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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Has anyone figured out how to get three-year-olds to sit still while you do their hair?

'Cause I haven't. That's why you so often see the quick, easy little side ponytail on the top of Ro and Ree's heads. Keeps the hair out of their faces, lasts all day long through twinado-force roughhousing, and only takes about six seconds to do. Outfit #22 (also Ro had rainbow ponies in her hair)This morning I tried something new with Ro. We called it Split Rainbow Ponies, and I'm kinda liking it. It was a new variation on Ro's old fave hairdo called Rainbow Ponies. If you want to try it, mist all of the hair with a spray bottle. Make a row of three small ponytails in the front and secure them with rubberbands (the only ones we use are Kid Connection bands from Walmart, seriously, they rock). Then split each front-row pony in half and join it with its neighboring half of a pony and a little bit of new hair. The new hair anchors the pony. I made four ponies for the second row. I would have liked to make a third row, but Ro announced we were done, so we stopped there and were all happy. Split rainbow ponies (divide front row ponies in half then combine into next row) Split rainbow ponies Split rainbow ponies I used one color of bands for the first row and a different color for the second row. And since this was the first time trying this hairdo, I didn't get it as smooth as I should have (hence the little clump of snarly hair in the first picture). But hey, any hairdo that stays in the girls' slippery hair all through preschool and only takes a few minutes to do is a big win in this house. I'll definitely do this one again.

32 comments:

  1. Very cute! Must try this...

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  2. Cute hairdo! I have boys, but I do their hair while they are eating breakfast. If I miss that opportunity I don't have another chance until they are in their carseats in the garage just before we're about to leave. It's like herding cats!

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  3. Love it, thanks for sharing.

    I have a two year old, I give her the toothbrush when I'm doing her hair. She gnaws away at it, oh, I mean, brushes her teeth of course!!

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  4. I don't think children are capable of sitting still while having their hair done.

    We use those bands too with our daughter's very thin hair and they do rock.

    Since your daughters seem to get a lot of water time. How do you keep their hair out of their faces? It's becoming a problem with our little one.

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  5. I am horrible at hair-but I'm tempted to wake up Martina from her nap and try it! She wants to grow her bangs out so we need a lot of pony options.

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  6. Super cute! I have been wanting to let you know of another thing to try...do the rainbow ponytails, but don't snug them to the head yet. divide the hair under the hairband and flip the banded section over and through. then pull the band snug against the hair. It adds a pretty twist and holds even better! We like to tuck little bows or flowers to dress it up for fancy occasions. Sometimes the un-twisted ponytails can get a little to 'sticking up'. Does that even make sense? :)

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  7. Thanks for the ideas everyone!

    2China4S: The best thing I've found for water play is a french braid or two. They don't have to be good at all, just do them really quick and they'll stay just fine until you're out of the pool. If I don't pull the hair up some way, the girls end up looking like they have rats nests at the bottom of their hair. And combing those knots out is horrible!

    Becky: Do you have any pictures?! This sounds so cool but I'm not quite sure I really get it.

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  8. My daughter doesn't like to sit still for hairdos either and she is almost 5. The best thing to do is give them something to keep them busy in their hands, like a snack, game, etc.
    I find it so hard to keep the new growth of hair around the forehead back. My daughter likes just one solid pony in the back, but the hair in the front is not long enough b/c of new growth. It falls in her face all the time. I did get some of those stretchy headband things at walmart, which help, when she will wear it. I wonder if they ever stop growing all that new growth in the front.

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  9. Very pretty! I think I used to do that to my own hair for basketball practice back in the 80's! I can't wait until Lanie's hair gets long enough to do ponies. :)
    -Heather

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  10. Anonymous6/25/2009

    I usually wait until the girls are drowsy...right after bath with freshly washed hair. Let it dry slightly, and spray with spray gel, especially around the hairline. Using a rattail comb, make your partings. That rattail makes perfect partings! You did a great job. The girls are darling, as always. I'm laughing about Jessica's comment 'like herding cats'....for some reason I had thought that was OUR family saying. Guess not. :-) Jen

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  11. My daughter called that hairstyle "Cinderella hair". I don't know why. We would also use little tiny comb clips to do it. And she would leave those in because it was Princess Hair!

