DD 2.5 still has barely any hair! (Pic)

[merchantsdaughter]

Name change as posting pic of my DD. She's 2.5 and still doesn't have enough hair for me to tie in to a pony tail. Even when wet her hair doesn't reach past the hairline on the back of her neck.

I'm so sick of people telling me what a lovely son I have, or met with the question "he or she?" It's incredibly upsetting to me. I don't want other children to tease her for looking like a boy - God knows what that does to such young children's mental health.

Not sure what I'm asking for really, just if anyone has had similar with their daughter??
I thought by 2.5 I'd have something to work with!

Yep both mine were like that, as was I. It grows in with a vengeance when it comes - dd2 and I both have manes that hairdressers love and dd1 has poker straight hair that is thick, glossy and sits beautifully in blunt cuts.

DD also had very little hair at that age. I don’t remember when it started to thicken and grow but shes 13 now and has fabulous hair.

A lot of littlies I’ve know over the years have been the same.

My DD was the same, short whispy hair with little curls by her neck, people always thought she was a boy, it got a bit longer around starting school, she’s 17 now and has shoulder length hair but it’s very fine so she had extensions, I’d say it didn’t really grow until she was 5/6 but very slow growing
No one was ever horrible about it and other kids never said anything, just adults would always say “he”
Hence she wore A LOT of pink and dresses!

Aw it looks so cute and fluffy! Could you part it on the side and put a tiny pretty clip in the front? Bet she's gorgeous!

She doesn't have enough hair at the front for me to sweep to the side and put a clip in there but I do stick a bow clip on the top of her head, which whilst it looks silly, stops the boy comments.

I just worry other little girls won't want to play with her because she doesn't look girly enough ☹️

My babies and I all had hair that grew fine at the back but was very slow at the front, we basically had natural mullets.

It started to grow at the front as well by 3.5 years old. My older child now has lovely hair all over.

Try not to get stressed by people mistaking her sex, when they are that young it is only the way we dress toddlers or style their hair that gives people any idea. She won't be teased, the hair will come!

She looks utterably adorable !!

Honestly this is so normal. Loads of kids have this much hair at 2.5.

Also, 2.5 year Olds are still very much developing a concept of gender and certainly would not tease or choose who to play with on the basis of gender. My son is 2.5 and I've never seen him or any of the children in his playgroup actively seeking out boys or girls.

I seriously wouldn't stress about it!

Kids that age don't care about playing with the same sex as them. I really wouldn't worry. Both of my kids hair was the same, it will grow eventually.

My DD1 is 5 in a couple of months and I've only cut her hair twice - both times a couple of cm and she doesn't yet have shoulder length hair. When she turned 4 we went to the hairdresser's and she had a wonderful little bob. She received a lot of compliments and nobody ever commented (other kids) on her short hair when she was younger.
So I would recommend a bob as soon as the hair is long enough.

I used to know a lady who was very fair and she had two daughters who were also very fair and barely had any hair until they were about 5 or 6.
Then she had a boy, and yes you’ve guessed it, he had a crown of beautiful golden curls, which by 3 had cascaded down his back. Eventually when he started school age 5 she had his hair cut.

Your daughter has lovely hair, continue to add a little clip near the front and I’m sure before a year is out, she will have lovely hair.

My Daughter had her first haircut at 4 nearly 5 and that was just fringe trim.
It grew eventually.

Both my DC have been like this, as was I as a baby.
When it's eventually got going, it's thick, curly hair and DD gets loads of comments on how beautiful her hair is now she's 4.

If it's any consolation I hardly any hair till I was about 3.5. I suspect my mother had similar comments as all the photos of that time I am dressed in the prettiest, frilliest dresses A few years later I had the longest, thickest hair which everyone always commented how lovely it was. There is hope!

My dd had very little hair until she was well over the age of 3. She now has the most glorious thick and beautiful hair, has modelled because of it . Just be patient !

Stop stressing. Kids that age don’t care, it’s only when they start listening to their parents that the “girls have long hair” shit starts. Mine had a few comments but in a class of 30 they found some decent kids to play with- it showed up the kids to avoid early on :)

Don’t try to put it in a pony and attach clips and accessories-that will pull hair out and make it thinner and weaker, and take longer to grow.

Neither of mine have ever had long hair, they prefer it short.

Ask yourself why is it so upsetting if people think she’s a boy? I found it funny and quite enjoyed challenging people’s stereotypes. The absolute inability of some people to comprehend that the toddler in a dress is a girl is eye opening....

Her hair is beautiful

That’s more than what my daughter had at that age! She now has glorious long blonde hair (she’s 8. Think she was about three before she had a proper head of hair!!)

Thank you everyone for being so kind and giving me hope

Yes my dd was the same (probably less hair than that) and you wouldn’t believe how thick and curly her hair is now as a teenager.

She has a proper mop of hair on her head compared to what I had at her age! My hair was white blond so it matched my skin, and there was barely any so I looked bald from a distance. Right around 3 it finally started growing. I have long and thick now, so definitely don't be worried!

Another one saying it’s so common in toddlers of both sexes, avoid clips and things as they may pull out strands. I’m sure you could chose some clothes to give others visual clues if it bothers you such as a “little sister” or “mums mini me”! - both of which I’ve seen in the park this week on girls with similar hair

My dd had no hair till 5. It was fine

My friends' DDs were all the same. Hardly any hair until about 4/5 and now they have long flowing locks.
If it's any consolation, I completely understand your frustration with strangers querying if your DD is a boy or a girl. My DS was born with a full head of hair (came out looking like Paul Weller actually), had his first haircut at 14 weeks old and was constantly mistaken for being a girl. Used to seriously grind my gears.

Totally agree with @bluebluezoo

The most interesting part of your issue OP is why you think it is so bad that people don't know the sex of your toddler? My toddler Dd has a bit more hair than your dd (not much) but is always in jeans or shorts and a combo of colours based on the great quality and lovely hand me down clothes she gets from older girls and boys.

I far prefer people not knowing her sex to getting stupid gendered comments about her looks and projected feminine traits.
I don't think toddlers have a gender yet- gender is when somebody takes on society's expectations. I love it that my kid is still free of that stereotyping.