Toddler fringe in eyes

[Tigertealeaves]

Anyone care to share how they got their toddler (ours is 15 months) through the "hair constantly in eyes" phase of growth? I don't want to cut a fringe, trying to hold out for it growing long enough to tuck behind ears/tie back. Frankly I also don't know how we would even pin her down long enough to cut one, and she sleeps face down.

Those cute little elastics and hair clips are all labelled not for under 3s due to choking, and DD also squirms like an octopus if she detects anything going into her hair.

Hairbands come straight off - fabric, plastic, none are accepted!

Is there a solution I'm missing here or is it just one of those annoying stages to get through?

Can you wet it and train it to one side every morning? (I used clips, but she was reliable at not putting things in her mouth.)

I use rimbobul crotchet hair clips I got on amazon for my dd. £8.99 for 15. They don't pull her hair if she takes them out and she soon realised she preferred having her hair out of her eyes. She doesn't put them in her mouth, but we take them out for naps, car journeys, etc.

I started using a clip at about 11/12m for exactly this reason. The first few days/weeks she was constantly pulling it out, and occasionally she put it in her mouth but I always supervised her and told her no, she soon stopped that. I deliberately used chunky ones that I don’t think she could swallow and always took out for naps and car journeys as above. Now at 21 months she rarely fiddles with it and will tolerate bunches/a ponytail too.

@Anotherducker
@Itsmainingren
Thank you both :) out of interest do your DC go to nursery / daycare? If so do they wear them there? I do sometimes sneak in a clip at home, but I'm not sure if nursery would be happy with it...

I use one us plastic hair bands on my 11 month old baby. She has so much hair that I have to tie it up everyday or it goes wild. They sort of grip the hair so can't easily be pulled out, and I cut them out at the end of the day while she is in the bath.

I find hair slides fall out so I do half ponytails. Her hair used fo stick up like a little pineapple before she was one but now she is sixteen months it looks more like a half pony. I just use the small elastics from the hair aisle in boots.
My eldest started nursery at two with that hairstyle and there were no issues - all the little girls have clips and elastics, none have their hair down.

Thanks all, this is really helpful. I will get a few more chunky clips and see if we can get her used to them. She's inherited my very straight fine hair unfortunately for her!

My toddler pulls clips out despite my best efforts, so I comb the fringe in a side parting when it's wet and it (sort of) stays to one side when it dries.

OP I've been using clips since my baby was 6 months, maybe even younger. I just got big ones that she can't swallow in any way whatsoever. She also doesn't take them out of her hair often. But when she does, she can't physically swallow the clip. I always take the clips out for nap time and bed time and I obviously generally keep an eye on her at all other times !

Well, I sent DD to nursery today with an elastic in her hair, and they sent her back at the end of the day with it not only still in, but done a million times neater

So, that's that question answered... and now to wonder how the hell they got her to sit still and not resist!