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post #1 of 88
6/7/05 at 6:04pm
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Forgive me if this has been posted before, but I did a search and nothing came up..
Any mommas out there with longer haired little boys? My 3.5 year old has hair that is now over his ears, it's sorta the longer bowl cut, all one length, but has bangs. People are starting to make comments now (my Mom!) ("do you want Nana to cut your hair?") he just got it trimmed a couple weeks ago and a few people have made comments that he 'needs' a haircut
While others love his hair, his daycare provider loves it and says she can't see Cal with a shaved cut, that he looks like a little California surfer kid (he has blonde streaks!)
We love his hair. My dh had longer hair when he was a kid too and would let me grow it as long as I wanted too.
He has been mistaken for a girl too but I don't let it bother me! I think his hair is gorgeous and it makes him look so cute. He is the only boy I know that has this longer hair, most boys have that short short cut.
I don't know where I was going with this. Just looking for a bit of support.
post #2 of 88
6/7/05 at 6:07pm
Jett has nearly no hair right now, but I do plan for him to have 'California surfer kid' hair when it grows.

I love it to death. There are lots of mamas here with long-haired boys.
post #3 of 88
6/7/05 at 6:33pm
DS has fairly short hair right now (it is getting to be longer than his ears and does touch his collar but he had a buzz and it is growing out). He had long hair until a year ago and then he wanted it buzzed. He got his last buzz in November and now he wants it long again. His hair grows very slowly, though, so it could be a long time.
post #4 of 88
6/7/05 at 6:47pm
DH and I have agreed to wait until our son is 4 or 5 to give him shorter hair, if he wants it at that point that is. That is the same thing we did with our daughters. We gave them the choice of hair length and we didn't see why it should be different with our son. I think if your son likes it that is all that matters!
post #5 of 88
6/7/05 at 6:53pm
My Ds had long hair until 5 or so.
post #6 of 88
6/7/05 at 7:31pm
Thread Starter 
I figured there were others with sons like me on the boards. I'll try to search again for any older threads.
Cal likes his hair. We live on a lake so it's wet alot and gets bleached out from the sun, and tends to curl up in the back. I wish you all could see it! I have temptations to get it cut, but then I think no, we'll wait til he is 4 or five too like Finding myway said.
I don't interfere much with my kids hair, I even have used the lake this week as a bath substitute : :LOL
(my dd's hair is easier to brush out in the morning than if it were shampooed the night before!)
post #7 of 88
6/7/05 at 7:45pm
DS has longer hair too. He refuses to cut it. His dad has long hair too, so he keeps his long to be like his dad. I don't likew it much, because he has wavy hair and unless its short, it looks pretty shaggy, but I figure he cxan decide what he wants to do w/ his hair.
post #8 of 88
6/7/05 at 7:53pm
My son is three and has hair down to his shoulders :-)

EVERYONE thinks hes a girl its pretty annoying.. I plan to order him a shirt from granola threads that says " real boys have long hair" :LOL or SOMETHING!

he got a waldorf doll for his birthday and like him it has long blond hair ;-)

here is a recent pic of him
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...m/6f8f81fd.jpg
post #9 of 88
6/7/05 at 8:56pm
ignore the comments. Let your kid decide how he wants his hair!

Everyone had fits when I cut DD's beautiful copper-red hair short, but that's what she wanted. I remember hating having long hair when I was little, so I let her decide. So far, she's letting it grow back out and is now slightly past her shoulders.
post #10 of 88
6/7/05 at 10:22pm
There is a thread somewhere abouts... its been awhile though...

My DS has gone back at forth. He was born with a headful and it just got longer. At 2 1/2 is was down to his shoulders w/bangs. He asked me to cut it like Dads (short). So I did. Now he's grown it and then cut it off several times. Its usually just gotten to the shaggy stage before he decides to have it cut again. Now, at 4 1/2 he's determined to grow it long so he can wear pig tails like Holly from Land of the Lost! Its to that shaggy stage now and we're going to try and grow out the bangs this time... I do think long boy hair is better sans bangs... I see plenty of little boys around town with this look and its darling.

