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Taking baby to hairdressers...

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RMarieClaire · 03/07/2021 19:54

Is this crazy? DS will be 11 weeks old. My plan is to walk him into town to get him to sleep then hope he stays asleep at least for a while in the buggy. It would be for a colour and trim so a good 2-hour appointment, but much of that would be developing time. Still, there will be time at the wash station and getting colour out on.

I usually have a mobile hairdresser but because of post covid chaos she can’t see me till the end of September! I don’t have any childcare options and won’t for many months as DS is EBF.

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DuchessSilver · 03/07/2021 19:56

Sounds pretty crazy, sorry. Is your hairdressers happy with that plan?

MouldyPotato · 03/07/2021 19:56

I'd ask first. I don't think it's a great idea tbh as if it doesn't go to plan you have a screaming baby for 2 hours and not a lot you can do about it.

PotteringAlong · 03/07/2021 19:57

No, that’s a nuts idea. Bung a box of dye on your hair at home!

Do not take an EBF 11 week old baby to a 2 hour + hairdressers appointment.

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Ipreferwinter · 03/07/2021 19:57

I'd ask the hairdresser.

Also if baby cries then bear in mind how that would spoil other clients experience.

Some people enjoy going to the salon to relax and have a bit of pampering and wouldn't want a crying baby there.

It depends on the salon though, so just ask first to be sure it wouldn't be frowned on.

I wouldn't mind a baby being there as long as it was quiet.

greenmacaron · 03/07/2021 19:59

I took mine into a 45 minute haircut around that age and she slept beautifully. If she had worked I would have fed her to keep her quiet.

Any older would be an absolute no, they don’t sleep in the same ‘dead to the world’ way after about 12 weeks.

I’m not sure I would have risked two hours though, mine would have definitely woken and probably needed a nappy change.

andromedana · 03/07/2021 19:59

I took my then EBF four month old to a hairdressing appointment that ended up being nearly five hours long. You'll be fine.

Kanaloa · 03/07/2021 20:00

I wouldn’t. Even if it was their usual nap time it’s just Sod’s law that they’d wake up and cry the whole time. It would be awkward for the hairdresser and you would end up flustered.

Poppins2016 · 03/07/2021 20:01

In a few months time I'll be in your shoes with my second baby... I plan to breastfeed just before the appointment and then ask DH to take baby. It would be too stressful keeping baby with me and then trying to occupy/soothe them if they do anything other than sleep... I'd also be worried about getting hair dye/bleach on baby or upsetting other customers!

Kanaloa · 03/07/2021 20:01

Also I would be so fed up if I went to the hairdressers and was stuck listening to a baby screaming for two hours.

Ginger1982 · 03/07/2021 20:03

No I wouldn't do this and would be annoyed as a client if someone else's baby was screaming.

Twizbe · 03/07/2021 20:03

Ask first but mostly fine. I took my daughter at a similar age. She slept through and and woke for a feed as my colour was developing so I fed her there (also EBF) she then happily chilled in her pram during the cut and blow dry.

She was a pretty chill baby though and I could time my appointment around when she'd likely feed and sleep.

With my son, I couldn't do that so id feed him first, go for my appointment and then feed him when I got back. If you go on a Saturday can dad sit in a cafe with him close by?

niclw · 03/07/2021 20:03

I took my DS to the hairdressers a couple of times when he was very young. No problem at all. In fact the staff loved him being there. However, since Covid as I single mum I've only had my hair cut once because my hairdresser has a policy that says my son cannot come in too. So definitely worth speaking to them first.

HarveySpectorWins · 03/07/2021 20:04

I wouldn't, but is there even room in the hairdressers for the buggy?
The salon I go to with a few hairdressers and the setup they have my buggy wouldn't fit.

ShirleyPhallus · 03/07/2021 20:06

Id ask first

DD barely cried until she was about 5 months old so would have been fine. You know your own baby.

Eleoura · 03/07/2021 20:08

Hehehe, I initially read this as taking the baby for a hair cut!!! When you mentioned colour, I thought OMG- you can't do that!!!

Hardbackwriter · 03/07/2021 20:08

I think it would be just about ok for the trim but not since you're having it coloured too - that's a long time where if the baby was crying you wouldn't be able to leave, and quite a long time where you couldn't even safely hold the baby. Absolutely no one wants a scenario where you have to either leave him screaming in the buggy or risk the two halves of your head not matching...

SuperSange · 03/07/2021 20:09

I'd be mightily pissed off if I was having a haircut and someone else's baby was crying.

AliceW89 · 03/07/2021 20:11

I mean…at 11 weeks old my EBF DS would have lasted approx 4 minutes in a parked up, inside buggy before screaming to be picked up and fed. But he is was pretty ‘spirited’…is your baby generally one who sleeps for hours at a time in any situation and can wait for boob quite happily? I’m picturing either lots of kindly ladies cooing over a precious sleepy newborn while you relax…or your DS screaming the place down and going in for a full on cluster feed while you have your colour on risking your hair getting wrecked and everyone else having a migraine 😬 hopefully there is some middle ground! X

Raggeo · 03/07/2021 20:11

Might not be allowed because of covid. I was just going in to hairdressers for 10 minutes for a hair dye allergy test and was told I couldn't take my baby with me.

Pikachusbutt · 03/07/2021 20:12

Good god no.

I go to get my hair done to get away from my own kids. I don't want someone else's baby wailing the entrie time I'm there.

KatieKat88 · 03/07/2021 20:13

I'd have thought a lot of hairdressers would say no on Covid grounds so do check! My DD would definitely have been loud and disruptive and I go to have a nice break and read a book so my vote is no

loubylou1010 · 03/07/2021 20:18

No no no. Salons are no place for babies and kids! The stylist will be annoyed at you constantly having to move to check the baby and the other clients will be annoyed with a crying baby!

derailment · 03/07/2021 20:21

@Pikachusbutt

Good god no.

I go to get my hair done to get away from my own kids. I don't want someone else's baby wailing the entrie time I'm there.

This! Don't do it. I'd be so pissed off if I went for my couple of hours peace in a salon away from my own kids (very young) to have to be disturbed by someone elses. Feed before you go and leave the baby at home or get a mobile until baby is old enough to be left if you can't.

MouldyPotato · 03/07/2021 20:25

You could go for the cut in one appointment and the colour in another?

lalalapurple · 03/07/2021 20:25

Could you bring someone with you who can push the baby around outside?

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