Dec 8: First Haircut

Erik has had his first haircut!  We held out until he turned 16 months old and then all three of us couldn't take it anymore!  Kent had been mentioning a haircut to me since before Erik turned 1, telling me that Erik was not allowed to have long hair!  I thought his hair was cute until probably the beginning of November and then I decided it had gotten long enough, and with no curls to make it look cute, I also was on board for a haircut.  I think Erik was ready before either Kent or I!  He had taken to pulling at his hair in the back when he would get frustrated.  It was almost as if he was saying that he was upset and this hairdo was just making it worse!!  It was especially bad during his baths; when we would wash his hair, it would hang down past his neck onto his back.  That seemed to drive him nuts and he would pull and scratch at his neck.  Poor little guy.  We were all set to get it cut mid-November, but then Grandma Johnson asked for us to leave it long so that she could see it.  Not sure it was worth it, because again, no curls!!

We got his haircut on Tuesday, Dec 4, after work.  In our rush to pick Erik up and get to the salon, we forget our camera of course.  Thankfully, Kelli's iPhone was handy so we did get plenty of photos and videos.  Erik did pretty good during the haircut, all things considered.  He is very curious, so he would keep turning his head whenever someone would walk by or a blowdryer would turn on.  He sat on Kelli's lap for the first part of the cut, but then we stood him on the floor for the rest of it so the hairdresser could get to the back and sides better.  Some of the pictures below show how we had to bribe him with snacks!  Erik's hair is so fine that the piece we saved had to be stored in Kent's shirt pocket as it fell out of both the tiny rubber band and the bobby pin that we first tried to use!  Now I just have to figure out how to save it in Erik's baby book.  With all my scrapbooking supplies, I should have something!

Here are some before, during and after pictures of Erik's hair.  Since it has been awhile since I've updated the blog, I'm opting for a short entry with plenty of photos!!

Before: Fly-away hair

Before: Long enough to have little tufts come off the back

Before: Wet, spikey hair during bath

During: Bribing Erik with snacks to get closer to hairdresser!

During: Kent giving Erik more snacks with the buzzer is being used

After: Success - we're done! 

After: Not the best post-haircut pose, but the best that I could get!