Barber or kiddie place for DS's first haircut?

So I was hoping to make it to his first birthday but Matthew's hair is just getting out of control! He is 10 months old. DH's barber has a child race car chair. He says they aren't the "goo goo gaa gaa child friendly type" though. Do we take him there or a kiddie place??? I am clueless! My dad offered to give him a little "trim" and "clean him up" but I really want him to get a real cut since he has so much hair. (My dad will make him look like Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber lol).

If you suggest a kiddie place, does anyone know any places in the Smithtown area (Mel?)???

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We took our son to my husband's barber for his first cut. I have heard from a lot of people that most of the kiddie places don't do a great job on the actual cut. My son has no issue- I brought puffs to distract him, just in case, and he sat on my husband's lap and got a really great cut! And it was like $10! The kiddie places charge a lot more usually! Not worth it, IMO!

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I say barber. We took ds#1 to a kiddie place the first time and he wanted nothing to do with it. He sat on my lap in a regular place.

Haircut #2 I took him to my place. He sat in the chair all by himself and was very happy.

It was $20 less :)

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BARBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did a kiddie place with Joey and IT WAS NOT WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!! I will make you your own certificate


ETA - Joey screamed at the kiddie place and loved sitting on Daddy's lap at the barber. (minus the buzzer part!)

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We usually go to a Kiddie Place (they do a good job and are reasonably priced) but, DS sits on my lap anyway so I don't think it matters.

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We took DS to a kiddie place for his first haircut and for several haircuts after. Aside from the certificate with lock of hair for the first cut, they do a HORRIBLE job!! We went to a few different kiddie places. They were all horrible. I much, much prefer barbers and have been taking him to barber now for years. He's 4. Barbers do an awesome job. They really know how to cut a boys hair. They aren't warm and fuzzy, but my DS does fine with them. He is an awesome hair cutter though. I got lucky. LOL He loves getting his hair cut and sits in a big barber chair with the booster like a champ!

Good luck!

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Awesome! Barber it is! This should be interesting...