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@Rachel Thank you! I’m just trying to be prepared completely for anything. It’s gonna be harder to find a curl specialist out here where I live, but I’m spreading the horizon since I live in a small town. I just want my baby to feel confident in their skin and hair, and I don’t want to be the reason they aren’t .
Oh trust me! I understand first hand my mom did NOT know what to do with my curls and never got me to anyone. But the internet also wasn't like it is now. There are ways to type its hair at home too! Just the fact that their confidence in being a person of color is a concern to you tells me you will be just fine and figure it out 🥰. But I'm telling you it will be trial and error. But thats the fun part!! If you don't know how to french braid, maybe take time to learn that now. That is a simple but effective way to keep their hair neat and put together regardless of gender. Learning how to braid my own hair was a game changer.
Honestly you’ll have to wait until the baby is here to see what kind of texture they end up with. Also their hair texture can change a lot or be different throughout their head. Hope this helps!
@Rachel I love braiding and have practiced getting better ever since I found out I was pregnant. I’m honestly trying to be the best prepared.
@Kay Thank you, it helps a lot!
I’m Black & PR and my black mom had issues with my hair because with biracial hair it’s more than curls. Porosity/texture is a huge factor. I’d highlyyyy recommend you looking up Christy Gior, she’s a white woman to 6 adoptive kids. She does amazing hairstyles on her black daughters hair, shows wash days/routines, products etc. I think visuals are better than just people listing things. She’s amazinggg.
I’m in the exact same boat! I’m white but my hair is very curly , shea moisture is amazing ! I plan on using it for my biracial baby although I will of course change if it doesn’t work for her !
My partner is biracial, and his parents always kept his head shaved so he didn’t even know he had curly hair until the pandemic. He thought he just had frizzy hair as a grew out, and I was like no I think we need to get you different products. He is kind of a 3C/4a. So I expect you’ll have to do what we did which is just keep trying different products until you figure out what you like. But depending on how tight the curls or kinks, I don’t think that the method changes all that much. So you might want to research the steps. For instance, we discovered that the following routine works best for Charles. He has a full wash day once a week, which includes first using a co-wash, and what she uses a large tooth comb to de-tangle. Then if he feels like he needs a more intense wash because he’s been getting an itchy scalp, he’ll wash with a shampoo meant for his type of hair, then he conditions and combs his whole head through with a palm-comb…
After the first conditioner, he uses a leave in conditioner and runs the pump come through again just to make sure there are no tangles. And when he gets out, he lets it drip off a little bit and then add cream moisturize and minimize phrase, and then a gel to lock in the curls. In between wash day, if he feels like his hair is getting frizzy were sweaty from working out, he might use just water to rinse, and then add leave in conditioner, the cream and the gel. Or he has a really gentle wash he uses mid week that is specifically for people with his hair type who work out a lot. Also, we switch to silk pillowcases, and got him some satin bonnets to sleep in to minimize the frizz and allow him to go longer without wetting his hair, which takes a very very long time to dry. He used to favor the bonnets, but now he likes this pillowcases more and mainly just uses the bonnets on the couch. He even takes pillowcases when he travels now. He really likes Kin brand hoodies, and beanies.
Hiii! I'm bi racial (black and white) and I have to say that it really depends on the baby's hair! I have 3a/3b low porosity hair. But for example, my bffs 10 year old son has mildly wavy hair closer to typical white folks hair. My other bi racial friend has 4c hair. I will say I really like Shea Moisture hair products. They have a baby line as well! For me, I love cocoa butters/Shea butters and other rich moisturizers for my skin but unsure how old a kid needs to be for standard beauty products. Even though I am mixed, I'm having a baby with a Chinese man so I'm also unsure how the baby's hair will be. (I hope it's curly like mom but who knows 🤣) I think it is really going to be trial and error, but the fact that you're thinking of it now is really telling that you will be just fine!! I reccommend looking for a curly hairstylist once baby is here and have its hair typed so you know what products to use. Congrats momma!