Curls may be gone?

[DawnM]

UGH!   My 2 year old came to us in April with darling ringlet type curls.   His hair was very thin and wispy.   We gave him a haircut and cut most of the curls off, I felt horrible about it, I didn't realize it would cut the much off.

Now it has semi-grown back.   But the beautiful curls are not there.   There is some curl and definitely wavy, but I think they may be gone.

However, his hair is thicker and I am wondering if better nutrition and physical growth have weighted down his hair a bit?

Anything I should try?  I really don't want to rely on a product in the hair of a 2 year old.

[Jaybee]

No ideas, but I can sympathize. My oldest dd had the most beautiful copper-colored curly hair as a toddler. As she grew, it lost most of the curl. As a woman, she still has cute little baby curls around the edges when she puts her hair up, but the curly curls are all gone.

[Amira]

That happened with two of my boys.  I knew the curls would go when I cut their hair because the same thing happened to me and my sisters when we were little.  Same with a couple of my nieces and nephews.  All you can do is enjoy it while it lasts. 

[73349]

It just happens with maturity. Also, many blonde children have their hair turn brown after a few years.

[DawnM]

14 minutes ago, whitehawk said:

It just happens with maturity. Also, many blonde children have their hair turn brown after a few years.

 

My two oldest (and my bio) kids were like this.   One was very white haired blonde.  His hair is almost black now.   Oldest had dirty blonde hair as a kid, now dark brown.

[Terabith]

My youngest had ringlet curls that disappeared when we cut it when she was two.  Interestingly, her hair does get wavier as it gets longer, but there are no more ringlets.  I was so bummed.  

[Arctic Bunny]

Same with youngest DS. Blond curls, now dirty brown and straight. His brother, however, who always had straight brown hair, now has the loveliest auburn hair, with just a touch of curl when tousled. Sigh, and he doesn’t appreciate it AT ALL.

[freesia]

Sorry, Dawn. Both dd and I had those curls. They lasted a bit longer bc we were girls, but once our hair was cut (for dd around 4) the ringlets didn’t come back.  The pictures are precious, though!

The  thicker hair is probably a combo of maturity as well as nutrition.  All of mine had thinner hair as babies/toddlers that got thicker .  I don’t know if that’s a fair haired kid thing or not ( and not sure if the ethnicity of your little guy) but it is common. 

[Harriet Vane]

Happened to my daughter. She was born with beautiful, fluffy, strawberry-blonde curls. Everyone asked where all that red came from. (Answer: my grandmother) I did not cut her curls, nevertheless her hair changed as she grew. By the time she was 2yo her hair was long and extremely thick and honey-blonde. It's wavy but not curly, more so when she wears it short. She's very beautiful, but she is not a redhead as we originally thought she would be.

[Corraleno]

I think this happens with most kids. DS had wispy blonde ringlets until he was about 2, then it started getting darker and straighter, and by the age of 5 his hair was dark brown and totally straight.

[Katy]

Yep, this has happened with some of the kids in my family too.  Baby hair ringlets, toddler hair barely wavy, or maybe wavy only when wet.

[Guest]

IME, the uncut baby hair was curly but the non-virginal hair did not have the curls. 

[EKS]

My son's hair was not curly when he was little and then he always kept it really short, but we discovered in the past 9 months of no haircuts that his hair has this crazy Einstein quality.  He likes it and has decided to keep it.  So, you may just have to wait!

Edited September 7, 2020 by EKS

[stephanier.1765]

It  happened to my son right around that same age. Thankfully, I kept one of his little ringlets. Never fails to amaze my how blond and curly it was. Dark and straight now.

 

[KungFuPanda]

I've kept my ringlets my whole life thus far but I'm a redhead.  My son's baby curls were gone after that first haircut.  They might have showed up if he wore it long, but not on a typical boy cut.  It got curly and thicker in puberty and now he has a "fro when it gets longer.  Dd started with straight hair and got waves in puberty.  Both went from blonde to brown or auburn.

[hippiemamato3]

My son (17) has beautiful curls. When his hair gets cut, they definitely go away a bit, but once the hair grows back, and the longer it gets, the tighter the curls become. It's kind of funny!  ETA: he hasn't had a haircut since March and the curls are amazing right now. Perfect tight ringlets...and when you pull on them his hair is quite long, but you'd never know it!

Edited September 8, 2020 by hippiemamato3

[Starr]

We had that happen although I think I waited until he was three. His hair was still a little curly and more so if it was cut for curls.

[bullseye]

How are you caring for it? If he's predisposed to curls, the right hair care routine can make a big difference. You need a shampoo formulated for curly hair, without all the sulfates, silicones, parabens, etc. - just a little on the scalp - and then plenty of conditioner. Detangle in the bath using fingers, not a comb, and sort of scrunch them up and let them air dry. My youngest has natural curls and they do turn wavy/frizzy when she gets a hold of the hairbrush.