My 1yr old daughter's hair is taking forever to grow. Anyone having the same problem?

Jenna - posted on 12/04/2012

You can try rubbing the scalp, it will encourage blood flow which will encourage hair growth, there really isn't much to be done about it, it will grow in soon tho!

Aquialia - posted on 12/04/2012

My baby is the same way but what i want to know is how do i go or how do i get it to grow faster what can i do to help her hair more?

Cass - posted on 10/17/2012

my little boy had pretty long hair when he was born, at 3 months it started to fall out (except for the top) so we gave him a little buzz cut so everything would be even. he's 9 month now and it still looks the same length as when we cut it like 5 months ago (maybe a teeny tiny bit longer). i'm sure as he develops and grows, the speed of his hair growth will increase too. im not too worried about it.

Shanice - posted on 10/15/2012

when my little sister was a baby her head was close to bald ! We were like when is it gona grow ! when she became a tween her hair was behind her back ! Don't worry ;D

Kitz - posted on 03/06/2011

I've seen babies like this many times before. Rest assured, like lots of baby things, the way her hair looks now (0-1) most likely says nothing about what it will look like in a few months or even as an adult. She sounds just adorable! Some little ones don't start getting longer and thicker hair until they are three. I miss that fuzzy head on my son.

Gretchen - posted on 06/30/2010

My poor gorgeous daughter is ALWAYS thought to be a boy! This elderly lady yesterday said "Oh, what a pretty baby boy! You must be a baby boy, but you are so pretty." HAHAHA!! She was wearing rainbow jammies, so not pink, but not boyish either!

Bald babies are beautiful. :)

Becci - posted on 06/29/2010

my 13 month old baby girl was born with a full head of hair and a fringe that kept getting in her eyes! she has hair past her little shoulder blades now and it's long enough that i can braid it, we had a crazy hair theme for her 1st birthday! but having 3 little girls with very long thick hair was a bit much for me 2 cope with so i shaved my own head bald...1 less hairdo to worry about

Kaelyn - posted on 06/28/2010

My daugher barely has any hair at all but ive left it alone and its growing pretty well so I dont believe in wives tales....

Jade - posted on 06/27/2010

my baby girl was born with a small amount of hair despite my bad heartburn! I kept wishing it would grow and quick, now eventually at 15 months its growing and i can finally put her hair up in little pigtails. She looks so cute with it up it was worth the wait. It does take a while but we have to be patient for it will come when its ready, just the same as our babies and due dates. x

Kelsey - posted on 06/27/2010

dnt worry i didnt have hair till i was 2 and mi daughter has more hair then i did

Susan - posted on 06/27/2010

My 14 mth old has the same issue, just about an inch long of fine blonde hair all over. My twins are now two and a half and have lots of hair, it just took a while. I'd say be patient and glad you don't have to put it up everyday.

Jenna - posted on 06/26/2010

Blondes are usually bald until they are about 2 i had peach fuzz until then . . . . but when my gabbie was born, she she had a FULL head of BLONDE hair . . . and now it is down past her shoulders . . . for all the "bald" baby girls out there, it will grow out soon, until then, u can use the little velcro bows . .

Samantha - posted on 06/25/2010

I read in a parenting magazine that shaving their head to get hair to grown in does not work and many parents think it does since when little hair does grown in its simply gives off the illusion that it worked so thats kinda why i didnt wanna do it to my son who almost 13 months. Its nice that someone posted this because my son had hadrly any hair too, was a bald baby and now has some hair but still not compared to how much my other son had at his age, i can't even comb his ! i myslef wonder how long it will be till it grows in. but your not alone !

Katrina - posted on 06/25/2010

My son's the same, he had a fair amount of dark hair when he was born but now you can barely tell he has any hair at all. It's very fine, blonde and short. It has grown longest at the back so he looks like he has a sort of mullet now! My partner apparently was pretty much bald until he was 2 so seems our son will be the same way. :)

Catherine - posted on 06/24/2010

No worries. My 5 year old daughter just started getting her hair in except I never shaved her head. Or clipped it. My 1 year old son looks like he has an old man hair line. He has no hair up top and very thin but long hair in the back and sides. It will grow in. I was bald till I was 4 and I have the thickest hair ever. So did Dad. It's genetic most of the time. I hope this helps. I bet she will have beautiful hair when she is older.

Amy - posted on 06/24/2010

That was because when hair is shaved it only looks like it grows back thicker Kids usually has fine hair till they are 7 when they get big kid hair or hair more like adults. Genes can play a part in how thick or how curly the hair is my son's hair is very fine and thin but so is mine the wives tales are not true.

