hair is somewhat like DD#3's hair - more curly than her mom's
but not as curly as her other aunt's hair. When her mom braids it, there are
attractive tendrils around her face.. Her son has straight hair which he keeps
cropped short.

DD#3's daughters have hair much like hers - curly so that not much needs to be
done with it except that the little one (who will be three in December) is still
mostly bald or has hair so light that it can't be seen. Her son has curly hair
which he keeps cropped short.

My ds was the only one with straight hair, and I used to give him a military
haircut like his dad's. His son has wavy hair, but during the school year he's
in some kind of ROTC unit and keeps his hair short. He prefers it longer. His
daughter's hair is more or less the same - wavy - and she has it long.

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Old October 29th 08, 08:32 PM posted to misc.kids
Ericka
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Default Little girls and hair?

Kat wrote:

I also have noticed that many little girls don't have hair really done much.
Nothing at all. I don't really care either way, but I just find it's easier
for my girls with their hair to keep it somewhat under control and free of
food, juice, knots and other random things.


Some girls don't like their hair done, even if they
don't have a problem sitting still long enough, and will rip
things out almost as fast as you can put them in.

Best wishes,
Ericka
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Old October 30th 08, 12:02 AM posted to misc.kids
Banty
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Default Little girls and hair?

In article , Kat says...

I was doing DD1's hair this morning... as I do most mornings. She's 3 and
has fairly long hair. I've never cut it, other than her bangs and a minimal
trim when needed.
Today I decided on a french braid. Then I did DD2 - she's 2. Her hair isn't
very long. Just past her shoulders, but she has hair like mine - very fair
and fine. I did a simple pony tail on the top of her head.

As I was doing DD1's hair, I got thinking about how I usually do something
with the girls' hair, although nothing fancier than a french braid.
I also started thinking about how when we go out, more often than not
someone makes a comment about DDs' hair and how I've done something with it.
It seems most people are amazed that the girls can actually sit long enough
to do something like a french braid, but really, it doesn't take me more
than about 5-6 minutes. I've also been doing their hair one way or another
since their hair was long enough to do something with - from probably about
6-8 months with DD1, about 8-10 months with DD2.

I also have noticed that many little girls don't have hair really done much.
Nothing at all. I don't really care either way, but I just find it's easier
for my girls with their hair to keep it somewhat under control and free of
food, juice, knots and other random things.

Am I one of the few people that does something with their little girl's
hair? Both girls sit very, very well, even if it takes more than 5 mins...
I will sometimes spend even about 10 minutes to pony tail up DD1's hair,
braid a few small strands and wrap the pony up with the braids and pin it
up, for one example, and there's rarely any issues at all. I'm also always
looking for new ideas to try out with their hair (mostly DD1 because she has
much more hair to work with) and I'm wondering if others here do the same -
or did do the same with a toddler/preschooler. DDs both ask for their hair
to be done on occasion if I don't do anything and both with bring me hair
ties and a comb if they want something done.

Does anyone else do this?


I only have a boy who has had a buzz cut ever since he was old enough to express
an opinion about it (although he likes to let it grow longer in the winter). So
I can't say why parents of girls don't do french braids more.

But I'm totally with you on the french braids. If I'm camping, and when I went
in to surgery to have my baby, I french braided my hair. And someone suggested
it was a professional look for a conference talk. French braids gets medium to
long hair out of the way in a very attractive way and it holds.

Banty

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Old October 30th 08, 04:52 AM posted to misc.kids
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"Kat" wrote in message
...
I was doing DD1's hair this morning... as I do most mornings. Am I one of
the few people that does something with their little girl's hair? Both
girls sit very, very well, even if it takes more than 5 mins... I will
sometimes spend even about 10 minutes to pony tail up DD1's hair, braid a
few small strands and wrap the pony up with the braids and pin it up, for
one example, and there's rarely any issues at all. I'm also always looking
for new ideas to try out with their hair (mostly DD1 because she has much
more hair to work with) and I'm wondering if others here do the same - or
did do the same with a toddler/preschooler. DDs both ask for their hair to
be done on occasion if I don't do anything and both with bring me hair ties
and a comb if they want something done.

