Why am I struggling to cut dd's hair short?

I had short hair for a while around age 10 and then again at 16. I think girls should be 'allowed' to cut their hair short if they want to. So what if they regret it? It'll grow in a few months, no time at all, better to try it now at 2yrs and see how she likes it than at say 5 or 6.

I also think that girls who want theirs long should be allowed to - with rules like plaits for school if it's very long.

Thanks

Amber No, hard plastic, but still fairly flexible.

Riaovertherainbow

Are the bristles on a tangle teaser rubbery?

DD wants short hair and I really can't bring myself to do it. She has a chin length bob. I am worried she might get picked on if it goes any shorter. She wants a pixie crop. That's probably silly of me, but you just NEVER see girls with short hair now. I fear her regretting it straight away too. She is five.

SIL keeps her dd's hair in a short bob, it's still not a "boy" cut but very easy to keep.
I struggled to cut ds4's lovely hair especially as he only wanted it cut as a brat boy in his class told him he had "girls hair". But as it was his hair and what he wanted I went with it. He still looks cute but I so miss the curls.

As an aside, if you decide to keep her hair long for now I can't recommend the Tangle Teezer enough.

I think I'd learn to manage her hair better before I cut it off on that basis.

People will think she is a boy, are you ok with that? more importantly how will she feel about that?

She may well be a very rough and tumble and anti dress girl, but that is very different from being a little girl that people think is a boy.

Don't underestimate how that may make her feel.

I say all of this as a former rough and tumble anti dress little girl, whos Mum had all her hair cut off aged five. I hated it when people thought I was a boy.

I don't know why I couldn't be a rough and tumble girl with long hair TBH!

I can empathise with why you are struggling but think you should let her have it cut, it's more practical for both of you!Maybe gradually, if that would help.

I kept my girls' hair very short when they were smaller. One had a very short pixie crop, the other a short bob. It was great. There is nothing worse then a crying child while you try and brush their long hair, especially when they have nits.

Short hair is so much easier - they can go swimming and it's dry quickly; easy to wash/brush; and can still look very pretty.

this sort of thing is nice: www.theparentszone.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/toddler-nutrition.jpg

i'd be reluctant to crop any small child's hair actually, but i think you should go for a shorter cut for her, she wants it and it'll make your lives easier. I wouldn't crop to begin with - just go for 'short' sort of ear-length and take it from there.

when i was her age i had a fuzz of curls but no real length to it till i was much older 5 or 6 ish i think.

You need to be prepared for people to assume she's a boy. I have 3 dcs all of whom have long hair, 2 girls and a boy. Most people assume I have 3 girls. It does not bother my DS at all to have long hair and it is his choice so we go with it.

I'm sure your DD will look beautiful in an elfin way. Go for it.

Would a bob or something short yet 'feminine' work?

I can understand your relucance, DS1 had the most beautiful curl long hair and didn't want to cut his (I didn't until he was 4.6 and insisted :( ).
Short hair looks lovely on either sex - at a festival recently I saw a 5 yo girl with a pixie-ish cut. the fringe had been kept longer, thinned at the tips, and she had lovely wispy 'sideburns' and the back was a bit longer and very wipsy too. It was really striking.

Yes I would. In the main my hair was always very short when I was younger (mind you this was the 70s) and it was much easier to manage, quicker to wash and dry. I much much preferred it. However, I can understand your reluctance as I can't actually remember seeing a girl with hair shorter than shoulder length for a while

However at 3 she probably won't notice her peers have longer hair and is probably just wanting to be like her brothers. I'd let her. It isn't as if it won't grow again