Riley's First Haircut- By Mom

On Riley's 16 month birthday, she got her first haircut...courtesy of mom. I decided that the tub would be the best place to try and cut her hair (this hair cut really only consisted of a few hairs but it wasn't easy!). Since Riley says "hi" and "bye" to everything right now, I told her to say "bye, bye hair" and she did. Here she is waving goodbye to her hair.

Riley was starting to grow a mullet...I just wanted it to grow long enough to put it in a pony but decided that the current hair growth pattern wasn't going to accomplish that goal quite yet...so we cut the mullet hairs off. Maybe it will grow faster now?

I had to get some snap shots of Riley before the mullet hair disappeared...she loves to show her teeth so her she is showcasing her talent (it actually makes for a cute picture)...

And then there were her crazy bangs...they were cute when pulled back in a clip but since we can never keep that in her hair...her bangs kind of looked like a Mohawk...so a mullet and Mohawk had to go.

After unsuccesfully attempting to cut her wet hair with the kitchen scissors in the bath tub (she thought it was pretty awful; not sure why but she hated me trying to cut her hair), I tried to towel dry her hair and cut it that way. Once Riley decides that she doesn't like something, she let's you know it. So half way through cutting the mullet, we had to get out of the tub. THe next ten minutes consisted of me chasing a naked baby around the house with scissors. As a result, the hair cut didn't turn out perfect...the bangs got a bit short. I guess it would be worse...

We have heard that rubbing tomato sauce in her hair may stimulate the roots and shaving her head will make it grow in thicker (although Ashley, our local expert hair friend, has rejected these myths). We haven't decided to resort to the shaving of the head (yet) but are starting to consider the tomato sauce. Grow hair...grow! My new goal- a pony tail by her second birthday...that should be achievable, right?!?!