To think that my son's hairstyle won't make him a target for bullies?

[flossish]

Please see profile page and let me know what you think. I thought he had a reasonable 'normal' haircut but i have heard from DP that MIL thinks he looks stupid and we have to 'sort it' before he starts school as he is going to be a laughing stock? BTW atm he is 3 yrs old. I didn't think hairstyle was a big bother at this age but perhaps IABU.

I doubt she is going senile at 48!! I'm no longer having anything to do with her as she is always finding things to niggle at and is just generally unpleasant. Feeling much happier about it bu think I'm going to have to stop DP sharing such little snippets as this on the rare occasion he sees her.

His hair looks fine and I'd ignore her comments. My mil has been commenting on ds's hair for 12 years now, and I just smile sweetly and ignore her.

Blimey I was expecting Zowie Bowie ringlets!

He looks lovely and she is a twerp.

he has normal hair. wtf is she on about.

you gotta laugh!!

What? He's just got normal boy-hair.

Not, sadly, the glam-rock shaggy, shoulder-length perm that I was looking for.

Your MIL sounds bonkers.

And a No. 1 on a child looks vile.

My stepson had his hair like that when he was a similar age. Please assure your batty concerned MIL that she should get a grip not worry. No-one took a blind bit of notice of dss's hair.

Your MIL obviously has extremely bad taste. Your DS's hair is lovely and normal. Grade 1 on a child is awful.

Cute kids - cute hair

I'm not sure that I can understand the logic here. Your son has a perfectly normal haircut. Your m-i-l says he should have a No.1 or he will be bullied. Isn't she the one doing the bullying?

LOL villette. Although you are right, always, sadly.

It looks very similar to my Ds's hair, but his isn't so tidy, the reason being that he used to have it shaved (not a number one), because it was quick and easy and he hates having it cut.

I hated is shaved and so it is currently growing back again now is taking forever and he looks like a scarecrow as it is all different lengths, but we have to put up with it until it grows enough to be sorted out properly.

So, definatly do not have it shaved off, you will regret it.

wabbit - did you cut your ds' hair like that or did it just grow like that? its lovely.

that's what nearly all reception kids boys hair looks like

You Mil sounds a bit, um, rough. Am I right?

LOL MsDemeanour

Very normal haircut on a cute little boy.

flossish - your DS is lovely - great hair

your MIL would have a heart attack at the length of my DS's hair

Totaly normal hair.

I hate the shaved look on little boys, someone I know used to shave her DS hair off as it was red and she hated it she just succeeded in making his head look like a baked bean

I was looking out for a ridiculous hairstyle and it's completely and absolutely normal...what on earth did your MIL mean ? don't shave it off -he'll look like an oik

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I was expecting plaits or something, not perfectly normal hair. Your MIL is seriously weird!

I hate the shaved look too. Your ds has lovely hair. My ds1 has very curly hair a bit like Archie's from balamory (pic on profile) and I really don't know what i'm going to do with it when he starts school!

flossish- i dont get what could possibly be wrong with his hair!hes adorable.
my ds2 is scruffy.

Ledodgy, your ds's hair is divine!