Any tips on cutting my toddlers hair?

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Not as in hairdressing tips but any cunning tips to stop him behaving as if I am about to circumcise him!!

He had eaten his breakfast so I put TV on and whilst still in his booster seat tried to do some quick trimming. Cue- the most ear curdling/heart rending screams you've ever heard. And I only managed to chop the front and he is now sporting an interesting mullet hairstyle!!!

he's 19 months old and strong as an ox.

Some hairdressers have really fun chairs, you could try one of those.

chocolate buttons

i did try a custard cream as bribery....i guess that is a poor choc substitute tho lol.

Watching this thread with interest as I have an almost 4 year old that screams likes he is being murdered if I so much as come near him with a brush let alone actually brush it . It is badly in need of a cut & I just can't see how he will sit still long enough for me to do it properly...

I have a similar problem when it comes to hair washing. have tried screen hat things (he rips them off), towels held to his face, hands....nothing stops the terrible screaming .

The only solution is him to have a weekly hairwash and me to bath with him and regularly wash my hair in bath to prove it isn't such a terrible thing (all whilst singing 'old Macdonald' lol.)

I did wash it last night and the terrible screams were not as prolonged. maybe that's because i did it on my own so he had less of an audience to scream too!! (normally I get DH to 'help')

There is a good book called "Need a trim Jim" about a boy who runs a mile at the idea of haircuts. I got it from the library and read it to my hair phobic 3 year old. We now play hairdressers

i sat ds1 in front of a mirror, that helped a bit as he could see what was going on. i am also the fastest hairdresser in the west (of yorkshire)

General anaesthetic.

I don't cut ds's hair anymore, he hates it. So it's shoulder length now. I don't care, it's only hair. Someone will tell him he looks like a girl soon though, that might make him let me near it.

DD was like this. I tried everything but nothing helped. All I could do was grit my teeth and get it over as quickly as I could. She got used to it eventually, but she's stubborn. She's 8 now, and washes it herself and will consent to the hairdresser about 3 times a year as long as they don't cut more than about 1mm off!

biscuits or buttons? put a mirror in front so he can look at himself? I used those clippers, it's easy, you can't go wrong and there's no chance of cutting them if they move. You don't get a very interesting cut (unless you're skilled), but you can choose the length.

I used to do a bit every day for about a week when she was in the bath. Sounds quite peculiar now but it worked.

I used to do it in front of the telly. And use conditioner to help combing.

After afternoon nap. Sit in front of DVD, bowl of blueberries/raisins with promise of a favourite activity after. Start at the back, then over the ears, then the front. Spend the rest of the afternoon with scissors nearby to correct any little bits!

After ages of trying to cut my 2 boys hair, I bought some clippers. If they don't keep still dp gets them in a headlock while i wizz the clippers around their heads!

Took a while for me to get skilfull with the clippers but even the first attempts looked better than the way my boys hair grows when it gets long.
I think its worse with boys, you need to do a pretty accurate cut if they have short hair (I am not a fan of long hair on little boys) but with a girl you can put a clip in or bung it in a pigtail!