Jenna - posted on 06/23/2010

My daughter was born bald as a ping pong ball and stayed that way until she was nearly 3. I despaired because I thought she would have thin hair her whole life. well- at 12 we have to have it thinned regularly because it is the THICKEST hair I have ever seen in my life! I am not kidding. I did none of those old wives tale things and it all worked out. I think hair is just in the genes. She will either grow she won't- my daughter's father has the same hair she does.

Emily - posted on 06/23/2010

My daughter was the same way. Her hair just wasn't growing. She had always had really bad cradle cap, so one day I took some grape-seed oil and put that in her hair. Once it soaked for a little bit I took a comb and went at it. It took a couple of treatments, but the cradle cap is gone and her hair is actually grow fast now.

I think that may be where the old wives tale of shaving the baby's hair might have come from. Way back then it was easier to treat cradle cap and lice when the heir was shaved or trimmed close to the scalp.

Emily - posted on 06/22/2010

My daughter was practically bald until her second birthday. My son (13 mo) is the same so far...just a little fuzz and a couple of longer locks. Her's were on the top of her head, his are on bottom in back. I didn't have a lot of hair as a baby either. It is completely normal. The wives tale is silly.

Melissa - posted on 06/21/2010

i would never shave my baby girls hair, that is for boys and boys only!!

Amanda - posted on 06/20/2010

my soon to be 5 year old had almost nothing until she turn 2 then poof it was there and since then its been growing like a weed. I wouldn't worry about it.

Deborah - posted on 06/19/2010

My daughter is the same shes a yr old and its just now coming in. My son was like that too he started getting real thick full hair when he was 2 so Im sure hers will do the same.

Andrea - posted on 06/19/2010

My first had very thin hair and it grew weird. Everyone thought we cut her hair the "in" style cut-short in the back and long up front,but we didn't ,it's just the way it grew. She is 3 now and has hair all one length-with no cuts to it and it's down to the middle of her back.

My 1 year old now was just born with full full head of hair and never lost any of it,i just kept growing on us. She turned one in May and her hair is now to the middle of her back. Every baby/child is different and they each grown at differnet rates..

Diana - posted on 06/18/2010

My older son had lots of dark hair from birth but my second baby boy is hairless. He has very fine hair. We're Chinese and all the kids in the family have dark hair. But his is very light brown and thin. I suppose he took after me and eventually will have more hair grown-in. I have pictures of myself at his age with also cancer patient like fur like hair.

Samantha - posted on 06/18/2010

My daughter was the same way. She was born with some hair but not a lot & didn't get much hair til she was 2. At 2 I could finally start using barrettes and had to use hair clips because it was growing in her face and I didn't want to give her bangs. She's now 4 and has a TON of hair! Lol. Hang in there Momma, she'll get long beautiful hair soon!

Dewi - posted on 06/18/2010

Thanks ladies for all your stories. Now I know I'm not alone. I'm sure her hair will grow long or fuller, eventually... Just gotta play the waiting game, hehehe.

Kim - posted on 06/17/2010

My daughter is the same way! Her hair has gotten thicker (comparatively speaking), but not much longer! I want to be able to put it in cute little pigtails and stuff, but no such luck! We can barely put barrettes in it, and then just one on the top... I don't believe the wives tale, and don't want to shave her hair off when it's taken so long to get just this much, you know?

Jessica - posted on 06/17/2010

My baby is the same way, and so was I as a baby. My son has just enough fine hair that you can see his hairline, but from more than a few feet away he is completely bald. I was that way until about 3 years old, too. I don't believe the wives tale because my hair is like that and I've tried cutting it to make it grow or even look fuller and it does not work. Don't worry, your baby will have hair eventually :)

Shannon - posted on 06/15/2010

LOL... all my babies have been born bald & they don;t actually get hair until they are about 3..

Ashley - posted on 06/15/2010

both my girls were born with hair not a lot but enough they both lost it by the time they were 2 months old if not sooner .. the oldest started getting it longer by her 1st birthday then it just hasnt stopped growing .. my youngest is now 1 and still hasnt got much hair she has this long peice that has been there since day one but we haven't cut either ones hair and i think they are doing ok

Christina - posted on 06/14/2010

my daughter is the same shes just over one now and has bugger all hair and all i want it for it to grow so i can tie it up and brush it... kinda feel rippd off with the fact that shes a girl n ment to have long hair lol

Lacye - posted on 06/14/2010

when my daughter was born she had a head full of head. now she's a year old, and the sides and the back are really short(from where she had rubbed the hair off)and blond and the top is very long and it's brown. it looks like she has a mohawk. i just cut the top of it so that it doesn't get too long and i'm just waiting for the rest to catch up, the parts that finally turned brown.