Latinos

[Jalapeñomel]

They will shave baby girl's heads, because it supposedly makes the hair comes in thicker and healthier.

Is this a Peruvian/Bolivian thing or a Latino thing?

[hisno1girl]

I've never heard of that before. Mexicans don't cut baby boys' hair until they are 1 year old, no matter how long it is and they would never shave a baby girl's head. EVER.

God, I wasn't allowed to get my hair cut until I turned 13!

[vicky]

Nooooo. This is not a Puerto Rican thing either. Nooo.

[textbookcase]

It's a Mexican thing, too.

[emilyinchile]

I have heard of this in Chile. My friend actually just had a baby, and they gave her a buzz cut, but I'm not sure if that was to make her hair better in the future or because an even buzz cut was cuter than scraggly longer hair.

[kellykapowski]

That is not a Cuban thing, at all. Although, regular normal haircuts are a must for length. Interestingly enough I've only ever cut my DD's hair once and her hair is fuller than mine and down to her dang 3 year old butt crack. So take that crazy Cuban mom!

[textbookcase]

Apr 4, 2013 17:21:26 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

I've never heard of that before. Mexicans don't cut baby boys' hair until they are 1 year old, no matter how long it is and they would never shave a baby girl's head. EVER.

God, I wasn't allowed to get my hair cut until I turned 13!

Dude, yes they do! They're all about shaving babies heads down here. I got pressure for the whole first year to shave Cambria's head!

[hisno1girl]

Apr 4, 2013 17:28:14 GMT -5 textbookcase said:

Apr 4, 2013 17:21:26 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

I've never heard of that before. Mexicans don't cut baby boys' hair until they are 1 year old, no matter how long it is and they would never shave a baby girl's head. EVER.

God, I wasn't allowed to get my hair cut until I turned 13!

Dude, yes they do! They're all about shaving babies heads down here. I got pressure for the whole first year to shave Cambria's head!

Really?

Never heard of it.  I've been Mexican since 1968.

lol

Actually, I forgot. I'm not Mexican. I'm White.

[textbookcase]

It must be a regional Mexican thing, because it's super common here.

[hisno1girl]

I guess so. My mother would have beaten me with her chancla if I shaved my daughter's head!

[textbookcase]

Apr 4, 2013 17:34:18 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

I guess so. My mother would have beaten me with her chancla if I shaved my daughter's head!

lol!

[imhischeeseburger]

I've heard of this, but its not common in the Puerto Rican community.

[amberlyrose]

Apr 4, 2013 17:34:18 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

I guess so. My mother would have beaten me with her chancla if I shaved my daughter's head!

I swear, we have to be related.

Or Mexicans really are stereotypical!

My mom cried when I finally had my hair cut at 11. We also don't cut hair until after the 1st birthday. My nephew's hair was so cute a curly!

Were you allowed to have your hair loose or was it always in trenzas? I think this is a mexican thing (or latino) too.

[berbles]

My mom said that my Indian babysitter kept pushing her to shave my head when I was wee. I was born with red hair that all fell out and grew back in very light blonde (and very slowly). I already looked bald and my mom couldn't bring herself to shave off what little hair had just started coming back.

So, apparently Indians do it too?

[Marle]

I don't know if its a Latin thing. But my parents did that with my brother. It "worked"? Or at least that's what they thought.

[hisno1girl]

Apr 4, 2013 17:50:51 GMT -5 amberlyrose said:

Apr 4, 2013 17:34:18 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

I guess so. My mother would have beaten me with her chancla if I shaved my daughter's head!

I swear, we have to be related.

Or Mexicans really are stereotypical!

My mom cried when I finally had my hair cut at 11. We also don't cut hair until after the 1st birthday. My nephew's hair was so cute a curly!

Were you allowed to have your hair loose or was it always in trenzas? I think this is a mexican thing (or latino) too.

OMG! Trenzas every day of my life until I started the 7th grade. We stood in an assembly line.

My mother braided my older sister's hair. I stood in front of my older sister while she braided my hair and my little sister stood in front of my while I braided her hair. I remember she used to cry that she didn't get to do "trenzas" so my mother made her a doll and she braided her doll's hair.

I haven't put braids in my hair since I was a kid. I hate them now!

