To cut or not to cut?
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Topic: To cut or not to cut?
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Subject: To cut or not to cut?
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 10:17am
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My boys hair ...his fringe to be exact. I always wanted to grow his hair and leave it as long as possible but the fringe is now going into his eyes, I can easily comb it to the side but it flicks back after a while and makes him look like he's a 60's kid. For obvious reasons I can't use pins to clip it back off his face lol
So do I cut? I won't touch the sides or back of his hair ...just the fringe...and how do I cut it? Best just to go straight across? I know I'm being silly, I just don't want to goof it up 
 ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 10:20am
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it looks fine to me, its not in his eyes, which is when i cut the boys fringes... i remember the first fringe cut i gave toby, he ended up with a very fine looking mullet! but yeah just go straight ahead ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: MyBelly
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 10:23am
| ohhh i think he looks gorgeous! i would leave it until it starts to annoy him maybe?? |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 10:24am
Bubs hair is really fine, there are strands going in his eyes - photo just doesn't pick it up 
I might wait till he's down for his nap though, don't like my chances of him staying still... ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 10:26am
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I wouldn't bother Steph, it looks fine to me. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 10:36am
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Yeah maybe I should just trim the longer strands of hair, tbh theres only a couple that are really going into his eyes. It's all diff lengths.
Poor boy has inherited my whispy thin hair, I REALLY wanna grow his hair though, getting cute light curls at the back ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 11:04am
He's so cuuuuuuuuuuute 
I know what you mean re growing their hair.... Joshua has longer hair too, with gorgeous curls. I hate it when I have to get his hair cut and his curls aren't so curly for a few days. |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 11:18am
| I've recently trimmed Daniels fringe because it was going in his eyes, I only took 1/2 a cm off it, and didn't cut in a straight line so you can't really tell it's been done. Daniels was worse than what it looks like in that photo too |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 11:29am
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I did Josh's as it was annoying him and well below his eyes. It took a while to do as I didn't want to get a straight cut . ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 2:11pm
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If its in his eyes I would cut it - I did a short trim with RHyley all the time... what you do is grab the fringe - twist it till you got a little bit left at the top and snip that little bit off - it looks better than the straight across cut (which can go wonky anyhow) ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 2:58pm
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LMAO gremlins are still follicularly challenged [:p
His fringe looks OK to me. I've never been brave enough to cut my kids hair myself, even if it's just a trim I get the hairdresser to do it. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: shaz
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 3:16pm
Alyssa was having the same problem with just a few strands getting really long and in her eyes (and sticking to her snotty nose  ) so I just cut the long bits and you wouldn't even know I'd done it.
I kept the little bits I cut off and stuck them in her book as well. ------------- Mum to Natasha Aroha 9/12/1995, Alexandra Makareta Waimarie 22/4/1998 and....Alyssa Frances Hopaea 18/03/2007 
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Posted By: kezplanet
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 8:59pm
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Just do the few strands that are getting in his eyes, then as the other hair catches up it will start to look a bit thicker. Do you have a programme/video that he watches that gets his attention? You will only need a few miniutes, give him something to eat that he really enjoys, a favourite toy or even a comb like the one you will have in your hand. Cut it dry at this stage (its eaiser to blow off his face if it gets away on you). You have 3 choices of how to cut it, hold the hair between your 1st and 2nd fingers with the back of your hand being almost flat on his forehead then cut to desired length. This is the easyist way if you are wanting to keep the hair as you can catch it in your hand as you cut it. The 2nd way is to just comb it down and just the edge of the sicssors against his forehead & just cut to deisired length, this works ok if he will stay still for you. The 3rd is like Emma said - hairdresser, most wont even charge just to trim up a fringe Good luck ------------- Kerryn, Mum to Ashlyn(29/3/04), Anastasia(1/11/05) & Abigail (24/02/09) |
Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 9:03pm
| Congratulations on your news Kezplanet |
Posted By: kezplanet
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 9:35pm
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Thanks ------------- Kerryn, Mum to Ashlyn(29/3/04), Anastasia(1/11/05) & Abigail (24/02/09) |