First Haircut

One would think that you needed hair to have a haircut, right? Wrong. Well...sorta. I reluctantly scheduled Caroline's first haircut last weekend and was immediately bombarded with "WHY?!" "What are you going to cut?" "She has no hair!". Yes, that may be true...on top...but the back was starting to look a little ratty.

The back of Caroline's head is very curly. The hair on top? What little bit there is? Not so much. And that's ok. And if Caroline's curls would stay in tact, even better. But I always chuckled to myself because the hair on one side didn't stay curly. It just stuck straight out - about 3 inches from her head.

Let's just say that she could have had a side pony.

It was baaaaaarely long enough for me to put in a teeeeny tiiiiiny little ponytail. And if you know how busy Caroline is, it was quite an ordeal.

But, it was time. Time to shape up the back. I was nervous for days. Almost jittery the entire way there. What if all her curls are cut off and they never grow back? What if she looks like a different child? What if she looks like a little boy?

Surprisingly, Caroline was a good little girl. Yes, she was squirmy. Yes, I had to bribe her with Fruit Loops. So what?

And guess what! Her curls are still there! And in fact, where my sweet hairdresser, Brandy, cut off the length, it's given the crown of her head more volume! She has a natural Bump-It!

We suck at taking pictures. Everything is always blurry. But, at the very least, her hair is all one length in the back. Not sure when we'll need to go back. She'll probably be 36 months old before we need to trim up her bangs...and I'm sure I'll be just as nervous then, too.