Did you cut your hair shorter after you had your LO? AKA, the "Mom" Haircut. Did it help with pulling, and when does the hair pulling stop?
I have my first haircut appointment Friday in about 9 months! Wondering if I do a shoulder-length (as short as I will go) would help with hair pulling? If not, I don't see any point in going shorter?
nectarine / 2163 posts
I didn't get a "mom cut", but I always wear my hair up (generally in a top knot, I'm so stylish O_O).
I don't think cutting my hair shoulder length would have stopped my LO pulling on it anyway though...
bananas / 9227 posts
I chopped mine off the day after my friend's wedding. I've been waiting to do it for months! DD had pulled my hair a few times but she's more into glasses pulling. We just keep repeating "gentle" or "no" and then explain why. It works sometimes.
I agree with @Penny Lane: I don't think the length would help with pulling.
nectarine / 2220 posts
I don't think it would help. I don't have a baby that's old enough to pull hair, but she does get tangled in it accidentally and spits up in it. It's about shoulder length, and that's almost worse because when it's down, it's always in the way and I can't just pull it over the opposite shoulder like I used to be able to.
bananas / 9973 posts
@Sapphiresun: That's what I was thinking too. It still needs to be long enough to be tied up and out of the way.
nectarine / 2994 posts
I tend to always wear my hair in a ponytail or a bun. LO is 1 now and I've experimented with having it down the last few days and she purposely pulls it argh so back to wearing it up it is!
cantaloupe / 6610 posts
I think the hair pulling doesnt last too too long, at least not for us!
Either way, you can rock any hairstyle and be gorgeous!
nectarine / 2973 posts
My daughter is a hair puller and people ask if I'm going to cut off my long hair. I just don't understand how it being shorter would stop her from pulling?
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
I don't think it will help either. I just put it up all the time. I can't remember when DD stopped but the baby still does it at 9 months. So up it stays!
pineapple / 12526 posts
Nope. My hair is nearly waist length and I plan to keep it long. C did go through a hair pulling phase, I would just say "no, be gentle. That hurts mommy." And put her down any time she did it. She stopped after a while. She still gets it on occasion when she gets over excited, but I don't think it's intentional.
apricot / 451 posts
Nope don't cut it. My hair is now slightly shorter than chin length (JUST long enough to tuck behind my ears). My 5 month old puqlls it constantly and I have no way to put my hair back because it is so short.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
R still pulls my hair when it is in a pony tail still.
@shopaholic:I do think short hair would look super cute on you!
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
It has helped us, but M only pulled my hair while she was nursing (it was like her lovey!). My hair was past my boobs before and now it's shoulder length (that's the shortest I'll go, too). M also spits up a lot while nursing so her spit up used to get in my hair (yuck!) and now it doesn't.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@shopaholic: I did in hopes of it and it helped some but she still manages to pull it while nursing.
kiwi / 550 posts
I just wear it in a bun every day during that stage so I guess it's good to have it long. I wouldn't cut it until the baby starts doing this though. I think it lasted from 6 months to 11 months. Not all the time though. Now it's definitely glasses...every day.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I wear mine in a ponytail. She'll grab my scalp if i'm close enough, so it doesn't really seem to matter how long it is. Braiding it seems to be the best option for now
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
I always wear mine up, but she grabs at the whisps that fall down anyway...so I figure a short hair cut won't help. Plus, then I'd look even more like my mom and I'm just not ready to cross that bridge yet.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I'm going to go shoulder length because my hair looks dry...I hope it helps with pulling!
pear / 1718 posts
I do the mom ponytail or mom bun everyday because I like having it long. But, I'm sure you'd look great with short hair too. Let us know what you decide!!!
honeydew / 7303 posts
@shopaholic: I'm actually growing mine out. I always put it back if I will be around LO all day. She loves pulling my hair!
grapefruit / 4800 posts
I didn't cut mine short, she got over the hair pulling in a few months.
blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts
@shopaholic: I don't think length matters. I just have to put my hair in a ponytail as soon as I get home.
bananas / 9973 posts
Thanks ladies for the input! Got to the salon late and had no pictures. Just let the hair dresser basically do what she wanted, but I didn't want to go short if I would still be tying it up all the time. Chopped off a lot, even though they were trying to convince me to cut more. If course, it went into a bun almost as soon as I got home since K was already pulling at it. Today she yanked my ponytail even!
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