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RAISE your hand if you have a little toddler with CRAZY hair!
Kinda like this...
and it has a mind of it's own...
as captured in this photo!
WELL...after experimenting with the little hair that Reagan has...I have come up with 15 different hair styles that will work for YOUR crazy toddlers too!
BUT there is a BIT of a DISCLAIMER!...
I will explain at the end of the post!!
LET'S LOOK AT ALL THE FUN THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR TODDLERS HAIR FIRST!!!
1. {SIDE BANDED PONY}
2. {SIDE PONY}
3. {FIVE BANDED PIGTAILS}
4. {SIMPLE SIDE CLIP}
5. {TWIST BACK PIGTAILS}
6. {MESSY BUN PIGTAILS}
7. {SIMPLE HALF PIGTAILS}
8. {MESSY SIDE BUN}
9. {FRENCH BRAID SIDE BUN}
10. {ZIG-ZAG THREE BANDED PIG TAILS}
11. *also can be done with simple straight part*
12. {PIGTAILS}
13. {TWISTED BACK PIGTAIL BUNS}
14. {MIDDLE TWISTED PIGTAILS}
15. {SIDE TWISTED PONY WITH SCRUNCHED HAIR}
NOW for the DISCLAIMERS....
1. Distractions are a MUST! Some of Reagan's favorites...floss, makeup, water, contact cases, rubber bands! I've noticed that things only keep her occupied for like 2 minutes or LESS before she needs something different.
2. You HAVE to be able to do hair while your toddlers on the move...although I ALWAYS put her on the counter...she tends to scoot around EVERYWHERE...it takes some time to learn but I've become a PRO at making a perfect middle part or finishing off a rubber band while she reaches for a light switch.
3. Make sure no one has a tape recorder close...Jeff will sit on the couch and laugh while he listens to the conversations (more like arguments) Reagan and I have while I'm doing her hair...let's just say some of the 'conversation' aren't full of sweet, endearing words. I have learned a lot of patience!
4. GRAB YOUR MAKEUP and RUN!! Sometimes I won't take my makeup organizer off the counter and I'm ALWAYS wishing I had...you should see my sink TODAY!...it's covered in sparkly brown eyeshadow!
5. You HAVE to be OK with your bathroom looking like this when you're done! Some of these hairstyles take...let's just say...a WHILE and AFTER all the distractions are used up and spit out...your bathroom will look like THIS!...but don't worry...take your pumpkin off the counter...give yourself a pat on the back for doing your little girls hair AMAZINGLY...take a deep breathe and clean up your mess!!
6. LAST but NOT least...meltdowns WILL happen...from YOU and HER...those are the days that you resort to a side pony and call it good!
Right about now your probably thinking..."umm...that is WAY to much work...I'm good with something simple everyday."
BUT I promise it's worth it...or at least I think so!
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Oh my heck!!! I love these, all of these!! Can't wait do do my little Sadie's har like this! Your a life saver.
ReplyDeleteSo cute!!!
ReplyDeleteI have the problem with brin having tooooo much hair AND it is curly. Blog tutorials on those types of hair??? Lol
Reagan you're a doll!!!
OBSESSED with that clip in 4. Source?
ReplyDeleteJULIA...I have NO idea...I got it from my sister in-law! She was getting rid of it and I quickly snatched it right up!! I think it was from like Target or something...I will ask her!
ReplyDeleteMeagan I wish Reagan's hair was more like Brins! I sure hope she starts growing more! Maybe one of my children will have thick curly hair...but until then DON'T change a thing! Her hair looks adorable ALL the time! It's perfection!
Wow, I can't so much as get one rubber band in my 14month old's hair. Granted, I have a little boy so I can't be going crazy with pigtails anyway, but given my limited experience, I'm awestruck at your talent!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the great ideas with the hair. I have 3 girls and I am always looking for new ways to do their hair.
ReplyDeleteYou crack me up!!! I looooove all the hair do's! Mine may be turning 3 next week, but for real has like very little hair I may have to bribe her with candy so I can try some of these!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute ideas. I love blogs about hair ideas for my girls. My favorite is www.princesshairstyles.com They have toddler and big girl ideas :)
ReplyDeleteHaha you are a crack up!! And I love your disclaimers!! =) My husband will sometimes crack up at me and my antics to get my girls hair done but most of the time he will say, "Just leave her alone and let it be!" He doesn't understand the drama we have to go through to look good!! I remember my mom PULLING at my hair to get it in a tight braid and I would cry and she would NOT be sympathetic so I'm just passing on the circle of life! =) Oh and btw, I wish I could scrunch my girls hair and have it turn out like Raegan's!! All 3 of my girls have STICK STRAIGHT hair!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! These are all super cute! Can't wait to try them but man I know it will be a struggle. I have perfected doing pigtails while Kendra is on the run and I have to chase after her doing them!
ReplyDeleteReagan - even though you might not appreciate it, you are lucky to have a mommy who cares what you look like! You are adorable with all your cute little hairstyles...
