When DD1 was a baby, she had lots of super fine hair that promptly fell out and she started from scratch with hair growth at a couple of months old. DD2 was born with a head of black hair, that didn't fall out, just got lighter as it grew.

Last year, in about March, I got sick of the hair hanging in the girls' eyes, so I cut it. In the bath, with no comb or any style in mind. Just a big pair of scissors...

i won't be doing that again! I still have a photo to prove just how bad my efforts were.

But now I need help! DD1 tucks her hair behind her ears over and over and over; DD2 walks around with a 'fringe' that touches her lower lip (she likes to hide under it). It's sending me batty, especially as their hair is too silky fine to hold clips or hair ties well.

What styles would you recommend for little girls of 3 and 2?

DD1 has some ringlet curls, hair just below shoulder length at the back coming up in a kind of curved bob style. Lots of hair but fine.

DD2 has soft fine straight hair that hangs forward over her face. The front is to her mouth, the back is to shoulder length. I'm thinking she needs a fringe...

Do I let it grow with a style cut? Do I cut it? Any suggestions or, better yet, photos/links are very welcome!

DD has crazy hair so I feel your pain. Recently I bit the bullet and had a fringe installed(something I was loath to do) and I actually quite like the result. I had them shape it at the sides so it frames her facerather than being totally straight.

3-for-me, that's a really sweet look. I do like the idea of the shaped fringe (the one I did was lopsided, and most dodgy). Thanks for sharing.

Fringe, and get it done at a hair dresser. Might be worth having some off the back as well, I've found it just tidies it us in general and make it look better.
That and headbands - either the hard type, or the soft elastic type headbands. Won't keep the hair out of the way all the time, because the girls will probably take them off, but good for meal times, or if you are trying to take a photo without hair in the way

Thanks Julie3Girls. I am coming round to the realisation that it's the only neat option.

Oh, and if mine end up looking nearly as cute as 3_for_me's munchkin - well I'll be a happy woman!

*Off to hunt out a hairdresser*

I've found a shoulder length bob to be the easiest to maintain and deal with on a day to day basis. The fact that my DD's liked it because it was "Dora the Explorer hair" helped too.

I prefer it all to be one length - although DD seems to have a natural little fringe going on at present - but wispy enough that I can just pin it back with hairspray at school. DD likes her head bands - they keep it her hair out of her face (she has a tonne of it) and she is able to choose her colours which she loves. I find that fringes have to be cut regularly (depending upon how fast your child's hair grows) and they still end up pushing them to one side - more so if they have a short forehead.

My DD sounds like your DD 2 - born with a head full of black hair that didn't fall out but is now the colour of maple syrup with gorgeous natural highlights and down to her bottom almost. I'm super envious

I use those tiny little rubber bands and cut them to get them out. Then I let it grow long so it's easier to manage. Plaits, ponytails etc are the go in our house although DD1 is sitting here with her unbrushed wild hair today looking like noone owns her.

Both of my girls have crazy cowlicks which mean their hair grows across their heads like Justin Bieber. so it has to be long so I can pull it back.

I'm with you Marleyandme, I HATED that drive to the hairdressers to have her hair cut, the problem was she had to live in hair ties because her hair naturally grew forwards and wouldn't part to the side no matter how hard I tried and she kept pulling anything we put into her hair out. As she gets older and can be trusted to leave clips, etc in I'll probably let it grow out

I have the same problem but I have a boy lol he has lovely hair though and short back and sides just does not suit him and I have no idea what to do with his hair i kinda keep it longish and shaggy but i want to do something with it!!!

I generally keep dd's in a bob. We so far haven't had to cut a fringe as her hair doesn't seem to grow much at the front. We keep it short because she refuses to let us tie it up. Her bob sometimes neatly curls under at the bottom, other times it flips out. I have no control over that lol.

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My DD is only 18 months but her hair is down pat her shoulders.

she was born with heaps of hair and its just never stopped growing.

Im not a fan of the fringe so i either clip it back or i put a hair tie in the front bit.

Usually she has pigtails and the front just about reaches to fit in the pigtails around the back, otherwise i will pop a slide or another hair tie in it.
If she has a pony tail in then her front part wont reach so i have to tuck it behind her ears or clip it back.

Fringes are good IMO. My DD has shoulder length curly hair & refuses to wear it up or wear hairbands & or clips. Every couple of months I get her fringe cut & it just makes things easier to manage aswell as looking nice & neat.

DD has the bob style. Id love her to have long hair but she wont let me wash it, condition it or brush it so I keep it short.

She loves hair cuts too so I guess its easy....

I am not really a fan of fringes on little girls - often they seem too chunky & bowl cut. My DD's hair is like vego's above - a little longer, a little whispier and a bit wavier. She doesn't keep hairbands in much, so I have found the only solutions are the single ponytail, "half up half down", or two little ponytails of the top of her hair - above and behind the ears. The last two will stay in all day, and keep the hair off her face.

I am not a fan of fringes AT ALL, after DH chopped DD1's hair into a fringe in the bath with a pair of scissors when she was 1 & 1/2 and no consultation with me, and then taking a year to grow out when she was 5 with DIY fringe cuts from me in between to maintain it and some weird looking hair styles during the growing out phase.

So DD2 is 2 & 1/2 and never had a hair cut yet. We just tie her hair up every day to keep it out of her eyes.

Thanks everyone for your input.

I found a hairdresser using a websearch and we had the appointment today.

She said she prefers long hair personally, so (since I'm decisively ambivalent about all of this) I deferred to her expertise on how much to trim at the back. Their hair is only slightly shorter.

So the girls each have a fine, blunt-cut fringe, with the rest of the length to be put in a clip to one side on DD2 (she of the Cousin It hair). Their hair is bob cut, curved for DD1 and straight for DD1 (at the back).

Best of all, in the girls' opinions, she had lollipops! For me, I was impressed that the whole process took under an hour for both, and included twin french braids and glitter hair spray - perfect for the 40th birthday we were attending later in the day.

If I could work out attaching a photo from my iphone, you would see two sticky, glittery, braided cutie-pies who were most impressed with "my blootiful hairstyle" (quote courtesy of DD1)!

They both refused a hair wash tonight in the bath and have gone to bed with the remnants of braids. So much easier than I feared. No more DIY in this household lol.