Claire’s First Haircut

Claire is 25-months old today! This means we’ve successfully completed one month with an Official Two Year Old. This is quite an accomplishment! She’s been really good, though, for the most part…so I really have no complaints.

Yesterday was a first for both Claire and Momma. Claire’s never had her hair cut, and I’ve never really cut anyone’s hair before. (Well, that’s not entirely true. I used to cut one of our friend’s hair, but it involved an electric razor set on a single number, and it was pretty simple. Let’s say I’ve never cut a girl’s hair with scissors before.) Until yesterday.

Daddy and I decided that it was time to cut off the mullet. In the right situation and with the right prepping, her hair looks pretty cascading down her shoulders, but at other times, the two uneven layers were starting to look funny. We both want to grow her bangs out, and eventually have her hair all one length, so the best place to start was by cutting off the back layer.

Originally, I was too chicken to even consider doing this myself. Trained professionals are, well, trained to do this kind of thing. But, after our lazy day, we were playing downstairs, and I realized how fun it might be to try to do this ourselves. Daddy agreed to play the part of the paparazzi while Momma tried her hand at cutting a toddler’s hair.

This was easier said than done, but we are happy with the results!

Here are some pictures of the big event. (You can click on the pictures to enlarge them. Clicking on the pictures a second time will make them even bigger.)

Claire’s hair before

Getting it all combed and ready

Eeeeeeeeeeeks! The first cut! No going back now!

Claire is asking, “Will it hurt my hairs, Daddy?”

Claire is a tad concerned.

But, she’s starting to calm down.

We’re almost done!

Just doing some final trimming

She likes it! (Momma is fluffing it in this picture.)

Daddy, is it even?

Claire’s hair after

This is a lot of hair! And, yes, it’s going in the Baby Book. Yes, I’m a dork.

And, here is her hair after a nice bath.

Success!

I think I did a pretty good job with no training and a dull pair of scissors.

Toddlers are a moving target. This is challenging when you’re trying to cut hair, but this is a good thing in that she moves too fast for most people to notice if any of it is uneven.