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any asians/muslims who have shaved their babies head?

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vannah · 27/01/2008 15:45

Hello all,

just wondering if there are any mums out there who shaved their babies hair (bizarre cultural reasons - Im not sure I believe in the 'makes your hair grow back thicker' theory)

Im happy to ignore my family pressuring me to shave my dd's hair, I ignored them with the first child. But lately have been wondering if it makes any difference to CRADLE CAP?

ie after the head was shaved, did your baby get cradle cap?
Ive not seen cradle cap on my sister/brother's children, but my ds who's head was not shaved was covered in cradle cap from about 3 months onwards, and looks like my little daughter is about to get it too...(she is 6 weeks old)

any thoughts?
thankyou (also posted in religion/spiritual)

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solo · 07/04/2008 00:24

Funny thing, I was going to post a thread asking about shaving Dd's head to thicken it up.

My Dd is 15 months.
I'm half east Indian and her daddy is half west indian...she has medium soft curls, but it seems like she doesn't have a lot of it! I have curly hair - although it goes straight after I have babies! and mine is not too thick. Daddy is balding, but has fairly soft woolly hair. I really don't want Dd's hair to be fine like mine, but if I shave it off, I don't want it to be mega fuzzy cos I guess it just might thicken up on it's own.

My brother clippered his daughters hair on about no 1 when she was 2 and her fine, bitsy hair grew beautifully thick after, but she hasn't got the black genes...I don't know what to do! any idea's?

ChopsTheDuck · 07/04/2008 13:33

Well shaving didn't make any difference to my son. He is half indian/hindu and some hindus do have a tradition of shaving the hair of the firstborn son. His was done around his 2nd birthday ( and I loathed it). It grew back pretty quickly, within a few mnths defo, and is still as wirey and curly as it was before. Had patches of cc before, and still gets the odd one now.

3kidsisquiteenuff · 10/04/2008 19:14

hi there,my son is mixed race half english half bengali .i was persuaded by a friend of my husbands to shave my sons head at around 5months (very late i knnow) as you can probably tell i was reluctant,but i was told that his hair would grow back thicker and stronger.
it looked terrible and i was affraid to go out incase someone asked if he had cancer!!
we have since had 2 more children and lets just say we didnt do that again!!!!!!!!!!

yaz2 · 11/04/2008 08:10

Hi my husband and myself are both muslims and we have 2 ds. both or out boys had their haed shaved before they were 7 days old not with a normal razor mind you but an electric one where there is no chance of nicking them. Anyway both had lovely hair in a few weeks and it didn't rub off like alot of babies of my friends who didnot shave their bibies head. neither of them cried one was sleeping and the other was awake on we did at home and the other was done by a man who does this regularly both times no pboblems and neither of them had cradlecap. But remember you should be comfortable with anything you have done for you child and not just for pressure from your family although I know it can be considerable and stressful too

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vannah · 14/04/2008 19:37

thanks all,
she is now 4 months old and Ive decided against it. She didnt get cradle cap, I dont think she will but you never know.
Her hair did fall out a lot on its own anyway - kind of rubbed off everywhere as you say yaz, but its starting to come back slowly now, and I couldnt do it to her.

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squareheadcut · 16/03/2015 20:42

My dh shaved my dd head today she's 6 months. It was abit upsetting but I didn't object really as respect his cultural traditions but highly sceptical about hair growing back thicker. Anyway she's still beautiful and I'm just hoping it will grow back quick.

mamachlo · 16/03/2019 22:33

Hi ladies, I'm sorry to jump on the bandwagon but I really need advice.
I'm a new mum and my partner is afghan, his lived in the UK for years but all his family are currently in afghanistan.
So basically I'm 12 weeks pregnant and he didn't originally want the baby and has now made up his mind that he will deal with me having it but will leave the baby to me right so that is that.. I know its pretty sad but hopefully when he sees baby he will fall in love.
Anyway sorry to blabber on but he turned around and said right away, first thing the baby will have my last name, it will have one first name and one last name no middle name, it will have its head shaved boy or girl and if it is a boy it will be circumcised and i will teach it persian language.
Right now the language is fine and I respect the islamic religion highly because he is of course my partner and I have massive love for his family, anyway so I do not think it is fair for him to demand all of this? I know it will show respect and stuff but he did not even want the baby in the first place, what is your take on this ladies? what do you think is wrong and right, because I could not bare to see my baby go through pain? the hair is not too worrying asit will grow back and I am all for cleanliness and I wanted to perhaps give it my late nans middle name but of course he does not want it. I just want some light shed or opinions as I can see there any many supportive ladies here. :)

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