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Now is the time, in my young son's life, and my new life as a mommy, when all the milestones of oohs and ahs are upon us. We're approaching his first birthday, the mark of one year together. It hardly seems possible that he has only been a part of my life for eleven months. Well, if you don't count those nine (ten) months he spent on the inside.
As we prepare for his first birthday, I linger over locks of his gossamer hair--it's so blond it may well have been spun by angels. It is the softest thing I've ever touched besides his cheek. I can hardly stand the thought of cutting it, of separating it from him. Yet, it's grown horribly out of control. It hangs over his ears and will soon be in his eyes if we don't do something about it.
Question is, do we cut it now or wait for the first birthday? I've always heard that old wives tale about waiting until a baby is a year old before cutting his/her hair. Now I don't actually believe that we'll be the recipients of bad luck should we not wait 'til Mr. Pickles hits the year marker before trimming his tresses, but I rather like the old-fashioned notion of tradition.
Getting him to sit still for it is another ball of wax all together.
When did you first cut baby's hair--or did you do it at all? Did you go to a kids' cutters or do it yourself--like in this ADORABLE picture?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
2-25-2008 @ 9:49PM
SKL said...I am in hair denial for both of my daughters. The hair was hanging in my then 11-month-old's eyes during the holidays, and everyone was on my butt to cut it, so I finally shortened the really long eye pokers just before her first birthday, but refused to do anything more. Now my 16-month-old's hair is getting in her eyes. I want to be able to do girly things with their hair, though currently they have just enough to make tiny, poky pigtails, and they won't keep barrettes in their hair. I don't know how long I will actually hold out.
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2-25-2008 @ 10:47PM
JenniferW said...How timely as I just did this. My son is turning 2 in May and I took him to a kid's cut place, with the whole picture, lock of hair, certificate thing. It's really curly so I'd never do it myself, but it was to his chin and time to let go. My first lesson in letting go so he can grow up. *sighs*
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2-25-2008 @ 11:42PM
rebecca Biernesser said...my husband decided with the help of my brothers to cut the mullet....They had my mom do it and I cried. My poor baby is only 19 months and had the cutest thin blond hair ever...he looked like a baby, sucking his thumb and holding his blankie...
NOW? He looks like a little boy and I want my baby boy back.
I was told it was time and I still have a baby, she is 4 months old and to deal with it...
Husband is still paying for making that stupid decision...
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2-26-2008 @ 12:32AM
elisabeth said...My son will turn 3 in April and has yet to have his haircut. He could use a trim at some point soon, but I am in no hurry. I think the curls/wings are cute. He has his whole life to have a big boy short hairdo. :)
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2-26-2008 @ 6:25AM
Paula said...I didn't get my oldest his first haircut until he was nearly 3. My youngest will be 3 in May and he has yet to get one as well. I can barely get him to sit still long enough to eat, getting his hair cut will be a nightmare.
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2-26-2008 @ 6:46AM
eli said...I cut his hair, at 9 months. It was getting pretty unruly. Before:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/2236923600_e3acdb8fda.jpg
After:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2116/2252882977_37e9f467b6.jpg
Certainly it makes him more like a little boy. But that's the exciting thing -- that that tiny helpless newborn is going to become a little boy.
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2-26-2008 @ 2:08PM
julie said...My son will be turning three at the end of May and we have yet to cut it, and actually have no intention of doing so anytime soon. Sure there are people who comment on what a pretty girl we have, which makes us laugh, but we decided that when he wants it cut, he can have it cut. And if he decided to never cut it, then so be it. I adore long hair on boys and girls alike. I also happen to think that once their hair is cut, they look like every other little boy out there.
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2-27-2008 @ 7:44PM
pbhj said...Cut the umbilical already people, sheesh.
How your child survives for 3 years (!) without a haircut is beyond me. How do you cope with all the food, mud, paint, glue, sweat and general grime that all that hair picks up? Doesn't it take forever to dry after swimming ... doesn't your boy look like a girl?
I can't remember the precise age but I cut J's hair (about 15 months I think). Just sat him on his potty on the changing table and snip, snip, snippety-snip.
Now I shave it GI style because he's got plenty of time to worry about looking like a pansy when he's older and looks after his own image.
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2-26-2008 @ 10:44AM
Emma Leigh said...Sorry, but I don't find the photo adorable. It looks like a good way for the kid to fall and/or one of them getting hurt with the scissors.
If you are going to do it at home, I would suggest you seat the child - the high chair would be best since it restricts movement.
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2-26-2008 @ 2:00PM
Jill said...I think this might be a gender divider. I think a lot of moms want to wait and a lot of dads push for haircuts.
I gave in way too soon. I cut their hair just after the first birthday, when the mullet curls in the back were getting long. I wish I'd only trimmed a tiny bit because there is no going back. One haircut and Baby becomes Boy. Think twice and then steel yourself.
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2-26-2008 @ 4:48PM
Adrienne said...My son had so much hair when he was born, and it was so long, that we had to get it cut at 6 months. We went to the Magic Kingdom at Disney World. Who knew they had a barber shop in the park?
Before:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/cayelock/IMG_0823.jpg
After:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/cayelock/IMG_0845.jpg
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2-28-2008 @ 2:12AM
eli said...Interestingly, in our family I wanted that first cut, and the husband didn't. He was kind of sentimental about it, and I felt it was the practical thing to do. I think seeing my kid with hair (from the top AND the sides) stuck to a snotty nose was enough.
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3-08-2008 @ 11:11AM
Annie said...I know I'm probably going to get yelled at for this, but I didn't cut my oldest son's hair until after he started kindergarden. It was nearly waist-length and gorgeous. I cried for about a week when I finally had to do it.
I started letting my younger son's hair grow but he was just too boyish to carry it off. So, he's pretty much always had shorter hair.
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4-09-2008 @ 12:02AM
kalteblaueaugen said...my son was a little over a year and i had to cut that hair off! i pulled out my clippers and shaved it. he is an only child and i could not take it. i can not stand the hair styles of boys these days. long over the face all over. as i remember the girls are the ones who were always running their fingers through their hair now its the boys. but their hair just looks greasy even my son's did every one was super pissed off that i did it but i bathed him every night and washed his hair but it looked a mess.
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