To get toddler DD's hair cut into a pixie?

[tvtate]

Is it mean? To make her look like a little boy? She hates her hair being done and there are some really lovely pixie cuts that would work. I have a DS (who was once a toddler!) and his haircut would work on her...

[greeeen]

it's fine and would look really cute IMO.

[JacquelineChan]

I had a short haircut at that age because my hair is incredibly thick and wavy and it was always knotty. The only way I know this is because I've seen pictures. I don't even remember it so it couldn't have been that traumatic.
Yes I did look like a boy , mainly because the fashion was flared trousers and bottle green roll neck jumpers . Urgh!
The hair itself looked cute and I'm sure your fashion sense is a lot better than that

[jazzandh]

hair that frames a little round cherubic face is much softer and prettier on boys and girls than long heavy dragged back hair.

The short cuts shown are adorable.

I have boys and DS2 who is 6 likes longer length hair. He gets teased for having "Mummy hair" but he doesn't care!!

Go for what you and she likes, and can look after with the minimum of fuss.

[HarrietVane99]

Audrey Hepburn's usual hairstyle was very short, when she didn't have it styled differently for a role. You can't get much more classy and feminine than Ms Hepburn.

Judi Dench has also always worn her hair very short. Another super classy lady.

[Whitetulipofpeace]

My DD wanted her hair cut short and I wasn't sure. I gave my head a shake when I realized I wouldn't have hesitated had she been a boy. I never want her to think she can't do something because she's a girl! She was 3-4 and absolutely loved it.

[NotYoda]

This is nice. Shaped so it doesn't fall forward

[HecatesBroom]

I'm another who suffered throughout my childhood because my Mum decided that my sister and I would have short hair: nothing as long as a bob, short. Like a boy.
And mistaken for boys we were.
My mum now says "People used to comment on how nice your hair looked." Well I don't care. I wanted it long. I always wanted it long and have never had it any shorter than a bob since I have been wearing it how I want it, and most of the time it has been shoulder length or longer.

So the OP should only cut her daughter's hair if the child agrees.... and should keep checking before every haircut that she still wants it short.

[drspouse]

My DD is the same age and wouldn't understand if you showed her pictures of haircuts and asked her to choose. She might name the girls in the pictures as her friends or cousins etc but would not remotely comprehend what I was asking.

I like pixie cuts on little girls, it's desperately sad what people are saying about not wanting their girls to look like a boy. Short hair IS a girl style and at 2 they don't understand they are permanently girls anyway.

My DD has a bob. I also see quite a few toddler girls with unkempt long hair. She will have a bob or midlength hair till she's learned to properly take care of it herself - I see quite a few older preschool and younger primary girls with this type of length so she's not going to feel left out and if she ever stops chewing bobbles she can have them too.

[SpikyFish]

I had short hair as a child "because it was easier". Hated it

[AYankinSpanx]

I wouldn't go with a pixie cut purely because of the trips to the hairdresser to keep it that way! My DC hair grows really fast so long hair is cheaper easier, plus my DDs prefer it and they aren't much of a hassle about brushing etc.

It can look very sweet though, although I do think a old-fashioned bob is cute as well.

[weeblueberry]

I'm wondering if some of the people here know what a pixie cut looks like. It's not a short back and sides ffs...

[Longtalljosie]

DD2 announced her hair was too long (she's 4) and after looking back at pictures of her when she was younger she chose a picture of her with chin-length hair. My hairdresser balked, my MIL hated it (the best she managed was "oh well, it'll grow) but it looked super and now it's a couple of months on and she's wanting another trim.

I swear we're going backwards. Every second child had a pageboy in the 70s...

[NoSherryForMe]

My DD (nearly 3) has a short bob and looks gorgeous. One of her little friends has a pixie cut and looks fab. Really stylish and very cute.

[AYankinSpanx]

I had short hair as a child "because it was easier". Hated it

Yep. Me too, from age 4 until early teens. I did look like a boy and I didn't want to! It's totally different if your DC is emphatically asking you not to cut it!

[NotYoda]

Not sure about the makeup. But look at those natural highlights

[haveacupoftea]

Of course you should get it cut. She's 2 ffs, who cares if she looks pretty or feminine it will be perfectly cute anway. You know it makes sense so go for it. Some PPs on this thread are so old fashioned.

[skankingpiglet]

If she's ok with it, I'd do it OP. Keep up the conversation each time it's due to be cut so if she changes her mind she can grow it out. It's an awful thing to do to a child who doesn't want it, but if she's happy then no problem. I'd also think about having it cut in stages if possible too: it's a huge shock for an adult, who fully understands what's happening, let alone a child to go from long to pixie.

I was forced to have mine long until I was 12 and I hated it. It hasn't touched my shoulders since. DD1 has hers long (she's 2.9yo) because that's how she likes it. I love her curls, but if she asked to get a shorter cut then I'd let her.

To answer your question about your DD's language and comprehension, yes mine would understand what I was explaining and can articulate what she wants very clearly (!), but that doesn't mean you should be concerned. My health visitor (I have a younger DD who is still having visits) says that she's at the higher end of normal, and DD1 has friends who would definitely struggle to understand and choose. There's a huge range to 'normal'.

[Kione]

My daughter hated hers brushed, she said it hurt even with the special brush, used to cry and scream and agreed to have a very short bon with a blunt fringe. She loved it! We all did, hasle free and still girly. She had it cut like that a few times. Now she has it much longer to wear Jo-jo bows , aparently they are worth the pain

[shockedballoon]

Just cut her hair. If it's a disaster, hair grows. If ppl have a issue with it - ignore as they are clearly bonkers.

Just wish my DS would have his hair cut short, but he's 7 and has very definite opinions about having what he considers "surf dude" hair after last summer's holiday in Cornwall. It gets horrendously tatty, particularly as he chews it...

[Kione]

Bon, not bon

[Kione]

Bob!

[RedAndYellowPeppers]

She would like a boy because she has short hair??

Sorry but maybe we need go back in time a bit, at a time where it was actually ok for girls to have short hair. A time when thy didn't need to have 'at least' a bob because god forbid that someone could think she is a girl.

Seriously, if this is what is working best for her, then just do it.
I'm really not sure why there is this trend atm for girls to all have long straight hair but it certainly doesn't have to be that way.

Whe she is older, if she wants to grow her har, she will be able to to.

[cheminotte]

Yanbu - practicality over style at that age definitely.

[RedAndYellowPeppers]

And why do girls have to have 'girly hair'???
:(:(:( that we seem to have gone back to a time when girls have to be girly and just cannot have short hair.
T carries on to primary years and the secondary. Very few girls have shirt hair nowdays. When I was young, you could chose whatever you fancied. Short, long, curly ( the perms ) whatever but not one and only style because that's what is girly or feminine.

[spankhurst]

Some of the responses on this thread are downright depressing. She's 2, hardly more than a baby, and short hair would be more practical. I really can't see what the issue is.