Growing out my daughter's bangs?

Question

It's so hard to keep up with them and keep them trimmed out of her eyes... you literally have to get them cut at least once a week! So, a while back, I decided to grow them out. Once they grow just under her chin, I plan on getting her hair cut all one length. In the meantime, I've been either pinning it back or putting ponytails in. BUT, I have a few people who don't agree and who give me a hard time about it constantly. My husband, my mother-in-law and my step-father-in-law. Each of them have a problem with it and still think I need to cut her bangs. I, on the other hand, think it's much easier to deal with when it's long. I've had my hair all one length for as long as I can remember and I could not go back to dealing with bangs.

What are YOUR opinions on bangs? Keep them short or grow them out? BTW... she is three.

Answer 1

OMG- other people need to butt out!  My husband decided one day to cut our toddler's bangs because we were tired of dealing with it in her eyes and trying to keep barrettes in, blah blah.  Everyone loved the new look.  Until we decided to let them keep growing out.  Now, our family tells us that we should cut her bangs and my husband is sick of it.  I personally think no bangs is best.  You can see their entire cute face!  I think kids with bangs just don't look their best.  It's really all in your personal opinion.

However, no bangs can get difficult to manage especially with little kids.  You have to put their hair back almost every day so their hair isn't in their face when they are playing.  Then it comes undone later and you have to fix it.  With bangs, all you do is brush and go.

Answer 2

Grow them out. Bangs are a nuisance to tend. If they have so much of an opinion on it, then ask them if they will take her to get her bangs cut every week. If they are willing to, then let it go. But if they just whine and complain some more, let them grow out so you can have an easier day.

If your daughter wants the bangs, ask her to try them while they are grown out first and if she doesn't like it, then it would be best to let her have her hair the way she wants her hair. She probably will want her hair like yours at this age though. good luck.

Answer 3

My daughter is 3 and I am doing the same thing I just put it up daily till they grow.  I would keep doing what you are doing and for the record my husbands wants me to cut my daughters also but i told him since he is not the one that does her hair I get to do what I want with it

Answer 4

Grow them out! at that age it just gets in the way! try and grow them out, would be more managable and that

xx good luck

Answer 5

YOU are the one that has to deal with her hair, not them!  I would grow them out if I were you and keep them pulled back.  I have bangs and as soon as they get a millimeter too long they drive me crazy.  

I like how it looks too, you can see more of her cute little face!

Answer 6

Kids and bangs just dont go! My girls have none and never will...they get too long too fast and when they are running about they get sweaty and stick to their heads. When it is all one length you just put it all in a ponytail! Or clip it back with a nice barrette....carry on !

Answer 7

My daughter is three, and I've been growing out her bangs since she was born. It's much easier to me to have it one length verses trying to keep it out of her eyes. I've never let anyone cut them, only trimmed them when she's gotten her hair cut..

Answer 8

I started letting my daughter's bangs grow out around the time she was 8 or 9 (now 18).  It was a pain, but I started with a middle part and just used barretts to hold the hair back.  It looked cute, and since you're daughter is young and probably isn't doing her own hair and YOU'RE the one doing it, then tell the others to keep their opinions to themselves. When she's old enough and can manage her own hair (if she wants bangs back) she can change her hair style then.

Answer 9

my daughter is 3 and I have her bangs grown out, its hard to keep them out of their face while doing so but is so much easier to deal with in the end. I had people give me a hard time about it to but she is your daughter and it is your decision until she's old enough so do what you want.

Answer 10

I think most bangs are horrible on toddlers, lol. Especially when you have them cut straight across. I've been getting the same comments from my personal peanut gallery because my brat is 19 months old and I haven't had her hair cut. We're working on training her hair to the side so it doesn't hang in her face so much, but the tips of her bangs hang just below her lips now, and all I hear is that when I leave her at grammy's she might get a surprise haircut, lol. But then they also want my boyfriends mortician cousin to cut it, and I just think that's weird,lol, a wriggling toddler is a lot different from someone who's deceased(am i unjustified? lol). Good luck!