ReplyDeleteFirst, let me say how I wish I had seen this when my girlie (now 3 with tons of hair) was just a little tyke. She is my fourth, born after THREE BOYS so I was trying to figure out how to do her hair when there wasn't that much.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, for the Mommas out there that think that it is too much work and the reward isn't great...it is! Doing your darlings hair when they're small is difficult but WORTH it because if you do their hair everyday from birth (okay so maybe not that much, but more often than not) they learn to sit still as they grow. Plus my favorite memories of childhood were when My Mother did my hair. My boys get jealous of the time my daughter Elsbeth gets to spend with me while I do her hair.
Thanks again for the ideas...I'm sure I can make them work for us even with a boat load of hair :)
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pThis post is great -- but what *reallY* made me smile is the big ol' bottle of Renew lotion on your counter. I love that stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for these ideas- they are SO cute! Do you use any products like hairspray or gel to keep it so smooth? My baby's hair always ends up looking fuzzy with lots of flyaways all over!
ReplyDeletewhat do you use to scrunch the hair?, email me at supermanscutie@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI have been doing my daughter Reagan's hair since she was like 2 days old! ;) a little corn syrup goes a long way! ;) seriously though, i used the bumbo on the counter until my daughter was almost 4. It was way harder for her to wiggle around and move.
ReplyDeleteWhat I love MOST about this post is how you showed what the bathroom looks like after and being honest about the meltdowns (yours AND hers!). Most moms would just present he perfect hair and leave it at that. Loving your honesty and your ideas!
ReplyDeleteLOL! I honestly believe our daughter-in-love would have to sedate our toddler granddaughter in order to do any one of these styles. Right now, they're into two ponies at the top, but I'll send her this link anyway. Very, very cute!
ReplyDeleteThis is so perfect my lil girl is 22 months and has longer hair but poor thing is blessed with hair th grows straight down into her face so she always rocks the side ponytail on top unless we do pigtails but I have been looking for new styles so thanks so much for these is that product in her hair or water for most of them and if so what do u use
ReplyDeleteLove all the hairstyles. I give my little girl dry erase markers to draw on the mirror with while I do her hair. She loves it.
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ReplyDeleteDarling ideas! found you on pinterest. It is my personal opinion that every mom should own a topsi-tail;) i use it almost daily on my 3 year old who has shoulder lgth hair. it is my saving grace as i can not braid very well! great blog.
ReplyDeleteYour hands are magical :)) Do you have any video demonstrating?
ReplyDeletehow in the world do you do that with her hair? my little girl is 20 months old and she might stay there for me to put up a simple pony but as soon as im done she pulls it down, thats the part i cant get down is keeping her from pulling her hair down. oooh, it irritates me so much. then she will come over to me with her hair band and want me to put it up again, this will be an entire afternoon if i let it. but she is so darn cute i cant get mad at her. i just let her run around with her scraggly almost mullet boy hair and she is happy.
ReplyDeleteThese are super cute!!
ReplyDeleteI admit, I do my girls' hair in front of the TV with their favorite program, spray bottle of water, and toys and it's still a fight (my counters are super small!!).
Can't wait to try them out!!
I agree with the commenter who says that doing their hair regularly now conditions them to sit more easily as they get older. I struggle to do my daughters hair most days of the week. She's almost 2 and incredibly strong willed. Dora is our best distraction but even that isn't always fail proof. Thanks for sharing these, I'm definitely going to try a couple of them on my daughter.
ReplyDeleteDivine! Well done :) I am a working Mom and am ashamed that hubby is an ace at doing her hair and I can't. I shall use this as my secret weapon!
ReplyDeleteHow did you get that cute little curl to stay in her straight hair in the last pic??
ReplyDeleteLOVE this! Thank you so much for making this post. My little girl's hair really is crazy.
ReplyDeleteI've been searching and searching for toddler girl hairstyles thank you! I will be trying them all
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing ideas! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat did you use to scrunch the hair in the last one? My lil one has some curl & I would love to try this!!!!
ReplyDeleteIf "meltdowns will happen", why stress yourself and your child for a completely discretionary thing like a pointless hairstyle?
ReplyDeleteThe hairstyles are just amazing. I'm definitely going to try them all including the other 22. But I do have to ask.. Would you be able to recommend any other method for "fly aways" without all the hair spray?? Thanks for the tips! Reagan is just beautiful and your talent is amazing =)
ReplyDeleteYay, thank you so much for this! My daughter's just a bit older than a year and her hair keeps getting in her eyes. She's too young for little clips and such, but I have about a million little rubber bands, and have been getting creative with 'em the past few days inspired by this post. Not only does it keep her hair out of her eyes, but it's super cute, and she actually seems to really love it!
ReplyDeleteI'm finding for us, sitting on the floor with her on my lap works better than her up on a counter, as if she drops something it doesn't have so long to fall (a good thing when her favourite distraction is my phone set to camera mode). A bowl of cheerios or other nibbles helps too.
To help tame flyaways and make her hair easier to manage (it's so fine, it just wafts in the slightest breeze, like smoke!), I make my own flax seed gel and work just a tiny dab into her dampened hair. Makes it much easier to get a straight part or whatever, and it's perfectly safe and even edible.
You should post a video doing this on a doll so we can see how it is done. Very cute ideas, I'm just not sure how you are doing some of them.
ReplyDeleteThese are some cute ideas, but I had to laugh at your last disclaimer saying that some days you just have to do a side ponytail and call it good. If I manage to comb my daughter's hair and get a side ponytail in, I feel like it's an above average day. But then again I'm also going to school.
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