Should I or Shouldn't I?
Eleven months and two days ago, this baby boy was born.
When I announced his birth on Facebook - you know, the official way anything ever gets announced anymore - I wrote:
"And, he has curly blond hair!"
I couldn't believe it. After three little boys with perfectly straight hair, I was staring at my new baby and he had curly hair.
But, it was as if I'd been duped. Or was drugged out on Percocet. Because two days after he was born, it was like his hair went completely straight. It was a total mystery.
And, I wondered. Did I really have a baby with curly blond hair? Or was I just imagining it?
Well. I'm here to tell you that I most certainly, most definitely, absolutely, without a doubt in the world had a baby with curly blond hair.
And, he's here - in all of his sweetness - to tell you that he is a baby with curly blond hair.
His hair is just like my brother Stephen's - who looked like a little cherub running around with shoulder-length curls throughout most of our childhood.
That was also the 70's.
This precious blond-haired one is my little curly cue baby doll face lovey teeny tiny sweetheart snookeronie Cuter.
But, he is also a boy.
So, here is the quandary I'm in.
Here is the question I keep asking myself as the days tick by and his curly blond hair gets longer and longer.
Should I or shouldn't I?
Should I or shouldn't I?
Should I or shouldn't I...
...cut his hair?
What do you think?
Give it a month. Because once you cut it you won't have a baby boy but a teenager.
ReplyDeleteHe is sooo cute! I think you've got quite a few more months before his hair starts looking too feminine ;) I'm all for short-haired little boys (as are you, evidenced from your big boys,) but I definitely say... you shouldn't! If you do want to trim it, I'd try and keep it at that exact same length it is now. No one would ever mistake him for a little girl. Not even with a few adorable blonde curls :)
ReplyDeleteDon't cut it yet!! With my #3 and #4, I have regretted cutting their hair too early. WAIT a little while longer!!! and then just trim it to keep it out of the eyes!!
ReplyDeleteMy son had those lovely blonde curls too. I avoided cutting them until about 18 months, much to some other's judgemental displeasure. (His curls were probably twice what Whit has now when I did so). I would wait all over again though. They're so adorable with those curls, and once I cut my baby's curls off, they were never to be seen again, and he looked SO much older. My little boy's hair is now super straight. So, if I were you, I'd keep those curls around a little longer.
ReplyDeleteDon't do it!!! It may never grow back the same. Besides....he's a baby....surrounded by boys! Keep dressing him in baseball outfits, and no one will question! He's so precious!
ReplyDeleteOh, please.....Don't cut it yet! That is too much adorableness!!!!! I can hardly stand it.
ReplyDeleteFirst, that is one cute baby! :)
ReplyDeleteSecond, I say wait... he does NOT look like a girl. You can always cut his hair in a few months. I've noticed that young men are wearing their hair long all the time, anyway... or maybe that's just where I live. I've seen so many elementary aged boys with shaggy haircuts that used to be for girls...
He's a cutie... enjoy the curls!
Do. not. do. it.
ReplyDeleteOh, he's absolutely the sweetest.
ReplyDeleteHard decision, but whatever you decide, keep taking these amazing pictures so those locks will always be kept for posterity!
I have the same issue. I kept them until they were so long I couldn't bear it anymore. And they did grow back. And I keep them again until I can't stand it. But I love the little boy look too. He is adorable.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't cut it. Nah. It's so cute and just barely starting to curl. Definitely not too feminine. He just has cute, adorable baby curls.
ReplyDeleteNoooooooooooooooooooo, do not cut it! My grandson is four and he still has his white blonde curls...He looks like Thor! Love your blog.
ReplyDeleteNoooooooooo!
ReplyDeleteEthan had that curly hair at his age too. I cut his hair the first time because it was driving me crazy. Not only was it curly but it was thick, so whichever way he'd sleep at night, that's where his hair was in the morning lol. But as soon as I cut off the curls, they were gone. They never came back. We keep Ethan's hair just like you have Lincoln's here. I love it that way, and he's much cooler =)
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