I know this seems so minor in light of so many other things, but can you pray that ds will have a good attitude about getting a hair cut? He is 3 1/2 and has never had a hair cut. Last week I had to cut out a tiny dreadlock that had formed and he was impressed that it didn't hurt, so he said he wanted to get a hair cut and has been saying it all week. So this morning dh brought it up and he freaked out and cried like crazy. We have told him he will have to get it cut next week because it is really getting long, and I don't want him to have his first haircut while dh is gone, so we need to get it done soon. But he is so nervous about it I think because his hair is kind of his "thing" that everyone knows him for. So please pray for courage for all of us as we hit the haircutters next week!!
I will be praying for him and for your family. This may seem small but to him it is a big deal. I hope it goes smoothly and he loves his new haircut. By the way, the little guy I keep during the day is 27 months old and has never had his cut either. It is very curly and he looks so cute with the long hair. Beth
I will say a prayer for him too, my own son used to scream when he got a hair cut too when he was younger. I finally started taking him to those kids hair cut places where he sits in an airplane and watches his pick of videos. He loved it. It cost a lot more then the cheaper places but it worked out well till he was old enough and not scared anymore to go with his daddy to the barber shop now. Sam
Oh, Beth, I am so glad someone understands! It just seems there is so much tied up in that hair (dh had hair like that when he was little, and his deceased uncle did, too, so mil has issues with it, too!) and he will look so much older when it is cut. Our next child is getting a haircut at two weeks!!
Jen, my son wears his in braids almost all the time. His dad gave him a butcher hair cut over 7 years ago and he now just lets it grow! He was around 4 when I tried to get him to the barber and he freaked and my dh would just cut it up until he was around 12 and the cut didn't go so well. Since he is working, he just has someone braid it up for him as I never did learn (after 3 girls and 2 dgds) how to do cornrows! I can manage a french braid but I don't think he'd go for that at the age of 20!
Malcolm cried for years with his haircuts, Make sure your scisors are sharp so they don't snag his hair. Is there anyone else's hair you can trim to let him see as a model?
Oh Jen, no request are odd, theres a reason for everyone. We will pray for that little boy, and of course its a big deal for him. Maybe take him for ice cream when you are done or a place he likes to go eat. Keep us posted and let us know how he does?
It will probably be sometime next week. He is going to go whenever dh does...I am not mentioning it in the meantime! I am sure he will do okay in the end. Are all the kids as tough as the first???
NO!!! YES!!! It depends!!! My first was VERY tough! When I found out I was pregnant with our 2nd, I was honestly scared to death! I prayed, "Lord, you know I can't handle another one like this! If I have another one like this, you will have to give me a HUGE amount of more patience, AND sanity!" Well, my 2nd was almost a total opposite! He slept a lot, smiled almost constantly, didn't spit up, cried VERY rarely, and did I mention he slept a lot? My first RARELY slept! If he slept 4 whole hours in a row, I was THRILLED! So that in itself was a huge change! (Oh, btw, he made it up to 6 hours, but that's about the most he EVER slept in a row---until he became a teenager! :lol: ) Now, don't get me wrong. I love my oldest dearly, and he was very special in his way....just VERY demanding!!! My third was in between the two, though very sweet and she NEVER EVER threw a tantrum! So there you have it. Some people pop out little peas in a pod. Mine were all quite different, as many people's kids are.
I should say that I don't feel he is too tough--although sometimes I wonder when other people talk about their kids sleeping all night!--but it seems that every first is so emotional. And then I figure with the next kid, maybe it will be, too, because we will probably only have two, so it will be the last first...Who knew raising kids was such an emotional hullabaloo??:lol:
We're looking at Friday, probably. I haven't mentioned it, but I heard dh say something to him yesterday. I will definitely post pictures!!
Yes, DEFINITELY have to get pictures! All of us on hsspot need to see them! Oh, and I s'pose you could SCRAPBOOK them since it IS his first haircut! But of course it's your friends here that you'd really want to take the pictures for!
