Did your hair change after having kids?

AnnapolisLari

My hair has always been slightly wavy, but since I've had kids it's gotten crazy curly. I blow it into shape in the morning and by lunch I have all of these little sticky-outy flips, no matter what cut I have.

It's makin' me loopy. I am not used to this much curl.

ridesbuttons

I lost an enormous amount of hair after each child (esp. around my hairline) and some of it really did not come back.  Much of it came back grey which blows.

My hair seems thinner and more lifeless than before kids.

Or maybe it's just because I'm in my 40s now.

ccm1203

I'd take curly all around compared to what I have.  Curly in the back and straight in the front .  Jealous???

Kapalua

yes!  I used to have pin straight hair and now there's a definite wave to it.  It also used to be really greasy and now I can go 2 sometimes 3 days between washings.  I don't know if that's from age or babies. 

monkeyqueen

I had stick straight hair and now I have very wavy/almost really curly hair.    It's weird.   I went through an identity crisis.

cnybride2be

yes, if a balding hairline and sprouting baby hairs for three years counts.  I swere my hair did not return to a normal state until Sean turned 4. 

KoriBrett

We seem to share the same hair.  I finally realized why my hair was so freakishly frizzed out all winter.  It's curly now.  WTF???

So, I did three things.

I got haircuts that can be scrunched and curly - but I'm growing it out some at the same time.  The cuts can also look good straight.

I got a cheap flatiron.

I got product for both scenarios.

This way when it's humid I can still have a decent hairdo with some control, when it's not I can straighten it & feel normal.

kellnbri

My hair also used to be wavy and after 2 kids it is now really curly.  I would love to have my wavy hair back...it was never this frizzed out.  If I try to straighten it, it looks terrible and dry

mathteacher

I always had curly hair until I had my first.  My hair turned straight, and has stayed that way!  I too went through an identity crisis.  I was known for my curly hair and to loose that when I was almost 30 took an adjustment.

 

Now my oldest dd has my curly hair and it is her trade mark trait that everyone comments on.  I tell her she took my curls.  My younger dd has stick straight hair.

LizLovesJason

I'm jealous!! I miss my curly hair! I had thick hair with loose curls before I had kids. After my first child was born, I LITERALLY lost at least half of my hair, and almost all the curl. Now my third child is 18 months old and my hair is pretty thick again, but not as thick as it once was. I don't have my beautiful curls anymore, just a barely noticeable wave. Boo hoo!

Hooray2005

Uh, yeah... ALL of the hair on my head fell out (along with my eyebrows and an eyelash!)   Damn auto-immune issue (alopecia totalis - woot!)

With some aggressive treatment, it has grown back for the most part (damn stuff is trying to fall out again - gah!), but it's now much darker (or gray!) and has a wave to it when it was stick-straight before.

Ah, what we go through for our children...

passar3588

Yes! My hair is definitenly more wavy, thicker and I just think I have more hair in general.