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AIMS says
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Isabella says
When did y’all cut your boys’ hair for the first time? People are starting to comment on my 15 mo, but none of the other toddlers I know have had haircuts. Wondering if the expectations and norms have regional or generational or racial differences?
OOO says
We did it before his first birthday (we’re in Midwest). My Indian family thought we could have waited longer, and my Caucasian IL’s were wondering why we waited so long. I actually think we should have done it sooner, but that’s bc I prefer the short trim look. Do whatever you want, OP!
Isabella says
Interesting. My South American ILs thought we should shave his head around 3 mo, which was a custom I’d never heard of before.
Anon says
Most of my (Indian) family that has done a mundan – the tradition to shave the kid’s head – typically does it when the kid is between 1-2 years of age, sometimes a bit older, but no haircut/trim before that. Also, South Asian kids tend to be born with a full head of hair, so the hair gets pretty long by 1 or 2!
NYCer says
I have girls, but plenty of my daughters’ little boy friends had haircuts by the time they were 15 months old. And some definitely had not. I think it really depends on your personal preference…whether you want your son to have a more traditional / manicured “boy” hair style or not. I don’t think there is a right or wrong answer.
Anonymous says
My son had a lot of hair and I trimmed his bangs when he was 6 months old so he could see. I think we did a real haircut closer to a year; he had rubbed off more of the hair in the back, so it wasn’t as long.
Cerulean says
I think this is so dependent on how fast and the way a child’s hair grows in. I have a daughter, but she was born basically bald on top with a patch of hair at the crown and a swoop of hair around her ears and the nape of her neck (we called it the Wallace Shawn). By the time she was 16 months, she had a full-on mullet with a bit of hair on the top. I got sentimental about cutting it “so early”, but we just did a trim at 17 months to even things out (and it looks just like a total boy’s cut), but it looks so much better! She had some hilariously long wispys around her ears and neck and it looks now so cute tidied up. I say go with whatever works for you and works with your kid’s hair texture and length.
Anonymous says
Agree with this. We did our first haircut around 16 months. My son has a LOT of hair. We let it grow, and it got really curly at the ends, which was sweet, but with the amount of hair he has, also got very tangled. Combined that with putting fistfuls of oatmeal or grits or applesauce in his hair, it is just easier to keep him clean with shorter hair. Even now, most of his haircuts are just removing the bulk/volume from his hair rather than shortening it. When it has grown back in, it a lot of work to wash it and rinse it.
Anonymous says
Can your child see?
Isabella says
We tie it back. Which is a lot of look, but the same style I see on some of his friends.
Anonymous says
If you like it and he isn’t bothered by it, no rush.
GCA says
I see plenty of toddlers who sport the Flintstones Baby Pebbles topknot, it’s an age-old classic for a reason :)
Anon says
In our toddler’s 1s class 2/3 boys are rocking the long hair/Pebbles ponies. The other one recently got his haircut before it ever got close to that point (I’d guess he’s about 18 months old). (For girls- 2 are rocking the same look including my daughter, 2 have enough hair they always have cute styles in and 1 still doesn’t have much hair).
Anonymous says
I vote you do it when you’re ready: don’t let anyone, especially strangers, pressure you. I have three boys. Two of them got their first haircut at age 2. The other needed a haircut by about 9 months. One had curly hair and I hesitated to cut it, but I finally caved when people started calling him a girl.
GCA says
Age 2 or so, but my kid’s hair didn’t grow particularly fast. Neither kid’s did, but at the point they needed haircuts, kid 2 was adamant about not wanting one, so we just tied it up and out of her eyes. Kid 1 has requested haircuts ever since, including several faux-hawks (he is now 8, so this seems to be par for the course)
SF says
I love a baby man bun! In conservative Jewish cultures boys hair isn’t cut until their 3rd birthday.
There’s no right answer if he can see and it’s not bothering him!
Anon says
A lot of toddler boys don’t get haircuts where I live. My daughter was frequently mistaken for a boy when she was 1-2, despite having relatively long curly hair.
AIMS says
Around 3, which is very common in NYC circles. There is a Jewish tradition of waiting to cut a boy’s hair until his 3rd birthday. I am not particularly religious and only half Jewish but I just liked my son’s curls and just let them grow. Even now, we only give him about one haircut a year. No one really had an issue with it other than the occasional cranky neighbor who didn’t like being confused about whether my son was a boy or a girl.
AIMS says
Also to clarify – I don’t think it’s more common to see long hair on boys in NYC for religious reasons only. Just noting the tradition in response to your question.
Clementine says
There are definitely cultural norms.
Oldest boy (Caucasian) – totally bald went to platinum blonde curls which I left long until he was about 3, then I cut it into kind of a pageboy (berries and cream, but adorable on a little boy) and then a Justin Bieber-esque cut until Kindergarten. Was questioned by non-hippie inlaws, hippie parents thought was cute, many Jewish people were like, ‘Oh yeah. Obviously you wouldn’t cut his hair until he’s 3.’
Baby is biracial with curly hair. I will take him to a Black barbershop, but I’m hesitant to bring him in for a cut until his hairline is more grown in. There’s a trend of barbers pushing back the hairline to make it look ‘sharp’ and when it’s still coming in, it can get funky.
Spirograph says
Our nanny cut my older son’s hair for the first time (without asking me) when he was 8 months old. It was 10 years ago, but I remember seething about it when we went to get our Christmas tree that evening. It looked terrible, and more importantly was a huge overstep of her role and I was Not. Pleased.
