How to cut your baby

For most parents, a child's haircut- the same stress as for their child. Tantrums, tears, whims- this is not all that children can do in order to avoid such an unpleasant procedure for them. But besides this, parents are worried about the quality of the haircut. How to cut your baby correctly so that everyone is happy? We will talk about this further.

How to trim your baby at home

In order for the haircut to go smoothly and without injuries, it is recommended to do it at home. This is especially true for the first haircut. As statistics show, it is the first unsuccessful experience that can provoke the development of fears, which in the future will affect not only the nerves of the parents and the baby, but also the master.

First of all, you need to prepare your parents. For a haircut at home you will need:

• special scissors;
• high stools;
• cape on the shoulders;
• water;
• hairbrush.

Next, you need to prepare the child. It is necessary to explain to him what will be done with his hair. After this, it is recommended to put the baby on a chair, put a special cape over his shoulders and distract him with something so that the child does not spin. For example, you can include cartoons.

It is important to dampen your hair with water to make it easier to cut. After that, you can start the procedure.

Hairdressers recommend tilting the baby's head first and removing excess hair from the neck area. To do this, pinch the hair between your index and middle finger and cut it to the desired length. The same manipulations should be carried out along the entire length of the hair, turning the child around as needed. It is important to pay special attention to the back of the head. In this case, the hair must be combed back and cut to the desired length.

How to trim a child with a clipper

Trimming a child with a clipper is not difficult. Even the one who first picked up this instrument can cope with this. Where do you start?

Of course, with explanations to the child what a machine is, how it works and what it is intended for. You can show how it works at the ends of your hair.

When the child realizes that everything is not as scary as it seems at first glance, you can start preparing. First, you should put the child on a chair, moisten his hair, comb it. Next, choose an attachment for the machine and start the procedure from the ears and back of the head, and finish with a bang. These are the places where the hair is usually the most difficult to cut, so the child should be asked to sit upright. If there are long hairs that the machine could not cut off, then you need to fix it with scissors. Then it remains only to wash the baby's head and thank him with a pleasant surprise for his perseverance.

How to cut a child's bangs

Cutting the bangs is an important stage, on which 50% of the hairstyle depends. Keep in mind that wet hair is easier to cut, but after it dries, the bangs will be much shorter.

So, in order for the bangs to be perfect, you must first divide it into 3 even layers. The top layer only needs to be slightly shortened, the middle one is a few millimeters smaller than the top one, and the bottom one should be made a little shorter than the previous one. After all the manipulations, you can dry the bangs with a hairdryer, straightening it a little.

If parents want to make a perfectly straight bangs for a child, it is enough to slightly moisten the hair, ask the child to close his eyes, then separate the bangs from the rest of the hair and cut it evenly, focusing on the level of the eyebrows. Ideally, the bangs should cover them, since after drying, it will rise and just be in line with the eyebrows.

How to cut a child: video

If parents want to cut their child's hair, it is recommended to watch the video in advance, learn about all the nuances and rules. As the saying goes: "It's better to see once than hear a hundred times."

Given the number of video tutorials, you can safely learn how to cut your child's hair using a minimum of tools. Over time, the acquired skills will allow you to experiment and delight your child with new, more complex haircuts.