Unlike many babies, Isaac had a head full of hair since birth. His hair has grown so long that he has occasionally been mistaken for a girl. Also, for whatever reason, his hair spiked up, which always got in our faces when we held him.
We have been talking about giving him a haircut for weeks, but everyone was reluctant to do it--after all, nobody was brave enough to mix scissors/razors with baby!
Today, after even our paediatrician commented on his long hair, I suddenly had this urge to just cut it, without even consulting Daniel. (I felt bad about the latter afterward, but had I actually talked to him about it, I might put it off yet again.)
We have an electric hair clipper sitting around, which we bought when Daniel decided to go for a crew cut two summers ago. I always thought it was the best tool for the job, but Daniel thought it was easy to hurt Isaac with it. (Instead, he was leaning towards having his dad--who has the steadest hands and best patience in the world--do it with a razor blade. Go figure.)
At first, I started cutting Isaac's hair with him sitting in his throne. He was predictably attracted by the noise, so I put a Baby Einstein DVD on TV, letting him watch while I cut his hair. That worked quite well with the front, top, and sides, but my mom needed to hold him in order for me to cut the back. He only fussed minimally, mostly bothered by the hair which has fallen onto face. We had to wipe his face a few times to keep him happy. My mom immediately gave Isaac a bath afterwards.
I didn't tell Daniel about the haircut until it was done. When I sent him the pictures, he was shocked--"it was too short!" "he doesn't look cute any more!"--signs of a protective father. :) However, Daniel made peace with Isaac's new haircut after seeing it in person.
The new 'do made Isaac look that much more boyish, and to our surprise, bigger. In fact, with his new hair style, even his body looks that much chubbier.
Now I have confidence to cut Isaac's hair the next time!
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