Eva is growing right up. Sorry that I haven't posted pictures for awhile, but I'm repentant. Procrastinating, but repentant.
But now I appeal to you, my blog readers, for help with a difficult decision. Eva is losing her hair. Its falling out at an alarming rate. Every morning and after naps, I take out her binky and it is lined with hair, often there are corresponding hairs on her lips. I find myself choking on hairs more often, and her little scalp is showing through much more clearly.
Which leads me to my question: Should I shave my baby's head? Just get it all over with? Would it make her hair grow back thicker? Will it end the shedding? Is it mean?
Please advise.
16 comments:
I don't see anything wrong with shaving her head, if you can get her to sit still long enough for you to do it.
never thought of it for a girl. looking back at pictures of my kids when their hair began shedding,I swear that I will cut it before it looks like Bert from Sesame Street. But when the time comes I can never bring myself to cut that baby hair.
But you should cut it. experient. maybe it will grow back quicker adn thicker. let me know how it turns out.
I always feel so bad for my neice and nephew when I see them with hair all on their lips and binkys, probably because it's dog hair, but either way, its hair and I don't see anything wrong with putting an end to it. And she is a baby so she won't care, except for during the process.
Inspired by my love for the unique, the bizarre, and the uniquely bizarre, I say shave! Buck the norm, resist the cultural current that says each and every wisp of hair heightens infant femininity (no matter its length or location), and suppress the mother-instinct to cling to the vestiges of infancy. Proudly say, "I like my babies bald," and imbue your daughter early with the confidence to embrace each stage of her body's development. It isn't cruel, but compassionate; and besides, she would probably appreciate a hair-free binky as much as you would (or more!)
Bonus: "I've had my head shaved" is killer ammo for the Two Truths and a Lie game.
ill be the first to say
i dont know anything about chilluns
but i just cant resist a chance to be a smartass
contrary to popular belief
shaving does nothing for the growth or quality of hair
its been proven that shaving does not actually make hair thicker
but instead gives that impression
because when new hairs sprout they are much coarser
as they havent had time to be exposed to the elements
looks like the Chelak knows a little something about head shaving. thanks, Harrison!
don't latin americans shave their babies heads so that it will grow thicker or "coarser"?
Wow. I feel enlightened just reading these comments. I wish somone would have shaved my head in Russia when it started falling out and I felt bald. So I'd shave Eva. If you don't, you might always wonder....
ps do you need another nutmeg supply?
I've probably take a #2 to it. The patchy, or mullet look is really unappealing. If you need bows until it all back and beautiful I'd be glad to hook you up. My bows are at OhSoGirly.blogspot.com
I'm glad to hear I am (and by that I mean Lily is) in good company. And she hasn't had her blessing/pictures yet. Darn.
Its funny you say something. I just took a patient down to x-ray and the patient's mom and I were talking about babies with/without hair. She was telling me that in her husband's culture (indian) they shave the baby's hair because it makes it grow in thicker...
I would've never thought of shaving it. Haven's hair did this and came back a different color and texture. I don't think it matters either way if you shave it or not. Just please document the experience so we all know how to shave a baby girl's head.
Are you sure that Clark just isn't secretly cutting it in the night to get revenge for her stealing his spotlight?
It's so wierd that you brought this up. A cosmetologist in my ward just had this debate with one of my other friends. She said that she ALWAYS shaves babies' heads at 8-12 weeks, so that the hair will grow back thicker. I still don't know if I would do it, but I do have memories of long stringy pieces of hair on Matthew and David, and then the rest of their head was bald. That's not so attractive either. Anyway . . .
Shave it.
If it looks stringy and stragly shave it (I've trimmed Nora's hair twice now because of stringiness) I met a girl who swears by shaving around age 1 and both her girls have thick hair. As for Eva's hair in the future, Don't worry. With your's and Ben's genes I'm sure she will have a great head of hair. It will take time...
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