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hair cutting traumas 22mo

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TittyBojangles · 09/09/2012 18:04

Any advice? Ds has loads of hair and it needs cutting much more often than I do it. He HATES having it cut. I have tried distraction with tv/choc/dancing daddy, I do it in his high chair but have tried doing it as He walks around. Nothing works. Always ends up with a screaming crying ds throwing himself around and its just not safe. My mum and dad have tried, and I've taken him to a hairdresser, all the same. Any ideas? Dh thinks we should just use the clippers but tbh I don't think that would be any easier really and don't want to get it half done and leave him looking like he's been attacked! I'm ay the end of my tether with it and out of ideas. Can't do it while He is asleep either cos He just wakes up.

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happydotcom · 09/09/2012 19:22

Bless you have my sympathy. Ds is 15 mo and hates it too. Screams, wriggles, tears etc.
I found a barber who has ' quiet clippers' so not as noisy as regular ones. The barber has a 1 and 3 yr old so was very relaxed and it was over in mins!!

The only time ds ever gets chocolate buttons!

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TittyBojangles · 09/09/2012 21:55

I guess I just need to invest in a head brace and some more cable ties then?

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happydotcom · 09/09/2012 22:22

It's a nightmare . Nail cutting I can manage when he's asleep but hair...... I think the neighbours will call ss.

thereinmadnesslies · 09/09/2012 22:34

Find a kids hairdresser. Honestly. DS screamed the barbers down but then I found the most amazing hairdresser, she's like Mary poppins with scissors. DS loves her and it's a far less stressful experience, worth every penny.

Needalifeagain · 09/09/2012 22:41

I took 18 mo DD to a hairdresser who has a dog with her.
She'd not even realised she had had a haircut she was so distracted by the dog! Peepa pig may also have worked!

DoubleYew · 10/09/2012 09:40

I do ds in the bath when he is occupied pouring water through funnels or playing with a toy that has been out of rotation for a while. Atleast he can't run away!

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TittyBojangles · 10/09/2012 12:12

The bath is something I had thought of but not tried, only cos I think he'd throw himself about too much... And he'd be harder to keep hold of while wet. I'm going to see if there are any children's hairdressers round here.

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OliveandJim · 10/09/2012 12:29

I ask DP to hold DS firmly and trim as quickly as I can. It's over in 5 min and he ends up looking like a girl, haha!

NeedToSleepZZZ · 10/09/2012 17:33

I tried cuttin ds' fringe in the bath; he leant forward and ended up looking like the boy from 'Let the Right One In'

NeedToSleepZZZ · 10/09/2012 17:34

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capecath · 10/09/2012 18:40

Oh my, nightmare for us too... We use clippers on a long setting and at least it means it goes a whole lot faster for us!!

BabydollsMum · 10/09/2012 22:49

I do DD's when she's asleep. Plus she gets a complete mani-pedi while I'm at it.

brightonbleach · 11/09/2012 08:14

oh god, my sympathies - mines terrible and getting worse re haircuts! and sods law he has massively thick fast growing hair just like me and needs it cut every other week! can there really be magic kids hairdressers out there? we are at wits end about it, even asleep he senses whats happening and wakes hysterically "no no scissors are shaaaarp" , he waves his head around like a mad thing and slaps at you, hes strong and fast. hes 2.9 now, we used to be able to do a haircut whilst he was sat in a chair and although he often cried it could still be done but as hes got older its worse, i don't know if he is genuinely scared or what, but i wish there was a magic secret to stop him going mental every time!!!! he lets me trim his nails strangely enough, though he has taken to snatching his hand back and studying each one suspiciously after I've done it so it takes a bit longer... grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

kw13 · 11/09/2012 11:35

There are good hairdressers out there - my DS's one has a tv screen and will put it on to Ceebeebies, she uses scissors (seems less traumatic than clippers), and he sat on my knee for the first few times. It's £8 a time - but there is a loyalty scheme and after 8 visits you get the 9th free. Frankly, worth every penny!

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TittyBojangles · 11/09/2012 12:20

Id happily pay that if they could do it. But tbh I doubt it'd stop him screaming and thrashing around.

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brightonbleach · 11/09/2012 13:50

I certinaly couldnt stop mine screaming and thrashing at the very sight of the scissors let alone if they got anywhere near his head, its frankly dangerous. its driving me mad, he's going to look like all of The Beatles combined very soon... :)

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TittyBojangles · 11/09/2012 21:09

It IS dangerous! I nearly took his eye out the other day which prompted this thread, its getting beyond a joke. I really can't even just trim it a tiny bit now without dh literally pinning him down which of course just makes it worse for next time. But his hair is so thick and straight I can't not cut, his fringe at least. If He was a girl I would just use clips, in fact I have been considering this option.

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