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RE: Haircuts

Hi Judy,
How about bangs?  You can leave the rest of the hair to grow out. We go for
the little lord fauntleroy look for Noah.  When people mistake him for a
girl, I say, "boys and girls aren't very different at this age. The part
that makes him a boy you can't see, because it's in his diaper."
I cut my babies' hair when they were asleep (the first hour of sleep they
are pretty deep).  Dd held still for hair cuts while watching TV starting 
at
about 2 (since we limit TV, she was riveted for her favorite show).  Dsx2
are 20 months, and we just started cutting their hair while they watch TV.
Dh has to hold them on his lap while I snip.

BETH
-----Original Message-----
From: Judy Anderson [mailto:yduj CS Stanford EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 8:09 AM
To: nonsexist-parenting cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Haircuts


So we've never cut Jocelyn or Perry's hair.  It's starting to get in
their eyes.  Brushing it back doesn't last for longer than 10 seconds,
and it's not long enough to tuck behind their ears.  I'm all
conflicted about cutting their hair, mostly because I love long hair
on both men and women.  Are we just going to end up with a
"traditional boy haircut" for Perry?  If not, are people going to
confuse him with a girl?  Am I (or is he) going to be upset with this?

We have some friends who have a boy, now 8, and they never cut his
hair, and everyone did confuse him with a girl for a long time.
Interestingly, though, now that he's old enough to choose, he has
chosen to keep his hair long in the back (I'm talking butt-length
here) and short in the front.

If we do decide to cut their hair, how do we get them to sit still?

   Judy Anderson yclept yduJ                'yduJ' rhymes with 'fudge'
   yduJ cs stanford edu      http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~yduj
   Jocelyn & Perry 7/21/02  http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/~kdo/children/

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