Chance's First Professional Haircut

Today was the big day. I have cut Chance's hair at home since he was born which hasn't been a problem until the last couple months. In the last couple months he hasn't wanted anyone to touch his hair let alone cut it. There is crying, screaming, head shaking and since I am not a professional cosmetologist I don't have any idea how to give him a good hair cut, I just know how to trim it up and since that hasn't been going over well lately his hair has been getting long. And so Scott and I thought it was time for a real hair cut.

I found a place in the area that caters only to children, they don't cut adult hair at all which was great. When we showed up there were toys all around, Disney on the Television and the chairs you sit in are shaped like cars and airplanes with working steering wheels. There was another little guy in one of the chairs when we first arrived so Chance played with some toys, which is what he was doing when I snapped this 'before' picture of his hair.

After a few minutes that little boy was finished and Chance picked the yellow taxi to sit in. At first he was totally fine, driving and she was cutting in the back but when the first piece of hair fell where he could see it he started to cry, I was trying to help but after a minute the lady said I should try sitting down, so I went back to the seat I had been in earlier and sat back down. In less than a minute he had stopped crying and was talking to the lady about cars and where Mickey Mouse lives, we drove his car and watched TV as his hair got shorter...


..and shorter...



...and shorter.



He was such a good little boy, he listened to the lady and did what she asked him to do, moving his head up and down and side to side. I was very happy that he did so well.

To celebrate what a good job he did I told him we could get any treat he wanted like ice cream or sweet thing from the coffee shop. He picked coffee shop sweet so we came home then walked back down the block to our local coffee shop. He picked out a cinnamon roll and asked for chocolate milk, he doesn't usually get both but it was a celebration so cinnamon roll and chocolate milk it was.


It's been a long time since his hair has been this short, it looks a lot different but be still looks as cute as ever. He doesn't seem to care one way or the other but I bet he will notice a big difference tonight when we wash his hair and it takes two seconds to shampoo and rinse. For more pictures of Chance's hair and the explanation of the hair style we picked click on over here.