Jeff and I have a major disagreement going on over the state of Evan’s hair.
I won’t influence your opinion by telling you who feels which way, so let me just ask: Should we cut his most adorable ringlets that are seriously the cutest thing ever hair or keep it long?
Help us decide, won’t you? And by decide, I mean, tell my husband to leave the freaking hair alone.
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LOL-don’t think you once mentioned your husband’s reasoning behind why he wants the haircut.
I cut my little girls hair when she was 1 1/2. I cried so much after because the hairdresser basically gave her a crew cut. Her hair was curly but thinnish and all over. After it regrew it was the most fabulous hair and curls-real bottle curls and all.
So you may even be surprised by even better curls after the haircut.
I do have to say if this is a biggeee for you then hubby should defer, but know you will have to defer to something else in the future as well.
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I think you have let it too long. Nice thing he is not that too irritated with the hair.
Awwww, he is so cute!
Tell your husband he can cut his sons hair if you can tweeze/wax his (your husbands) eyebrows, legs, chest, balls,… (choose bodypart which you find the most annoyingly hairy).
nooooo! The hair is SO adorable, don’t cut it! Plus ut’s curly, it’s not like it;’s long straight hair. I vote no cutting :-)
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My ex told me long hair breeds bad behavior.. I say don’t cut – he’s adorable! Check out my post on the exact subject:
http://imbuffi.blogspot.com/2010/04/long-hair-breeds-bad-behavior.html
Buffi
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Don’t cut…way too cute!
Sorry Jill…but I am with Jeff on this one. I think it should be cut shorter…especially for the summer.
Don’t you dare cut that hair! It’s just too beautiful. Yes, I described your son’s hair as beautiful.
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What a cutie! Keep it long for sure.
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I totally regret cutting my son’s curls at age 3, LEAVE IT!!!! :)
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I am WITH YOU. I will NOT cut my precious 2 year old’s hair. It will never look the same. He has the rest of his life to have cropped man hair. And I don’t care that 97% of people think he’s a girl. I’ll sooner let him walk around with his penis hanging out than cut his hair.
OMG! Maybe its the post-surgery fog, but I have tears in my eyes from your comment!! I love it!!
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I like it when boys have puffy-typish hair. I’m not sure how to explain it. Maybe floppy is a good word for it. I don’t like ponytails on boys, but the soft curls around their head is ultra adorable. I don’t like crew cuts. I like to put my hand on their hair and mess it up. haha
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You can’t possibly cut those beautiful wringlets!! We are letting my son’s hair grow out right now. His dad had curly hair when he was a kid, but it doesn’t appear that my son is going to get lucky and have the same wavy hair. It’s gonna be stick straight like mine…
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Leave it alone!! It’s UBER cute!!
Well everyone knows that when it comes to haircuts for little girls you should leave that up to the moms. But boys are different, dads always know the right thing to do. It is genetic, instinct really.
So I am going to follow nature’s path and say listen to Jeff. And don’t forget to get him a really cool Father’s Day gift ‘cuz he deserves it.
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Simply tell your husband that if he cuts the little guys hair, it will send you into a tailspin that will culminate in egregious amounts of shopping and pampering to help you cope with the depression.
You lose a little piece of todderhood when you cut the curls. I know. I have been there. Convince him you will keep the boy from looking like a girl, but he has to give up on this or……well, see the first paragraph.
I am a huge fan of those big soft curls on little boys. I would NEVER in a million years cut it super short. My son (who is in Kindergarten) has a friend with the most awesome long-ish boy hair — all because he has precisely these curls. The cut he wears makes it clear he’s a boy, but still leaves the curls intact. In short: it’s not a cut a mother could accomplish, unless she were professionally trained as a hairdresser. So, if I were you, I would agree to take him to a hair cut place when the hair is getting in his eyes, and then be sure to tell the cuttery person precisely what you want: long, BOY, hair (no mullets need apply). Then, you win, even as you are getting him a haircut. ;)
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I love, love, love it long. He just looks so cute!
I go back and forth with my boys, letting it grow, then cutting, letting it grow, etc. Right now, I am loving it long! So, long, I say! :)
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Maybe it’s my conservative DC roots – but I’ve never been a lover of the shaggy hair (cutie pie curls included). BUT I do believe the mothers get the final word on hair cuts. Something having to do with over nine months of discomfort and/or inconvenience…and that whole giving birth thing… But what do I know? You could look it up.
Just don’t let anyone else take your kids to the barber. When Chris got George a buzz cut I thought I would lose my mind. Worst call ever – took forever to grow out and he looked like an 80s rocker for an entire summer.
Once you cut the ringlets off he’s not going to look like a baby any more! I vote to keep him your baby as long as possible. My son didn’t have ringlets, but he had a big mophead of hair that would have made John, Paul, George & Ringo green with envy back in the day. One cut and he was a big boy…I’m pretty sure I teared up.
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I’m constantly having this battle with the in-laws! They tell me at least 3 times during any given visit that the K man needs his hair cut. But I love it long! We gave in to their constant verbal beatings and got his hair cut. Not to short, but short enough where I will never do it again! I don’t care how many times I have to say no to them in the future. They had their day…when the K man can tell me that he wants his hair cut, he can have it cut!
Keep it long. Those ringlets are amazing!!
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NO
HAIRCUT
CUT!!!
3 0r 4 yrs old is fine, not now. no way.
sorry Jeff but you are so wrong.
Let me guess, Jeff wants his son to man-up? Thinks the curls are getting a tad Shirley Temple?
For the love of all that is coiff-ariffic, do not touch a hair on that boy’s head. People – men, included – would pay big money for hair like that.
Keep it! You know the grass is always greener and you always covet what you cannot have? Ok. So I am Asian and I dreamed about having curls like that when I was little. You don’t see magnificent curls like that. You can’t get those with perms either. (I KNOW but don’t ask me how I found out…) What’s it about MEN that need to see a buzz cut to prove some sort of machismo. Ugh. I talked my husband letting my 12 yo keeping his Justin Beaver hair style. It’s all the rage now. My reasons? 1. You pick your battle. Hair is not permanent. 2. But hair loss is. Let him enjoy his hair now since you have no idea when the hair loss is going to start happening. Somehow my husband could sympathize. LOL.
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I guess to me his hair isn’t long at all, lol.
I think he is SUPER ADORABLE just how he is, and that you should leave it as long as possible, I think it’s cooler than a buzz cut (I have had one, don’t ask).
Before you can blink this issue will illicit a major melt down from your little guy, whether it’s I want it cut or Keep those scissors away from me, you’ll never know till it happens!
You get to be the authority for such a short amount of time, enjoy it while it lasts!
As for dealing with your hubby. welll, it will be a battle in itself. Is this to make him look more like a boy (Did anyone really not know this cutie wasn’t a boy?), because he’ll look more like him, or just being a PITA? (Pain in the ????)
If you do the hiar washing, brushing, etc…. the majority of the time, eh, it’s your choice to carry the flag into battle or not. IMO I sure as heck would.
Keep it long, its so cute!
having known your husband since elementary school, i would say that he is insanely jealous of the ringlets that he never had! i would also say as a woman who had long, natural banana curls as a child, and who for some reason cut her hair short, those curls never grew back the way they were. i now have to pay for what was once free. WAH!!
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