Mum cut DD's hair

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Without asking. She came home like this.
Are there any hairdressers here who can recommend what to do?

Honestly...?
A bit of both sometimes.

It’s literally a crap fringe!
It‘s a toddler. It’s irrelevant to her and it’ll grow out.
Bloody hell.

Yes she shouldn’t have done it. Have words. But seriously it’s just some hair on a small child!!!

Don’t take her to the hairdressers, aside from cutting more off there is nothing they can do. I would just keep clipping it back. In six weeks time it’ll be ok again.

I would really worry about your mother and if she is capable of looking after your daughter. She knew she couldn’t see properly and wouldn’t make a good job.
If I did this to one of my grandchildren I don’t think my child would be speaking to me for some time.

Your mum needs a new hobby. It’s like role reversal where the granny thinks it’ll be fun to play with the scissors.

Ah, if there is more fringe to cover it just get the top layer trimmed at a salon and it will cover the rest. It won't take more than a few weeks for the shorter bit to match up to the rest.

I think a lot of people on MN are very strange. Most people I know would just laugh.

The things that'd worry me most are 1) how is your daughter feeling? Is she worried / not bothered / any other kids likely to notice/care - which probably depends on age. If she is bothered by it, pretty hair clips etc so your daughter feels confident until it grows back. 2) assuming it was your mum (and not her covering for your daughter or one of your daughters friends or another young relative - I cut my sisters hair for example when I was 7) then is her eye sight good enough to be doing things like using scissors around eyes. Has her sight deteriated recently, does she need to see an optician. Does she need any more help around the house etc. Is she still driving. I wouldn't be too upset at your mum having done the haircut, unless your daughter didn't want it done. Your mum overstepped but I wouldn't go nuclear.

Buy a hairband or clip it with pretty clips.

A hairdresser a can just even it out, which will make it shorter.

I would be cross with your Mum, I imagine she feels guilty.

Both my girls when young, cut their own hair, one had to be corrected by a hairdresser, she created a fringe for herself!, and cut off great lengths on one side.
It was much worse than your daughters.
My other daughter cut off half of her long hair at the back. She wore bunches for months until it grew back, one was much thinner than the other 😂😂
It was curly so less noticeable, just a lot less volume.

Just cut that straggly bit off and that's it.

My mum did this to my DD when she was around the same age. I have no freaking clue why given that I was a qualified hairdresser with all the right kit and could have trimmed DD's fringe a few hours after she did when I got home from work, where I was being paid to cut other kid's fringes 🤔

I was a bit bemused but I wouldn't say I was livid. I didn't laugh at the time because DD was distraught. I waited until she went to bed and then I laughed 😂

We all laugh about it now although I'm still confused as to why. Mum also still butchers her own fringe on a regular basis. She comes to my house every Sunday. It would take 30 seconds for me to trim her fringe. It does take me 30 seconds to trim it after I notice she has butchered it again and offer to fix it for her.

Maybe it is a generational/nana thing.

Left my parents at my house and went out for lunch one day. My dad chopped down a tree!! THAT didn't ever grow back. Wasn't happy.

Meh, DD is 2 so hardly likely to suffer social stigma.

I'd just even it up myself and let it just grow out.
No 2 year old needs a hairdresser for goodness sake

My own niece chopped off chunks of her own hair with paper scissors around that age and said "the fairies did it".

This is a nothing.

Sweep it to the side until it grows out

😂

What was she thinking? Is she mentally well?

I would take her to the hairdressers and avoid leaving her with your Mum again until you know what thought process led to this.

I resorted to the same solution for a couple of months until my DDs fringe grew back. It was me who did the damage in the first place.

Your mum had a go herself trying to be helpful, but it backfired, because she can’t see properly, which is a bit scary considering how close are the eyes to the forehead.

Omg, I’d be beyond furious. I hate fringes as it is, and that’s an abomination. You can only clip it back and wait for it to grow out.

But your mum has crossed a line. How dare she!

How does it look with the rest of the fringe in place?

Yep, this! Some typical MN overreacting going on here. My DD did this style on DS back in the day 😅

It's not as bad as my attempt at cutting a fringe when I was a nipper 😂🤦🏻‍♀️🙈

I think you need to have a word with your mum though.

Such bloody drama queens on here saying they would never leave her with her again ! How ridiculous. But , she was in the wrong and had no right to cut it . She needs telling . Daughters only 2 years old , she won’t be psychologically damaged either!

I've paid actual real hairdressers to do my kids hair and it still ended up looking like that! At least your DDs fucked up fringe was for free OP 😆

It'll grow back, obviously. Not life changing stuff that means your DM shouldnt be allowed to look after your DD anymore. But I do think it's overstepping boundaries to cut someone elses childs hair without their knowledge or permission, even if she'd taken your DD to a proper hairdresser. It's just not her place to do that unless you've specifically asked her to.

My concern is more why a woman with glaucoma looked at a sleeping child and thought, "I think I'll cut a fringe." Isn't that a bit of a worrying decision to you? I'd be wondering what her next decision would be. Maybe she'll get her ears pierced. Give her a glass of wine. Not bother with the car seat today. It's a really odd and illogical thing to do.