Sam’s First Haircut!
pamelamyers | April 27, 2014
Yesterday, I took Sam for her very first haircut. It has been a long time in coming. Her hair is getting a bit unruly. The ends needed to be trimmed, and it needed to be evened out a bit. For a while, every time I would mention it, she would get upset, grab her hair, and yell, “No!!! I love my hair! I don’t want to cut it!” Eventually, I was able to show her how much would be cut, and convince her it is just a trim, that we aren’t going to chop it all off or anything! We made a big deal out of going to Mommy’s hairdresser, just like a big girl. I made us both appointments with Nikki for the same day so that she could watch me first.
Here are some “before” pics so you can see how long her hair was getting.
Sam watched me get my hair washed (but she wanted no part of that!) and thought it was funny seeing all the women with the foils in their hair. I think she thought the funniest part were the old fashioned hair dryers. She said, “Mommy, look, they have bowls on their heads!” The whole time I was getting my trim, she sat in the chair next to mine and just chatted with me and Nikki. She was so good that a customer came over and commented to me on how incredibly good Sam was and that she couldn’t believe a little girl her age sat so well just waiting. That’s my girl!
Then it was Sam’s turn! We popped her right up in the chair and she was ready to go. She needed a booster seat though! But I was happy to see the big smile. I think Sam was actually getting excited.
Nikki actually decided that Sam’s hair was so long, to do the best job of reaching it (since she doesn’t quite get much above the chair) that she would be better off letting Sam stand at first. Sam stood very still just like we told her to so that Nikki could snip, snip, snip. Sam asked me to save the hair they cut off because she was going to miss it. 🙂 We did save some clippings, of course.
Eventually, Sam got back in the chair and finished her haircut.
My little beauty!
She got her hair dried (another thing she is finally used to), and we went on our way! I was so proud of my girl. One more new experience under her belt. Strangely, we took the “before” pictures, but never thought to take the “after” pics! But I am sure you will see a multitude of pictures soon and it will be apparent how her cut looks. It really isn’t much, just a wee bit shorter in back, and nice and straight. She looks beautiful!