Can I highlight my baby's hair this summer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I mutilated mine as a teen.

You mutilated them? Did you do it yourself? Did you mess it up? Are you one of those people who put 3 inch holes in your ears or something?

OP, just stop. You're not helping yourself out with this argument. I will pray for your daughter.

Use a dictionary and look up the definition of the word mutilate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I mutilated mine as a teen.

You mutilated them? Did you do it yourself? Did you mess it up? Are you one of those people who put 3 inch holes in your ears or something?

OP, just stop. You're not helping yourself out with this argument. I will pray for your daughter.

No, just regular old piercing. I still don't think it is appropriate to do it to an infant or small child, though. Surely it is more harmful than lemon juice to see what my kid looks like with highlights.

I don't think putting the lemon juice on your baby is the issue. I think it would not be harmful and probably wouldn't do much. What's really the issue here though is the fact that you believe that your child is or will be inferior if she doesn't conform to your ideas about beauty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I should add that as the PP who went from blonde to brunette as a teen I used to try lemon juice in the summers. It never worked. Just a PSA.

As another PP who said the same thing, I'd say that it may have a minor difference, particularly if your hair is still close to blond. My son's hair gets extremely light in the sun (not with lemon juice though because I'm not crazy to put that on a three year old!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't do it. Your baby will have roots when it grows out, and it hurts delicate, fine hair. Plus all that body image stuff.

If you go to the pool, the chlorine will do some blonding (though in my case, I try to keep my kids' hair OUT of the chlorine and sun--see above).

Chlorine isn't great for hair (dries it out etc) but it certainly doesn't bleach it! The sun does actually do a pretty good of bleaching hair for some people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I mutilated mine as a teen.

You mutilated them? Did you do it yourself? Did you mess it up? Are you one of those people who put 3 inch holes in your ears or something?

OP, just stop. You're not helping yourself out with this argument. I will pray for your daughter.

Use a dictionary and look up the definition of the word mutilate.

Ha, I pulled it up and just saw your post. To those using the word mutilate please stop. Defnition is...


mu·ti·late
[myoot-l-eyt] Show IPA

verb (used with object), mu·ti·lat·ed, mu·ti·lat·ing.
1.
to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.

2.
to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part.

To put at tiny pin hole in an ear is not mutilation. And I'm someone who wouldn't pierce my child's ears. Now let's get back to the original discussion.

[Anonymous]

Putting a hole in a baby's ear is not causing injury or disfiguring their flesh? Are you kidding or are you just stupid?

[Anonymous]

I grew up in California, and lemon juice in our hair was a summer ritual. My mom started doing it when I was 2. In fact, my brothers used it too! Of course this was in the 70's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't do it. Your baby will have roots when it grows out, and it hurts delicate, fine hair. Plus all that body image stuff.

If you go to the pool, the chlorine will do some blonding (though in my case, I try to keep my kids' hair OUT of the chlorine and sun--see above).

Even better, then she will be ombre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in California, and lemon juice in our hair was a summer ritual. My mom started doing it when I was 2. In fact, my brothers used it too! Of course this was in the 70's.

I guess your mom felt your hair wasn't the right color.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in California, and lemon juice in our hair was a summer ritual. My mom started doing it when I was 2. In fact, my brothers used it too! Of course this was in the 70's.

I guess your mom felt your hair wasn't the right color.

I don't know, I never asked. But I do have fond memories of being slathered with cocoa butter and being spritzed with lemon juice. We also ran around on the beach in the sun and drank soda!! It was great to be a kid when parents were chill.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand you people. It is ok to cut off foreskin (for non religious reasons) and forcibly puncture infant's ears, but a little lemon juice in their hair means you are not happy with how they look?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand you people. It is ok to cut off foreskin (for non religious reasons) and forcibly puncture infant's ears, but a little lemon juice in their hair means you are not happy with how they look?

Well, the OP has as much as said she isn't happy with how her daughter looks. Or she has said that she thinks she would look better/be more liked as a blonde, which isn't far off from it.

So it's more going on her words.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand you people. It is ok to cut off foreskin (for non religious reasons) and forcibly puncture infant's ears, but a little lemon juice in their hair means you are not happy with how they look?

+1!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand you people. It is ok to cut off foreskin (for non religious reasons) and forcibly puncture infant's ears, but a little lemon juice in their hair means you are not happy with how they look?

Yes, and as well as OP's words that she's not happy with how she looks.

And for the record, I'm not in favor of circumcision or ear piercing kids, and yes, I judge those that do it.

--Mom of an intact son and of a daughter with unpierced ears (but has natural blonde highlights despite having dark haired parents)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand you people. It is ok to cut off foreskin (for non religious reasons) and forcibly puncture infant's ears, but a little lemon juice in their hair means you are not happy with how they look?

Well, the OP has as much as said she isn't happy with how her daughter looks. Or she has said that she thinks she would look better/be more liked as a blonde, which isn't far off from it.

So it's more going on her words.

Right. No one is putting words in her mouth or getting upset about lemon juice per se. She articulated her own asinine reasons for wanting to do this; THOSE REASONS are what people are objecting to. She's projecting issues onto a baby that probably can't even walk yet. It's ridiculous.