he will always have silky hair. Both his parents do andd I cannot ever keep bowss in either of their hair. You ought to just cut him some bangs like i didd his parents. Sometimes I put one in to take a picture and before I can get the camera aimed, it slides out. What you can do is pull the hair up put a product (like gel or a little hairspray )then put the band on or bow in. I have some stuff. let me look, It is called MURRAY'S Hair Dressing Pomade. I got it at Walmart and it is in an orange can. It is in the section where the African-American hair products are. I pull the hair up and put a little bit on my fingers and rub it over the hair I want to stay in place. It is kind of gummy. But once you do this, the band ought to stay in. Don't count on his hair getting any coarser