[amberlyrose]

Apr 4, 2013 17:57:28 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

Apr 4, 2013 17:50:51 GMT -5 amberlyrose said:

I swear, we have to be related.

Or Mexicans really are stereotypical!

My mom cried when I finally had my hair cut at 11. We also don't cut hair until after the 1st birthday. My nephew's hair was so cute a curly!

Were you allowed to have your hair loose or was it always in trenzas? I think this is a mexican thing (or latino) too.

OMG! Trenzas every day of my life until I started the 7th grade. We stood in an assembly line.

My mother braided my older sister's hair. I stood in front of my older sister while she braided my hair and my little sister stood in front of my while I braided her hair. I remember she used to cry that she didn't get to do "trenzas" so my mother made her a doll and she braided her doll's hair.

I haven't put braids in my hair since I was a kid. I hate them now!

We were too close in age to do this, but my brother and dad learned how to braid our hair. They had to do it at night when my mom was in college.
I JUST started putting my hair in in a trenza now because I'm trying to get it to grow and break less.  When my mom was here last weekend, she offered to do it for me while I was getting ready and I said no. I kind of wish I would've said yes though. Mom hair pets are the best!

[hisno1girl]

Apr 4, 2013 18:09:00 GMT -5 amberlyrose said:

Apr 4, 2013 17:57:28 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

OMG! Trenzas every day of my life until I started the 7th grade. We stood in an assembly line.

My mother braided my older sister's hair. I stood in front of my older sister while she braided my hair and my little sister stood in front of my while I braided her hair. I remember she used to cry that she didn't get to do "trenzas" so my mother made her a doll and she braided her doll's hair.

I haven't put braids in my hair since I was a kid. I hate them now!

We were too close in age to do this, but my brother and dad learned how to braid our hair. They had to do it at night when my mom was in college.
I JUST started putting my hair in in a trenza now because I'm trying to get it to grow and break less.  When my mom was here last weekend, she offered to do it for me while I was getting ready and I said no. I kind of wish I would've said yes though. Mom hair pets are the best!

Next time you see your mom let her do it.  My mom can't do it anymore.

[amberlyrose]

Apr 4, 2013 18:10:53 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

Apr 4, 2013 18:09:00 GMT -5 amberlyrose said:

We were too close in age to do this, but my brother and dad learned how to braid our hair. They had to do it at night when my mom was in college.
I JUST started putting my hair in in a trenza now because I'm trying to get it to grow and break less.  When my mom was here last weekend, she offered to do it for me while I was getting ready and I said no. I kind of wish I would've said yes though. Mom hair pets are the best!

Next time you see your mom let her do it.  My mom can't do it anymore.

I will. I usually ask her to play with my hair when I see her, but I was rushing to get ready for work. As soon as they left that morning, I had this huge regret that I didn't let her.

[Robot Jen]

I lived next door to a Pakistani couple a few years ago that shaved their daughter's head in the hopes it would grow back thicker.

Edit: Daughter was about 18 months old with really fine baby hair. 

[snipsnsnails]

Hahaha, I was *just* talking to an Argentinian and Peruvian friend this morning and they both do it!

[sherbanator]

I have a friend from Colombia that was just talking about this. She wants to do it to her baby girl because it is the norm for her culture but her American husband is against it. She feels torn.

I never heard of this before and now twice in one week.

[textbookcase]

I love how Mexican moms are always throwing chanclas.

[sherbanator]

I just googled trenzas and they are really cute. I'm going to try it on my daughter, Lol.

[muffin0]

My friends husband did this when their DD was almost a year.

Her hair was pretty uneven and bald, someone in his family told him it would come in better.

She came home from work to find her DD buzzed. I'm surprised he's still alive. 

FTR : her hair is pretty thin.

[Jalapeñomel]

So in conclusion, yes and no. Glad that is settled.

[Moe]

They don't shave, but they're definitely into cutting the hair short, like, immediately, so it could grow thicker (magically?). In PR. Yes.

[Marle]

Apr 4, 2013 19:24:13 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

So in conclusion, yes and no. Glad that is settled.

I think old wife tails are more prevalent in developing countries.

Happy now?


ETA: hahaha I wonder if old wives tails are prevalent too. I meant tales