Forrest and Noah are old pros at this. Forrest knows he gets a graham cracker and he's been quite cooperative the last few times. This was the kid that needed his first hair cut at four months old and had close to 5 more before he hit the year mark.
However, this was Elliot's first time. And since he is our wiggly kid, it was quite the challenge. Just getting a before photo was frustrating enough.
You can't tell by the photos (because of all the wiggles), but the kid was sporting a mullet. And just because you live in the North Woods doesn't mean you have to look the part. It was time!
There were tears, squirming and a great, big, bear hug by dad. I think he came out of the whole ordeal with a semi decent cut. Although he has been screaming all through nap time, so maybe he hates it.
My consolation is it took almost a year before he needed a hair cut, so it might be a while before the next one.
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we were just commenting that levi's hair is starting to hang below his ears a bit... and do i spy a muffitt 3 hotties sweatshirt in that first picture??!? :)
ReplyDeleteYes, yes indeed you do my friend! That's funny that you noticed!
ReplyDeleteOh haircuts...oh dear haircuts. I was too chicken to do Jack's first so we went to the salon that we (used to) go to. The rest will probably be at home though. We've found a dum-dum sucker does the trick for sitting still (lasts a L O N G time) but the taking it away at the end of the haircut is always a bit traumatic.
ReplyDeleteYou are braver than I by far to do that yourself. I made the mistake of attempting a hair cut on DramaBoy when he was a few months old. We had to wait a couple of months to let it grow back out so we could go to the pros and have the damage repaired.
ReplyDeleteSigh.
I don't know what I would do without my clippers. They haved saved us hundreds of dollars I'm sure over the years.
ReplyDeletenice job! i trim my girls' bangs, but i won't do the back until they are a little older. i have taken them in to get the back trimmed up. suckers work great for them. dum dum suckers.
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