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Learning a different hair texture with your kid?

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I'm a Caucasian lady with super straight hair. This is all I've ever taken care of or styled. My husband is Hispanic and Jewish. His hair has been really short for years so I kind of forgot how it is until looking at photos from when it was longer. He and his family have thick, coarse, curly/wavy hair. When long, he kind of had a puffball thing going.

Based on the trends I've seen in his family, I think his genes will trump mine there. Our daughter will likely have his massive head of hair. This just dawned on me today and I thought, "I don't have a clue what to do with that hair. I've got some learning to do." (I've spent my life trying to amplify/volumize my own.)

Anyone else?

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Re: Learning a different hair texture with your kid?

  • sjn00sjn00 member
    Yeah, im white- blonde, thin wavy frizzy hair.. Husband is hispanic- dark brown, curly thick hair..

    But I am also a cosmetologist- and as different as hair can be, it can all be pretty much styled the same way. Aside from African American hair, which essentially needs more products to help keep it tame and manageable.

    But it will be fine, and in the beginning wont need much tender to anyways =] have fun with it!!
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  • RaeJ004RaeJ004 member
    I have fairly straight, very fine hair. DH has super coarse, thick crazy hair. DD has very fine blonde ringlets. I have no idea what to do with it. She's almost 2 and it's getting to the point where I need to learn. We're big into ponytails on top of her head :)
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  • KristaU831KristaU831 member
    i have a ton of super curly hair. my daughter's is stick straight and thin. I'm like what is this? 
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  • jacksohajacksoha member
    I'm white and my DH is black, so I know our kids will have very different hair from my own. I'm a little nervous about trying to figure it out, especially since I don't have a great relationship with my MIL and I don't feel like I can rely on her to be available to help me.
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  • rmjones15rmjones15 member
    My siblings and I were adopted, and my sister is African. I remember my mom would go to ethnic hair stores in downtown Minneapolis and ask questions and get products for her hair. I was lucky with my son-his hair is wavy and thick just like mine, but when it gets to be too crazy I just cut it short :) a good stylist can probably give you some tips when the time comes.
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  • MarciP83MarciP83 member
    I am Caucasian and my husband is Hispanic. 100% Mexicano, actually :) I have kinda frizzy (but manageable with products), curly dark brown hair. Hubby has wirey black wavy hair...used to be thick but is thinning lately, which he hates! Anywho, our 8 yr old dd has wavy (almost straight) THICK light brown hair. Our 6 yr old dd has tightly curled, thick thick THICK, poofy, frizzy, dark brown almost black hair. I have tried every product known to mankind with little luck. We trim it, thin it, condition it, do protein treatments...she doesn't seem to mind it now but I hope it relaxes some as she gets older bc it is difficult to style and manage. She gets compliments on her hair wherever we go though, so we are just rolling with it for now :)
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