
Taking care of your baby’s hair is just as important as all other aspects of taking care of your baby. Whether your baby comes into the world with very little hair or is born with what looks like a full wig*, for both babies, the following tips will come in handy.
Be Gentle
Always keep in mind that your baby’s tender, soft scalp is still in the early stages of development. It is very fragile and cannot withstand the stress that comes from too much pulling and combing.
You also shouldn’t be using many of the products that you use on your own hair, as tempting as it may be. These products may contain ingredients that could cause scalp irritation or rashes. Less is always more.
Wash Day
Just like us, babies hair should be cleansed as well. When doing so, you should choose a mild and gentle baby shampoo, and only apply a small amount to your babies scalp.
If you run out of baby shampoo, don’t use any of your shampoo on their hair. Adult shampoos have higher levels of pH than baby shampoos, and can cause their hair to tangle. During the shampoo process, you can use your hand to gently smooth the shampoo over the baby’s head. Use lukewarm water to remove the shampoo. You can follow up with a mild conditioner.
Styling
This may sound odd, but just like we saw with Blue Ivy, you should resist styling your babies hair. During this early stage of their life, this is the time where their hair should be left alone as much as possible. Cute barrettes and bows may look adorable, but they could potentially be causing unnecessary stress and damage to an infant’s hair.
Balding
You may have seen or even have an infant who had infant balding. This is caused by the fact that infants spend a majority amount of time sleeping on their backs. To counter this, instead of using cotton fabrics, lay your baby on silk fabrics. The silk will not snag or pull on the hair like cotton does.
Craddle Cap
This is very common in African-American babies. It usually shows up in the first few months of life as crusty, white, or yellowish patches on the scalp. It is harmless, and will usually go away in a few months. For stubborn cases, you can apply a small amount of coconut oil* and let it sit for about 30 minutes before shampooing.
Overload of sweetness & cuteness!!!
She’s beautiful!!
Cute baby.
Keyandria Kindrick….these styles are adorable!
What a doll baby.
Francine Frensky look like my baby juicy
Demetrius Lane our daughter
beautiful…..
Precious!
Omg!!! She’s so cute!!!
I want to thief your hair style too cute
Deonna Rhodes look yo baby
Yes Dominique DaBadest Rhodes thats more like it #babyfever
Shanda Bowser ur daughter!
She’s beautiful!
Candace Fears so cute
Do Fat hair like this Mylethia Fairley
Deja Myers can’t wait till peanuts hair get to this stage!!
Shanell Morrow LaKatherine Taylor I sure thought this was Layla boo!!! Lol
Lol… She does look like my baby. She’s a cutie! I need to pierce my baby’s ears too.
Umm yes she does look like my baby & yes she does need her ears pierced…lol.
Too cute!
Omg I want her lol
Good lord why is this baby so gosh darn cute!?…
Right tho too cute I can’t take it lol
Unbearably adorable. Lol
Kia Jolly look her she a doll make me want one for a second
LOVE LOVE LOVE! I would do my hair the same too lol
Shanel Felton this is what she’s going to look like. This baby look like she could be related to you fr
Lol really ? She’s gorgeous ? Varchae Breon
Yes ma’am. She is. I want her.
Me too ?? Varchae Breon
Shes Beautiful
SHE’S SOOOOO PRETTY! !
#AWWW
#ovaryoverload
Too stinking cute!!!!!
Too cute!
She’s so pretty ?
Babe Trell Vanzandt and you say no to a girl
Aww…she is a little doll…
Too cute
oh boy – too much cuteness here!!1
What a cutie !!
Overload of cuteness
She’s a darling little girl.
awe so precious!!!
I want to bite her now. Soo cute. Aawww
Cutie Beauty
I wanna daughter so bad
Beautiful
Omg…gorgeous
Cydney Ashley reminding me of Kali with that hair . Too cute
Cutie
Omg cute
Cute baby
NeNe Fly’Girl Davis reminds me of your baby to cute
Thank U boo && yeessss she is a beauty ???????
