Stella's First Haircut

About a month ago, I took Stella to get her very first haircut.  I really wanted to wait until she was 3 before I cut it, but I just couldn't take it anymore.  Plus, Stella has developed this terrible bad habit that I call "twirling".  She literally sits all day long twirling the hair on the right side of her head.  She twirls it around and around and around to the point it gets knotted and I have to literally pull her finger out of the twirl.  All day long, I scream, "STOP TWIRLING".  It has gotten to the point to where her hair is breaking off on the right side and falling out.  When I pull her hair back into a ponytail, you can definitely tell where her hair has come out on the right side.  It drives me CRAZY!!! 

Moving on.......... Stella's hair was very uneven.  It was really quite long in the back, but short around the front part of her head.  I thought that with a good trim, it would even her hair out all around.  In fact, it really thickened up her baby hair. 

Lottie got hers trimmed first to show Stella just how easy it was.  She did so great.  She giggled the entire time.  She was super cute. 

Here is a look back at Stella's first haircut. 

Lottie's First "real" Haircut

It was LONG overdue!!!!!  For the past several months, I've desperately tried to get Lottie to wear her hair back in a hair tie, bow, headband, you name it, but she refuses most of the time.  I have to tell her things like, "Do you want to wear a bow like Minnie?" or "Do you want to put your hair up like Mommy?"  You name it, I've tried it.  I think she is getting better and better every day, but nonetheless, most days her hair is down. 

I've been trimming her bangs for the last few months since they are constantly in her eyes when she is playing.  However, after seeing her hair in her "school" photos, I knew that it was time for a proper haircut. 

Since I've never taken her to get her hair cut before, I had no idea how she would react or whether or not she would even sit in a chair.  With that said, I decided to take her to a kid friendly hair salon for her first cut. 

Can I just say, "Dang, I got ROBBED!"  They charged me $17 to trim her hair and that is not including tip.  Is it just me or is that the most ridiculous thing you've ever heard?  She has baby hair for crying out loud and all they did was cut it straight across.  We were in and out of that place in 10 minutes.  Crazy, Crazy, Crazy. 

Needless to say, we won't be going back.  While I liked the salon itself with it's cute decor, race cars and taxi cabs as chairs, the lady who cut Lottie's hair was mean as a snake to me!  She went on and on and on about what a terrible job I had done cutting Lottie's bangs and that I should have brought her in a long time ago.  She also told me that Lottie should not have bangs and that I should have been pulling her hair back and making her wear her hair back until they were long enough to tuck behind her ears.  Had the lady not had a pair of cutting shears in her hands, who knows what would have happened.  I tried to explain to her that I would LOVE to pull her hair back and let her bangs grow if I could, but she won't have it, so bangs it is for now until she gets older.  She then went on to tell me that I should have started putting things in her hair when she was a baby.  I almost whipped out every photo I've ever taken of her to prove that I did start early, but again, she had a pair of shears in her hand and my child's head in her hands. 

While the lady drove me absolutely nuts, Lottie seemed to really enjoy her first haircut.  She was super cute and was making the cutest facial expressions!  She was pretty unsure about getting her hair blow dried, but other than that, loved the experience.  She was such a "big girl"!  She made momma proud! 

Lottie's First Trim

Since Lottie has been on bow strike, hat strike, head band strike, etc., her hair has been out of control.  It is growing so fast that I can't seem to do anything with it. 

Well, on Sunday night I took control.  I couldn't take it anymore and I didn't want her hair constantly in her eyes or it affecting her vision. 

So, after I put her to bed, I got my brush and scissors and went to town.  I literally only cut off a tiny bit - just enough to get the hair out of her eyes.  I have trimmed my bangs thousands of times so I didn't think twice to cutting hers. 

When she woke up the next morning, she looked like a new person.  Her hair looked much better and I felt so much better about getting the hair out of her eyes. 

Of course, I had to save her locket of hair I cut just as my mom did mine.

Terrible lighting, but there it is - a few strands of my baby's hair. 

She is growing up far too fast!!!!!!!!