I honestly don’t remember when we first cut my younger son’s hair. poor 3rd kid. Hopefully I documented it in his baby book. :)
Multivitamin with iron says
My 2 1/2 year old needs a multivitamin with iron. Any recommendations?
I’ve never done vitamins with my kid before. The pediatrician says any kids’ multivitamin with iron is fine and didn’t have specific recommendations.
TheElms says
Mary Ruth’s has a liquid iron one that my kid was mostly willing to take and a separate multivitamin (but we only ever did the iron).
NYCer says
Flinstones has a kids chewable multivitamin with iron.
Anonymous says
+1. I think we cut them in half when our son was too young for the full pill. So much easier than the staining, nasty liquid.
OOO says
NovaFerrum makes a liquid multivitamin with iron that tastes better than most iron supplements. Consuming it with vitamin C helps iron absorption so we mixed it in baby food pouches
OOO says
Looking for something to store and display around 100 Hot Wheels cars in a playroom. There are wood garages on Etsy that are cute but they are $$$. Maybe a wall rack is the answer? Any other ideas?
Cb says
I’d do the ikea ledges if you want to display at child height?
Anonymous says
Anyone want to share stories of tonsillectomies? My two year old twins have both had one recommended; one also needs his adenoids out. I’m assuming they’ll want to schedule them back to back, but waiting for surgery scheduling to call me. The one who needs his adenoids out has always been a terrible sleeper. They’ve both had strep at least four times in the last 12 months, so I know it’s necessary. Just looking for some “it will be fine” validation I guess.
Meg says
Don’t google. Seriously. My 3 year old had tonsils, adenoids and tubes done and I googled…guess who posts in forums? People with horrible experiences.
Get lots of ice cream, popsicles, etc to have on hand. Honestly, other than my son ate nothing but chocolate ice cream for a week, he was totally fine within 24 hours of surgery. And he went from being a horrible sleeper (probably sleep apnea) to an angel sleeper overnight. Miracle.
Anon says
Any tips or anecdata about fitting summer fun like the pool into weeknights with kids who still need relatively early (~8 pm) bedtimes?
Clementine says
Pack a picnic dinner. Pick up the kids from daycare and roll straight to the pool/beach/park. Come home and you don’t need to clean the kitchen.
anonM says
Yes! Keep it simple. We fill a small kiddie pool and eat outside a lot. Then, when we come in, they can go straight in the bath and then bedtime routine. We also recently started going on family bike rides, and now I wish we had started earlier. It’s so fun. I’m all for things that don’t require us to drive anywhere.
AwayEmily says
We go straight from pickup to Summer Location (pool/brewery/park) and pick up a pizza along the way (or bring sandwiches etc). Then try to get home early enough that the kids can have a snack before bed since they almost never eat enough when we are out and about.
FP says
I work in higher ed so leaving a bit early during the summer is very common. I head out at 4, grab the kids and head straight there. I pack a bag and cooler with drinks in the morning. Our pool is not stuffy about bringing outside food in, so we do a mix of packed sandwiches some nights, to picking up Happy Meals on the way there, to getting a dinner delivered via Uber Eats at the pool. We head home around 7/7:30 for a fast bath and then to bed by 8.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
I want to start doing more of this but I live somewhere where summer is NOT “outdoor season” (subtropical climate) and it stays blazing hot until ~8 PM.
Obviously my options are limited to pool or beach, and beach is too far. For the pool outings, I’ve been thinking about packing something very simple (like a PB&J and fruit) and just going straight from pickup to fun! site, and then coming straight home for bath/bed.
DLC says
Out oldest used to have swim team practice four nights a week at 5pm, so we often did the pack picnic dinner and head straight to pool thing. On the other end, i have the little kids shower and change into pjs at the pool so when we go home we can go straight to brush teeth and bedtime books. I find it takes less time to shower at the pool than to give them baths when they get home. The kids don’t love showering, but they know it’s a condition of weeknight pool time.
Mary Moo Cow says
We have a pool in our neighborhood, and DH works from home full time, and here’s what we do: (a) DH takes kids to pool at 4:30 and I meet them there at 5:30, DH leaves to start dinner at home and kids and I come back to dinner on the table around 6:30 or (b) I make a quick dinner (pre-prep or start at 5 p.m. on WFH days), we eat at 5:30, and head to the pool from 6-7:45, shower off at the pool, and do a streamlined bedtime routine around 8. A tip I learned on this board last year is to have a pool bag with towels and toys packed and ready by the door every day. I also got pretty good at flinging off work clothes and jumping into a bathing suit quickly. For fun outside the pool, on days when I’m in the office, I leave at 4:45 and we meet there between 5 and 5:30, aim to wrap up the activity at 7:30.
Anon says
We don’t normally go straight to the pool for a couple reasons: we have a dog that has to be walked and we are all hangry for dinner by 5:30 pm (we do pizza at the pool once a week or so, but it doesn’t seem like the healthiest choice to do it regularly). We usually get home between 4:45 and 5, eat by 5:30 and head out to the community pool by 6, so we can have an hour there and still get home with time to clean up and unwind before bedtime.
Anon says
i’ve been trying to do this with my 5 year olds, though the few times i’ve done it, bedtime has involved meltdowns bc one is SO tired and the other is mad we have to leave the pool.