She is such a doll
Ashley Johnson look at this cutie pie
OMGOSH she is cute
SO SO CUTE
Omg is she adorbs or what!!
Adorable!
She is so beautiful
Coconut oil takes the win! All that I use for her. 😉
Maybe my next life time….she is beautiful. ?
Awww…too cute..
Forget the hair tips can i just have this cute little munchkin! So adorable!
She so pretty
Helena McCray look like the baby..
Aww she do look like my Pot Pot. She just have more hair then Pot ?
Awww so cute
I saw her earlier sissy. She is too stinking cute Keisha
Omg too pretty
arghhhh…the pressure ????!!
Adorable though..
Too Precious. ..
Her so pretty . My baby gone be chunky like that with that pretty hair i hope lol & not weezys
Hunni I’m have to snatch it up in some ball balls?
Ohh….my…..Cuteness!!!
Omg she is beautiful
How I imagine chi chi hair if you straighten it.
Too cute ! ❤️
Cute
Too cute
Jasmine Shanae she could be ur baby
She is beautiful she do look like she can be one of mines
Yes
Too cute!
She’s too cute
Awwww, beautiful.
Adorable !!!!
Cami Rosner have her
Cutie pie!!!
Dime
Awww
My goodness ?
Forget the article, that baby is cute!! ❤️❤️
??? why u show me this. She’s adorable. U going have me go buy carters out
She’s s cutie patuddy
CUTIE
Tangie Mason Kendrell Norful real soon
??? ughhh I can’t wait
This is so cute for a pretty little girl
Omg!!! She is too freakin adorable!
Too cute!!!
Omg!!!! Brittany Sullivan
Beautiful
Too cute
Cuteness on fleek
Ohhhhh weee i want her!
don’t think anyone is looking at the hair….she is toooooo cute.wanna kiss
Shalonda Knox I’m done!
She’s adorable
Very cute
Antwonette Critton if you had a girl she would look like this.
Aww she’s adorable and reminds me of Talon.
Yes she looks like your baby Antwonette Critton
baby got that ashley banks hair
I want one if these domo
A grand daughter. Lol… Jk
That baby is precious even if she had no hair. Oh my gosh . too beautiful
Too cute just beautiful.
Lady Di are these your babies lol 🙂 🙂
Beautiful baby
What ain’t no babies for another couple years
Trop chou
She’s adorable!
So cuuuuute
So cute!
She’s so cute loving her beautiful hair
Beautiful baby
Andrea Brock…Chloe hairdo
Too cute!!
Tanya Needles Speke style for Soraya
She a beauty!!
Shannique Anderson shes tooo cute
Aww ikno??
Oh my goodness ? too much perfection ?
???????
Cindy Redan cute he?!!
Elle est trop belle
thanks y’all my baby girl is a Doll
She really is
She’s so beautiful ?
One adorable baby !
Right
Awwwww
Awwwww so cute
so sweet!
I remember mulan being this age so cute and chubby
Cuuuute
I want one so bad!!!
A baby??? Lol. Come get Kayla
Ooooo Kayla so cute!
She’s crying right now, come get her
Lmao
She I toooooo cute
Amanda Castillo Cannady your baby fans look like this with the pretty hair haha
Awww sooo cute!!! I hope so
Arrrr. So cute
Jazmine King this baby remind me of your baby… Beautiful
Adorable
Cutie pie
Wow an angel
To cute
OH MY GOODNESS,SHE IS BEAUTIFUL
Here’s a tip, don’t perm their hair, no putting weave n their hair, & comb & grease their hair daily.
Omg I can’t wait til I’m a grandma to put the rules down for my granddaughters hair
Cute Cute
Be gentle and no blow drying
No perms, weaves or super tight braids. Just wash and condition the hair and use grease like African Pride or go to the old school way and use Blue Magic, Royal Crown, Queen Bergamot, or if you wanna go waay back, Dax hair grease LOL!
OMG she pretty
Awwwe she’s so sweet
Just keep it short !
Precious…