When is it time for a baby's first haircut?
Babies born with a full head of thick hair quickly develop unruly tangles and curls that become difficult to manage within minutes. Parents are often left unsure about when or how to tackle their child's first haircut when the hair grows past the ears.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1combing or brushing the hair out of the wayDid this help you?
- 2tucking the hair behind the earsDid this help you?
- 3waiting until the child is older (1 to 5 years old) to get a haircutDid this help you?
- 4putting the hair in a ponytail, man bun, or hair tieDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Also - if they do have a lot of hair, what are you supposed to do about it?”source ↗
“When did you get your babies first haircut?”source ↗
“Our little boy is 4 months and was born with a full head of hair. At this point it's basically past his ears and he's looking like Elvis in the later years. It's also curly-ish so we comb it but it just looks a mess within 30 minutes.”source ↗
“If you had a kid with a ton of hair did it end up giving you any issues you wouldn't have considered?”source ↗