The answer: Twists.
Let me give a little more background here...
Doing my daughter's hair has never really been a problem for me. I've been doing her hair since she was an infant. I've done my wife's hair a few times as well. When I say "done my wife's hair", I mean wash, put in a perm, and drying but no real styling. With my daughter, it's all styling since mom washes my daughter's hair on weekends (no perms, yet).
What was challenging about doing my wife's hair was me getting over the fear of causing her hair to fall out by messing up a perm. I got over the fear by working with my wife, communicating A LOT, every step of the perm, until we got to the end - clean, straight* hair.
SIDEBAR: From the pics, you can tell that I'm black. My wife and daughter are, too. Black hair is very different from white hair. One basic difference...When black hair gets wet, it gets MORE curly (we say "kinky"), while white hair gets straight when wet. Perms (or "Permanents") make white hair curly, while perms make black hair straight.
the start of the school year means that I get to work on perfecting a morning routine that includes working a little magic on my daughter's hair.
Here are some pictures of me and my daughter on the second day of school for 2012. I'm finishing her hair before we move into the next step of our morning routine - breakfast.
I just can't get my hands to cooporate for braids and plaits, so I just stick to twists.
This is one of the huge perks of being a stay-at-home-dad. I get to spend this time with my daughter, interacting with her and doing things her hair. These are things she doesn't even think about now, but I'm sure she will remember when she's older.
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