Toddler haircut nightmare

bestpud

Have to say I hate having my hair cut as my head is extremely sensitive!

I know it would hurt if I had it clipped and even if it didn't, I'd be scared it would.

I can't abide having rollers/foils or anything else in as even the most gentle of hairdressers does the odd tug and it hurts so much my eyes will water.

I don't know what the answer is but if he is sensitive to pain (some of us just are), I wonder if scissors will be a better option for him?

What is he like with itchy clothing, or clothes labels sticking in him etc?

DD and I are both very sensitive when having haircuts but we are also both affected by irritating clothes and will be rubbed raw by a hard label, or 'rough' material, for example. Also, how is he at the dentist?

denton6

hi i had the same problems with my son when he was younger, he was a nightmare at the hairdressers, screamed, cried, kicked was so embarasing. he also had the same problems when getting shoes, he would not let anyone near him in the end i got the next cataloge and did rough guide to his shoe size and did it that way. no way was this ideal cos i ike shoes to fit correctly. he is 9 now and still not keen but i now cut it at home with clippers. hopefully he will grow out of it soon. i agree i dont like to see boys with really long hair, but in some cases his was longer than i wanted because i couldnt handle the trauma that came at the hair dressers. note the hair dresser we went to was very good but very hard work for them to cut when he was screaming and so upset.

Chakani

DON79 wrote: »

Yes you are right, its got to be worth a try but I am just terrified that he will end up with a chopped ear or something because he jerks his head etc when trying to trim his hair or he will end up with scissors embedded in his head. :eek:

I found a good hairdresser for DS when he was tiny - she was so quick and gentle, and was really, really careful with him. In fact she cut herself twice the first time she did his hair, because she was so concerned about not cutting him. She waited until his attention was caught by something, and did a couple of snips, then waited again, and it still took a fraction of the time it would have taken me. I found it so much less stressful than trying and failing to do it myself.

A good hairdresser will have dealt with this dozens of times, it's not an uncommon problem.

I am trying to get DS used to clippers now, as the hairdresser is so expensive, and he also has poker-straight hair that would look awful long. He is not keen, so I've not tried to do his hair yet, but we get the clippers out every day, and I run them up my arm then up his arm, or touch my nose and then his, making it just a little game and not something to get stressed about. I can now run them once over his head, switched on. Don't tell anyone, but it's the technique I used with my horse when she was young, and it worked for her :rotfl: