Comments on: Ask Afrobella: Little Boys with Kinks and Coils

By: christophe anther

christophe anther — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:50:45 +0000

Interesting, we want more.

By: Ivy Mae

Ivy Mae — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:16:21 +0000

Thanks, very helpful post. I’m a white mom to an African American 18-month old son through adoption, and while I love his twists or loose afro, I am still learning to get over my fear of what people think of my hair care skills. It’s refreshing to hear others confirm for me that I don’t really have to just buzz it off once he gets to be 2 or 3. I don’t think I could stand it anyways!

By: KK

KK — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:49:25 +0000

What’s a good hair solution, which is unscented, for the grown man with dry hair and scalp?

By: Product Love

Product Love — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:56:21 +0000

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By: julia

julia — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:58:09 +0000

This has been so helpful for me. My little guy is 18 months old and we have yet to cut his hair. We’ve talking about cutting it when he’s 2 but we’ll see. In the meantime, there have been some great product suggestions here. I have locs and my husband keeps his hair short so styling a little boys hair has been tricky

By: Lucie

Lucie — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:17:54 +0000

@Kandeezie – I had a feeling I would see you on here too!

@Rose – I suppose I don’t mean not cutting it at all (i.e. a trim to get dead ends at bay) but all his brothers and dads have always worn their hair in natural hairstyles, primarily locks, and I figure we will let him keep the fro until he decides he wants to cut it all off and not deal with it, or he decides he wants locks like his dad/brothers. Also, I admittedly would have a hard time cutting off my baby’s hair, maybe it’s a mom in denial that her baby is a boy thing?

@Kim – That is great news! I love another good excuse to go to Target

And again, thanks everyone for suggestions, we will be trying out some new products and telling people to stop worrying about his hair (and this is mostly family – as one commenter said, strangers generally love his hair, although people always trying to touch it are a bit of a problem!)

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:36:28 +0000

Miss Jessie’s will now be sold at Target starting March 28,2010 so just go to there website and punch in your state for locations.I hope this helps,because I absolutely love ther products.

By: Rose

Rose — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:42:57 +0000

The idea of never cutting it until he’s old enough to decide sounds a bit foreign to me. Could you explain again why you’ve made this decision? I don’t think I understand that clearly.

Anyhow, back to the point, I think his curls/kinks are cute. I also think its good that you are seeking feeback about proper hair care for your son here.

Good luck!

By: Kandeezie

Kandeezie — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:52:09 +0000

Ha! I knew I recognized that little guy! Hehe.

By: Lisa Sperling

Lisa Sperling — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:42:49 +0000

Ah, but don’t forget about Sofn’free n’pretty GroHealthy for kids. I work with the company and know that the fact that it contains no mineral oil or petrolatum is important to many moms out there. And it’s particularly good for dry, difficult to manage, or damaged young hair.