Hairdresser or DIY? 3yo dd needs a haircut

[Suddengeekgirl]

Dd is 3 and has never had her hair cut. It is down to her elbows and becoming a pain/ chore to keep it tidy.

Her hair is fine, but lots of it iyswim and has a curl at the ends. I suspect the curl will disappear once it's cut as this is the hair she was born with!

So.... Hairdresser or DIY job?

I'm not at all sure how dd would react to the hairdresser - although they are more used to snipping hair quickly than me!
If I cut it I have no hairdressing skills so it won't be brilliant, but she's slightly less likely to freak out and I can use TV to distract her.

WWYD?

Hairdresser, unless you absolutely know what you are doing. Find one who caters for children (the one I use has small gowns and cushions to make the chairs higher). And bribe with chocolate buttons if necessary if it's really important she gets her hair cut.

I tried to cut my dds straight hair (just a trim, it was a disaster).

I sometimes cut DD's hair, she's a little younger than yours. But it is a straight fringed bob. I don't know what I'm doing, but she will sit perfectly still and let me get on with it if I put something she loves on telly. We've randomly got hairdressing scissors so I use them and just pretty much cut in a straight line It looks fine, but I'm sure an actual hairdresser could clearly see I'm just hacking at it.

The fringe is the harder part. I actually trim it every week so I only have to snip at it a bit while DD tries to peer around me to see the telly...

You could try at home if you are just cutting straight across the back? It is easier when wet, and try and copy a bit what hairdressers do i.e. cut a bit, then hold that strand in your hands with an uncut strand and copy the length.

But don't cut too much - then if it is a bit of a mess, there's still plenty of hair to take to the hairdressers to get a proper cut.

I cut my dd hair, it's just straight and long so not difficult so long as I can get her to sit still. Persuading her that it needs doing at all is the hard bit.

See the other thread about trimming own hair..is it lunacy to trim my own hair i think its called. I posted a llink to cutting it using the ponytail method. I did my dd and its beautiful. Lovely at the back, straight and with lovely bangs at the front!

Thanks all!

Dd was adamant that she does not want to go tot he hairdresser when I was de-tangling her hair yesterday. So it looks like it's a DIY job.

I'll cut it wet, and only take half an inch off. I think it'll be ok as her hair has just grown out from the baby Mohawk she had from birth! :)
No style to replicate, no fringe to get straight. What could possibly go wrong.....

My dd was 4.5 before she had enough hair to warrant a cut. I waffled on about cutting off the 'unhealthy' hair at the end so that her hair could grow longer and then I brought her to a hairdressers and asked them to just dry cut her hair so it was straight. I was able to trim it myself every few weeks after washing.
She did her first official wash cut and blowdry yesterday at the grand old age of (just turned) 6. She hated it