To ask how much you consider to be a reasonable price...

[DontCallMeFrothyDragon]

... For a 3 year old boy's haircut. It's not overly long, just needs tidying up. The last hairdresser I took him to charges £8...

I paid £5 for ds whos 5 at the barbers. Its worth every penny I used to give him a number 4 all over at home but was fed up with having a fight as he hates the clippers.

He now has a short back and sides and a mr maker on top as he asked the barber for and totally confused the poor guy. I had to explain he mean't spikey on top. Only trouble is now it costs me a fortune in hair gel and he takes longer to do his hair in the morning than dd whos got waist length hair.

In Tyneside my DP only pays about £5 or £6. Honestly - 43 yo DP :) My hairdresser charged a few quid - £2.50 maybe for my DD.

My friend did cut her DS hair herself. She didn't do a brilliant job, but at least he's too young to care yet and she has a good sense of humour about it. It's put me off cutting DD's hair again myself.

I tend to do a No 2 at sides and No 5 at top for DS2, so he can gel it up spiky. DS1 (his twin) prefers a No3 all over, which, I admit is easier and takes a lot less time and worry.
Frothy-It is very hard to cut someone with trimmers, especially with the clip on lengh bits, and you can take your time. With my 2 when they were little, getting them to sit for a haircut was a nightmare, so I admit that I often did it in 2 stages, mind you, they did look a bit weird for a day with half cut hair on several occasions
I must admit, I don't think I would attempt a girls hair - too many memories of "pudding bowl" haircuts as a child, with a really short fringe as my DM tried and tried to get it straight

£7 here on Manchester at a fairly bog standard barbers. If we take him to Toni & Guy it's £15 - £20 depending on length.

£8 doesn't sound too bad especially if it's got a bit long.