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Every morning we go through the struggle of doing Megan's hair. I'm not very good at doing it, but I try. I always seem to pull it and sometimes there's tears... from both of us. She has lots of fly-a-ways and we haven't found the perfect solution to those yet, but we're still trying.

Yesterday she found a new style that wasn't too hard for me to do. It turned out really cute and she got lots of compliments at church, so we did it again this morning. It's called double braided buns and is super easy for the not-so stylist mom like me. (Can you tell she was annoyed I wanted to take a photo.... hehe!)
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We found it on the cute girls hairstyles youtube channel.

Please tell me I'm not the only mom who struggles with doing her daughter's hair. I've been trying to get Megan to start doing her own, but she still ends up talking me into doing it when the time is running out and we need to leave for school. My older daughter was doing her own hair in 6th grade, and probably even 5th grade, so I really need to make Megan practice in the evenings when time isn't an issue. Things were so much easier with my son's hair. A little gel and a comb through and he was good to go.

How about you? Do you struggle with your kids' hair? Have you found a great product or site that makes it easier. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
 
My daughter has slick and fine long blonde hair. She has to wear it up for taekwondo but otherwise highly prefers to have it down. We will occasionally do a little side braid or double braids.

Because she likes to wear it long, I use Fairytales Hair Care Detangling Spray on her hair when we brush it. It works incredibly well and we found it after trying several that made it look oily or dirty when used.
 
That's a fun style!

I wish I had some advice for you, but my DD won't let me do her hair except maybe to put it in a pony tail. She doesn't want it in any fancy styles, but she does want to dye it pink. She's in 5th grade and maybe it's my fault because I never really "did" her hair. It didn't seem worth the time or aggravation--for either of us lol--and she has short-ish, fine hair. It doesn't really hold a style and I'm afraid to use heating tools or heavy products in her hair because I'm afraid her hair will turn curly when she's 11, like mine did. (I don't want to damage her hair with products/heat because curly hair needs to be treated carefully. It takes a lot to keep it healthy, and heat is a no-no. Since I'm worried about it turning curly soon, I don't want to do anything that will make the transition to curly hair more difficult.) But now she barely wants to brush her own hair cuz she just doesn't want to put in any effort! And she likes to throw my feminist rhetoric back at me and says that I tell her "looks don't matter." *sigh* I've had to tell her "basic hygiene is just a societal norm we have to follow. Making sure your hair can't be confused for a rat's nest is just the minimum." I figure that once she hits 6th grade and she sees how other girls do their hair. (Usually I don't want her to copy her peers lol, but I'm okay with this!)
 
I did my daughter's hair when she was little, mostly french braids and things. She was born with a head full and it was down past her shoulders by the time she was a year old, so I got to play with it a lot. When she was 5 or so she quit wanting me to mess with it and wanted it cut off. She kept it pretty much shoulder length most of her life...longer when she got up in high school. She never been one to really want to do any styling. She curls it from time to time, but mostly it's just down and straight or in a messy bun.
 
I'm hair challenged too Kayla! I don't even own a curling iron because I've never used one haha luckily my girls prefer their hair down; I can do simple ponytails, braids, and messy buns but I have to remind them to stay perfectly still because hair is not my forte.
 
I used to love doing my girls hair....... they just didn’t want me to, it was always a fight.
 
IntenseMagic said:
I did my daughter's hair when she was little, mostly french braids and things. She was born with a head full and it was down past her shoulders by the time she was a year old, so I got to play with it a lot.
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This makes me think that maybe her hair length is the problem: DD was basically bald until she was 2, and her hair could barely be called chin length until she was 4. So she never got used to me doing her hair.
 
Tree City said:
This makes me think that maybe her hair length is the problem: DD was basically bald until she was 2, and her hair could barely be called chin length until she was 4. So she never got used to me doing her hair.
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And you would think that after her hair being brushed and messed with since birth, my daughter wouldn't be so tender-headed, but she is the worst!!
 
that's so cute! i was never good at it either - i kept my daughter's hair in a short stacked bob for years (s long as she would let me) and just used one little clip to hold it back on the side. :giggle honestly i can barely do a braid that's how bad i am!
 
our girls came to us at age 4...their foster mom was a magician with hair. I can't even braid evenly. Luckily, Dora the explorer was big then...and I convinced them to go short!
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Hair is something I stink at doing! My older daughter, Abby, LOVES to do hair and was all about having hers in a messy bun or straightened or curled or braided or something from about 5th or 6th grade. Her hair is normally pretty straight, long and somewhat fine. When she was younger we had her hair in a cute little bob which looked adorable on her! My younger daughter, Mollie, has never wanted to do much with her hair, and it is completely different in texture and thickness than Abby's hair- it was curly when she was younger, is now mostly wavy, super thick and we've been told by a few stylists that she has enough hair for about 3 people (thickness, not length). She wants help with hair still (7th grade) and I struggle with getting her tangles out- her hair just tangles if you look at it wrong! She usually has me help with her part for school, but I do also put it in ponytails for gymnastics every time she has practice. For gymnastics meets, she wants a french braid across the front to a high bun-- which has been hard for me to do. I did get it looking ok for one meet, but we have one coach and one other team gymnast's mom who can both get Mollie's hair the way she wants, so we usually have to ask them to fix it. It is frustrating! My husband has suggested that she get it cut short numerous times, but she loves long hair, and when it was shorter it is so thick that it looked kinda pyramid-ish.
 
That's a cute hairstyle!!

I do basic pony/pig tails and if hair is long enough messy buns and the very basic braid. I'm not good with hair and I can't even braid my own.
 
My daughter has beautiful thick hair... and doesn't want me to do anything with it. Whenever she has a barrette in it, she manages to lose it and/or have it dangling down the side by the end of the day. That's what happened in her school pics this year! She used to have pigtails or a ponytail when she was younger but now she likes it short and 'plain.'

SIGH.
 
I feel your pain! When I was pregnant the first time I secretly was terrified of having a girl because I don't know how to do girl hair. My Mom never did my hair, so I was totally left to my own devices there and usually just pulled it back in a barrette or let it hang where it wanted to. My mom even gave me several awful (at home) boy haircuts because she didn't know what else to do with it. Lol! Anyway I was able to breathe a sigh of relief when I had two boys. :giggle

I think it's brilliant to check youtube for idea and tutorials! Your daughters hair is adorable!!
 
AnneofAlamo said:
our girls came to us at age 4...their foster mom was a magician with hair. I can't even braid evenly. Luckily, Dora the explorer was big then...and I convinced them to go short!
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Both my girls had "the Dora" in Kindergarten. I will braid for fancy occasions. But day-to-day they have to maintain it themselves. If they couldn't keep it tidy by themselves, it got cut. Now, they are 10 & 12 and both voluntarily got bobs because it's what Taylor Swift has (or something).

When I do Brownie sleepovers, I pretty much braid everyone's hair. There's a "you brush it, I braid it" policy at "mugs up" before bed. I probably do about 20 french braids in an hour. The bonus is it keeps their hair from getting to knotty over night.
 
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