As Weird as It Sounds, I Need Help with Baby Hair....

We use Pinks Oil on my son's hair. As long as you don't put too much in it then it will not look greasy. You get get it at Walmart, Target, etc. but I have found that it is usually a little bit cheaper at Sally Beauty Supply. They have some "off" brands of it too that work just as well.

I agree with the Pink's oil, as it's what my mom used on my hair growing up to prevent tangles.

Not wierd at all, B.. You say he's got your hair texture along with tight curls, correct? What is your texture? That may help get the right answer for you. He's old enough for a regular shampoo so maybe a curl defining system with after-bath products would do well. Johnson n Johnson as well as Aveno have gentle,nice smelling and effective products. There is also no shame in taking him to the salon with you and let a professional get a look and feel for your son's hair and advise you from there. The great thing about advice is that you have the choice of trying it or disrearding it based on what you feel is right for your child. Good luck.

First, let me say that I am a licensed cosmotologist who is africian american. Here are a few suggestions: 1.) Don't wash his hair every day. He needs to keep some of the natural oil. 2.) Try using lotion on his hair when styling. Johnsons and Johnsons has some oil in it and it will help to keep the hair supple. ( I do not recommend the PINK OIL because it builds up on the hair shaft and eventually breaks the hair and causes extremely dry ends.) Celebrate the union of two cultures and experiement with all kinds of hairstyles. Be careful going to just any salon, becuse some do not know how to take care of transracial hair and will do more harm than good.

As his texture continues to change, please feel free to contact me for more advise. Adventually you may need to use a heavier oil on his hair. Good luck and congratulations on a handsome transracial baby boy! I bet he is the apple of your eye.

My daughter is also biracial and has very spiral curls that easily tangle. What I do is buy the Sunsilk Hydra TLC 24/7 Creme(Pink Bottle)and apply it to damp hair and it does excellent. Her hair actually looks better and is way more manageable with the Sunsilk. It is also easier to comb or brush with a vent brush if its wet beforehand. It seems to tangle less. Good Luck and God Bless.

well B. my daughter has curly hair and what I do is use a hair product called tea tree oil on her hair first and then use a detangler next, the best detangler believe or not that i have found is the target brand over by the baby bath products I just spray it on and its easyy to comb and it brings the curls out more. alot of them are telling you to wash the hair daily you do not need to do this it will only make it dry, depending on if her hair is more black or not. do however oil it because if you dont it will break off. Use a african american shampoo because others will dry it out as well. If you have a child with black heritage you have to treat it somewhat like african american hair give or take depeding on the grade. my friend at work has a little girl and boy both bi-racial and they have beautiful curly hair and she uses light pink oil moisterizer and a detangler

It sounds that child's hair is very special.
Go to a business were they deal with the hair.
Like a Beauty Shop.
They might be able to help yo.
You have a great day Today
Vicki W.

You can go to Wal-Mart and get ‘Just for Me’ baby products for the hair, in the Black hair care section. I got a jar of a softener that really helped me when I combed out my son's hair and kept it looking great. I also washed his hair every other day to every three days to keep it from drying out and used the cream twice a week.

http://www.texturesoftener.com/completefamily.html

Good Luck and God Bless,

Not uncommon with bi-racial children (I hate that term). Anyway I have a not so little girl anymore. She is 13. Her hair is brown and curly but my texture which is very fine. She is now taking care of it on her own. When she was little I would wash her hair daily because that is what I done with mine. I used extra conditioner and a product called Infusium Leave In Treatment in the mornings after wetting it down. This made it easier to comb out and tamed it down. When she woke up from naps I usually just wet it down a little to get rid of any fuzzy areas. It actually was very nice and still is. Now she washes her hair every 2-3 days and conditions it daily. She uses this stuff called Silk every day. It is a jel mixed with a conditioner. It is green and white swirls in a clear bottle. She uses Infusium whenever she washes it to keep extra moisture in it. She does get dry hair every once in a while if she washes it too much. Aussie shampoo and conditioner seem to work the best for her also. I tried several things before I found what worked best for her. Everyones hair is different.

I am assuming that you don't want it to curl or that you don't want it him to have the black features.
I am a hair dresser and if you put stuff on it, it will just make it greasy looking. About the only thing that you can do to straighten it out is to blow it out with the hair dryer and a brush and pull it pretty hard to get it straight. I am afraid that is just going to be one of the characteristics that he and you will have to deal with. It will never be straight as the black characteristics will always be dominant. The best and easiest thing to do is just let it hang curly. Being the texture of white hair it will hang differently and it will look differently as it grows out.
There are products that you can buy that will help straighten it a little like shampoos and conditioners and things like that, that may help. You will just have to experiment to see what does help.
Good luck.

Dear B.,

I have three bi-racial children. I use Johnson and Johnson's Shampoo Plus Conditioner for Extra Curls. I also use a leave in moisturizer. The moisturizer, I change I just make sure that there is no alcohol in it. So I don't dry their curls out. The main thing is to keep the curls moisturized so they look beautiful and bouncy.

my son is also bi-racial and tight little white people hair curls, when he was 11 months it was going crazy but you have to wait one more month till he is one to get it cut otherwise it will get majorly thick. I took my son on his first birthday to JJAYS kidz cut on falls of neuse rd in raleigh and they did a fantastic job trimming the curls to make them even. my son is 2 now and he goes to the barber shop with dad but jjays will do his first hair cut and they will even give you a certificate with his picture for his first hair cut to frame and put on the wall. It is a little expensive but it is only for the first cut but I am sure you will love it. My son looked so cute after he was done I could not stop looking at him... haha please email me with more question I would love to talk with someone that has br-racial kids like me there is so much to learn just about hair you should see my daughters hair what a job that is... haha. ____@____.com

I'm the mom (Caucasian) of a 3.5 yr. old bi-racial girl. She has very curly hair, but not kinky, that is more silky with dry ends. Due to her very dry skin, we never use shampoo, just rinse very will with lots of water. We religiously use Miss Jessie's hair products (www.missjessies.com). My daughter's hair is beautiful and managable and so easy to maintain. We use the rapid recovery cream conditioner once or twice a week, then use one of the other products to maintain her style. Our favs are the baby butter cream and curly pudding. They also smell wonderful. Expensive, but worth every penny!

After you wash it add a touch of baby lotion to it and comb it out all the way it should curl right back up but dont force it. Or do the same as you would a little girl and shape it around your finger. My twin boys have two differrent types of hair that they both get from their father. When your son goes for his first hair cut try to find a black barber or use the one the boys father goes to. :)

my neighbor has 2 little girls who are mixed and i actually talked to her about this the other night.... she said that their hair has her texture (white mom) and dads curls she said that she just uses reg products and it works fine. hope this helps!