Before DS got his haircut at 2 1/2, he was assumed a girl all the time. I didn't realize how much it was bothering him until after we cut and he pointed to his hair and proclaimed, "BOY!" Of course, a few months later he was way into his pretend phase (and still is) and LOVES to pretend being a girl so he actually doesn't mind when people mistake him for one.
post #11 of 88
6/7/05 at 11:10pm
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MarsupialMom, your ds is SO cute! I love his hair, great hat too.
How do I insert a picture? I'll try to get one in here too.
post #12 of 88
6/7/05 at 11:52pm
I think long hair on a boy can look really cute. My oldest insists on having crew cuts b/c he hates dealing with hair..but Id love to see him in a surfer-do. My other 2 boys are major curly heads....the 8 yr old has never grown it....but I did grow the youngests for a bit....never actually got it to lie down....just stood out in a major fro (which was cute but got tangled up easier )
post #13 of 88
6/8/05 at 12:05am
Another mama of a long haired boy checking in. Nice to know we aren't the only ones.

Marsupialmom- what a cutie!

Ds is three tomorrow and his front hair is to his shoulders, the back it to his mid-back. Everyone thinks he is a girl, despite being with his long-haired papa. He is outside all day and seems to need his hair washed or rinsed often. I have taken to putting a little olive or coconut oil at night, brushing it out and braiding it. But it is a challege to keep him still long enough.
post #14 of 88
6/8/05 at 1:26am
We have a Marsupialmom and a Marsupialmuma at this site. LOL :LOL I do think her son is a cutie, and it does seem like we have a few of the same issues with our mothers but we are two different people. LOL


HI Marsupialmuma!
post #15 of 88
6/8/05 at 2:10am
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My 3.5 year old has hair that is now over his ears, it's sorta the longer bowl cut, all one length, but has bangs.
That's exactly the kind of cut ds1 has. I think it's adorable. I would like to find a way to have it continue to grow long in the back, keep it out of his eyes, and avoid a bowl cut. Haven't figured that one out yet.
post #16 of 88
6/8/05 at 2:20am
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Originally Posted by Marsupialmom
We have a Marsupialmom and a Marsupialmuma at this site. LOL :LOL I do think her son is a cutie, and it does seem like we have a few of the same issues with our mothers but we are two different people. LOL


HI Marsupialmuma!
:LOL Howdy mama!

I have seen you around too.. LOL too funny..sometimes I read a post of yours real quick and go huh.. when did I write that.. then I clue in (preggo brain) yes mothers.. *sigh* and mothers in law.. what to do with them eh?

Back to your regularly scheduled thread
post #17 of 88
6/8/05 at 2:20am
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Originally Posted by Marsupialmom
We have a Marsupialmom and a Marsupialmuma at this site. LOL :LOL I do think her son is a cutie, and it does seem like we have a few of the same issues with our mothers but we are two different people. LOL
Oops, I had no idea! Good to know.
post #18 of 88
6/8/05 at 3:00pm
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<I would like to find a way to have it continue to grow long in the back>

same here. I'm still trying to be patient about my dd's bangs growing out, I can't imagine Cals growing out too. And my kids have thick chunky hair too.
We had his preschool picnic today at the park. I thought another good reason to keep his hair longer...he sure is easier to pick out in a crowd of boys who all have the same buzzed or near buzzed cut, alot of the boys look very alike from the sides and back, I'm glad I can find Cal right away, I just look for his blonde hair flowing in the wind.
post #19 of 88
6/8/05 at 3:38pm
My son wants to have long hair. It`s gotten kinda long now, but he wants it longer. Like his mama, he says..

I`ll try to insert a few pics taken this month:


http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...6108CcNmLhuybY

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...6108CcNmLhuybY
post #20 of 88
6/8/05 at 4:47pm
Both my boys have long hair. My older son has had one haircut....about a year ago and it is now growing back, curling below the ears now. My younger son has never had a haircut, his is down his neck in the back, with the front being about chin-length. I love how it looks.
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