Not all babies are born tiny, bald, cherubs. In fact, some little ones are born with all sorts of hair — even on their ears. Or, as one mom recently discovered, her toddler is rocking a straight-up unibrow, and she’s wondering if she’s silly for wanting to remove it.
No, it’s not a giant unibrow like Bert from Sesame Street, but mom says it's noticeable.
It’s not massive and it’s not bushy, but as the Original Poster (OP) shared in her post on Mumsnet, you can definitely tell her 2-and-a-half-year-old has a “monobrow.”
Some rude person even told the mom as much when her son was 8 months old.
“I have irrationally hated that person since,” the OP added. But the OP did have to admit that it “did make me realise that it is noticeable.”
She’s wondering if it’s time to do something about it: Mission Shave the Unibrow?
“Surely if I start now and it is just part of his routine then it won't raise any questions, but if I wait until kids start to make fun of him, then he asks, will that impact his self confidence more?” she wondered.
The mom admits that she knows it’s not that big of a deal and she should just let it go — but she can’t.
Kids are mean, which she knows from firsthand experience. When she was 10 years old, a “mean girl” teased her about her own “monobrow.”
“I went home and plucked it straight away and felt much better ever since,” she shared.
“Has anyone else had this experience?” she asked.
Some people did not think this was a good idea.
“Do not shave your toddlers face,” one commenter wrote.
“Just no!” wrote someone else.
“Don't shave your toddler. Just don't,” a third commenter added.
But other people agreed with the mom — that thing has gotta go.
"I’d get rid of it OP, I don’t understand the horror in that tbh," a commenter advised.
"I'll be flamed for this, but I have shaved my Dear Daughters. Not as young as your son, she was maybe 6/7ish and I still do it now. Just go over it when it grows back," another commenter chimed in.
"Wax it!" wrote a third.
There isn't a one-size fits all answer for if and when a kid's unibrow should be eliminated.
The OP later shared that she even Googled to see if other people had the same problem and "found quite a few people have done it so then I thought maybe it's not a big deal. Some people were saying when they look back at childhood photos they wish their parents had …"
A good rule of thumb might be to wait until her son comes to her and asks to separate his eyebrows.
