Struggling with hair cuts

Anyone else’s little one absolutely hate getting their hair cut? It’s a job I hate when it’s due to get trimmed 😅 he cries and screams the whole way through. He’s nearly 2 and has been getting his hair cut since being 1, he sits in a little car at the barbers which he loves, but as soon as they come near him that’s it.
Hoping one day soon he’ll just chill 😅

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Yeah my son’s the same. His dad once took him to 3 Barbers’s cas the previous 2 just wouldn’t trim him because of the tantrums.
Weirdly the 3rd barber my son loved and now he’s very happy and calm but he has to go to that one barber lol

aww really, glad he’s found someone he’s comfortable with! we’ve been to 2 different ones but he’s just the same, one day it’ll click I hope 😂🤞🏼

You could maybe try taking him somewhere that doesn’t have the little car. I know that sounds counter intuitive but my son goes to the same place as my partner and just sits on his knee while the guy cuts his hair. There’s nothing around/kid friendly that would really interest him so he just sits still lol and gets it cut. Well I think that’s why he might be sitting still lol 🤣. Might be worth a try xx

Just to give you hope, my son has needed haircuts from a very young age and has always hated them but the last time, he stopped crying halfway through and managed to calm down, so hoping this is the way forward as his barber (luckily our neighbour) tells us..!

My little boy won’t get his haircut he’s absolutely terrified, I keep trying but we don’t get very far. I’ve tried a kids barbers, a familiar family friend coming to our home, my hairdresser, I’m considering just getting someone to do it when he’s asleep 🙈

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