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  12. You're so creative. Smiley faces out of bacon and bowls of Cheerio's, super cute Bentos...and now this. You're a multi-media artist, my friend!

    Oh, and I just give Pi a book or something to look at while I do her hair. Seems to help her sit still for the duration. Plus, she's so INTO her hair that she'll sit still until it's done. Perfectly. ;-)

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  13. The hairstyle that Becky talked about I can only do using this TopsyTail tool my sister gave me -

    http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/topsy_tail.html

    It looks really cute on both my 8 & 4 year old daughters!

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  14. Hey if you can get those into their hair, you don't need any advice! I am lucky if I can get a brush through her hair, let alone a barette!

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  15. I have seen this on several little girls and had wondered how to do it. Thanks so much for posting a little mini-tutorial of sorts!!

    This will work great for my daughter's hair, especially for gymnastics competitions!! :)

    Oh, and I must say, I love the bacon smile as well...so creative! I believe I will have to steal that idea if you don't mind!

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  16. Love the new ponies.....very cute!!

    Ummm....my child WILL not let me get more than a clip in her hair....that is why we keep going shorter and shorter with the do. She screamed and cried everytime I went near her with a brush. I literally chased her around every morning....she would not sit still. Many days we left for the house with one pigtail......


    Lisa

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  17. Ever since dd2 was old enough to stand up, she put hair ties into my hands and stood still, just like dd1 does, at the dining room table. :) She was about 14 months old then. LOL She wanted to be just like her big sister!

    Now that she's 3, I do her hair in her booster seat, while she's eating breakfast. Weird, I know, but she's still and engaged in a favorite activity: eating!

    I always use a spray bottle to make the hair damp (even wet in places) which makes combing it into a "do" much much easier. I can do it in 45 seconds!

    It helps to have an older role model! dd1's hair is almost touching her hips!!
    Best,
    Snick :)

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  18. I used to do this one all the time with my first-born (now 13!). Thanks for the reminder to try it with my little Lainey!

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  19. I like the devilish look in the middle pic!

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  20. I do what Jessica & Snickerdoodle do & my girls get their hair done while they eat. They are only 1 ~ (almost) but they have to be contained in their high chair. They don't fight me while they are eating. They would really like to chew on their hair clips & rubberbands if I would let them, but they don't see what I am doing when I stand behind them. I just get a little brush wet & run it through their hair ~ since they are still working on growing it, it gets it all wet! So far they only get a ponytail on top of their heads.

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  21. Cute shots! Thanks for the tip on the hair bands! I have tried every type from Target, but haven't tried the ones from Wal-Mart. Must...go...to...Wal-Mart...

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  22. Anonymous6/25/2009

    Very cute! Check this out - you may find some useful ideas for your girls here...
    http://shedoeshair.blogspot.com/
    Trish

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  23. I laughed at the title of your post. Very cute hairstyle, I'm pretty sure my almost 3 year old won't sit still that long . . . I guess I will have to try one of the tricks suggested :)

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  24. I'm betting that I will be referring back to this post when I finally have my little girl. My son definitely wouldn't be happy if I practiced this on him.

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  25. Very cute!! I'll have to wait until Naomi grows a bit more hair. sigh. It's taking forever!

    When I do her hair I give her a book, works pretty well!

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  26. Emily doesn't have enough hair for this yet, but I'm going to remember it cause it's cute as all get out!

    Em loves her hair bows. She likes them so much she usually rips them out moments after i put them in so she can play with them. *sigh*

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  27. The look she is giving on the close up shot is crazy cute!

    Keep smilin!

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  28. I really love this hairdo--gotta try it!

    I always do my girls' hair during breakfast while they're eating.

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  29. I'm gonna have to try those new hair do's... Sydney prefers pigtails and Peyton likes one HIGH pony. I'm gonna show them these picture and suggest we do it.

    Wish me luck.

    The girls are beautiful

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