Does anyone else do this?


If hair and its arrangement is important to you, you will make the effort to
make it important to your children. If it's not, you would have cut it short
and be done with it.
FWIW, what you described is similar to how the black women I've known have
trained their girl children to sit through hairdressing ordeals.

I have boys, and they had short hair until they were able to take care of it
themselves. One now has very long hair, one did until recently deciding to
cut it off.



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Old October 30th 08, 12:15 PM posted to misc.kids
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"Kat" wrote in message
...
I was doing DD1's hair this morning... as I do most mornings. She's 3 and
has fairly long hair. I've never cut it, other than her bangs and a
minimal trim when needed.
Today I decided on a french braid. Then I did DD2 - she's 2. Her hair
isn't very long. Just past her shoulders, but she has hair like mine -
very fair and fine. I did a simple pony tail on the top of her head.

As I was doing DD1's hair, I got thinking about how I usually do something
with the girls' hair, although nothing fancier than a french braid.
I also started thinking about how when we go out, more often than not
someone makes a comment about DDs' hair and how I've done something with
it. It seems most people are amazed that the girls can actually sit long
enough to do something like a french braid, but really, it doesn't take me
more than about 5-6 minutes. I've also been doing their hair one way or
another since their hair was long enough to do something with - from
probably about 6-8 months with DD1, about 8-10 months with DD2.

I also have noticed that many little girls don't have hair really done
much. Nothing at all. I don't really care either way, but I just find
it's easier for my girls with their hair to keep it somewhat under control
and free of food, juice, knots and other random things.

Am I one of the few people that does something with their little girl's
hair? Both girls sit very, very well, even if it takes more than 5
mins... I will sometimes spend even about 10 minutes to pony tail up DD1's
hair, braid a few small strands and wrap the pony up with the braids and
pin it up, for one example, and there's rarely any issues at all. I'm
also always looking for new ideas to try out with their hair (mostly DD1
because she has much more hair to work with) and I'm wondering if others
here do the same - or did do the same with a toddler/preschooler. DDs
both ask for their hair to be done on occasion if I don't do anything and
both with bring me hair ties and a comb if they want something done.

Does anyone else do this?

Yes!
#1 has waist length wavy hair. I French plait it most days (either usual or
inside out) into 2 plaits.
For fancy I'll either partually plait it and leave some loose, or do
multiple French plaits.
She's always sat still well-I learnt to French plait on her, spent about an
hour and a half trying out how to do it when she was about 4yo.
She also likes "bunny ears" (you do ordinary plaits with a bobble top and
bottom and join top and bottom with a ribbon to make a circle of hair)
Since she was about 18 months and we went to a wedding she wouldn't go out
of the house without a ribbon in, she'll sit as long as I want, to make sure
her hair is as she wants.
Another one she used to like is do two small plaits at the front and then
pin it up round her face like a band.
If she has her hair loose for too long then it's very tangled and takes a
long time to comb out.
#2 has short ringlets. It's above shoulder length, but I've never had it cut
and I don't think it'll get any longer. People always admire her hair, even
if I've done nothing!
I do either a partual French plait both sides, or do a side parting and do
one French plait from the parting to the other side, leaving most of the
hair loose. It looks very dated, but it suits her face.
She doesn't sit as well, and I can't get all her hair into two plaits
easily. She only sometimes wants ribbons.
I usually do their hair over breakfast on school days because it saves time
and then they're naturally sitting still!
Debbie



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Old October 30th 08, 03:26 PM posted to misc.kids
Rebecca Jo
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"Kat" wrote

Does anyone else do this?


I have boys, but I can answer this because my 3 year old has long hair
(half-way down his back). I usually put it in a ponytail. Sometimes I braid
it. Some days he wants it down though, and since it's his hair, as long as
it's brushed and clean I let him have it how he wants it.

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Mama to Alexander 6/6/05 and Jack 7/7/07

 




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