I've been cutting my son's hair since he was about 1 year old. Cutting baby hair is extremely hard because they non-stop move so I would just use scissors and snip here and there. It didn't look the best but it kept his hair out of his eyes. As he grew older I was able to get him to sit still longer with a trick! Are you ready to hear my trick? It's called putting a tv or tablet in front of him and bribing him with a treat after! It works for me! I can get maybe 20 minutes to a half hour out of this bribe! I also am now able to use an electric hair trimmer which works much better for me then scissors!
The 1st time I used the electric trimmer I really messed up his hair so I ended up just buzzing it! The best part about cutting boys hair is if you mess up you just buzz and it will grow back. Then you try again! So that's what I did! I educated myself with endless YouTube videos and the 2nd try was the charm! He had the best looking hair cut! In my opinion it actually looked professional! My husband was even impressed but still not willing to let me touch his hair! After endless attempts my husband finally agreed to let me "try" and cut his hair. Well I attempted and grew insecure and stopped in the middle. He looked like Jim Carey from dumb and dumber. We both laughed a bit and then I sent him to the Hair Cuttery so they could fix it! The hair dresser told my husband I didn't do a bad job I just needed to blend the back and it would have been fine.
I guess my insecurities got the best of me. I didn't think he would let me try again but then quarantine happened and we had no choice! He let me try again and this time I actually did a great job! My trick with the trimmer is to start with the shortest guard (3mm) for the whole head and then progressively move to longer guard lengths as you approach the top part of the head.
There you have it! This is how I taught myself to cut hair! It's great because now we save so much money on hair cuts too!! I actually even cut my own hair during Quarantine too! Check out my pictures!
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