FFF: Enoch's first haircut

A few weeks ago I decided that Enoch really needed a haircut... his first one ever...  The thing that finally pushed me over the edge was the curls in the back, which were so long that they were beginning to curl around his ear and back up toward his jawbone.  

Before (super long bangs)

Before (see the curl behind his ear?  when it's dry it curls the other way, around his ear and toward his face)

I considered taking him to a local barber shop, but right now he has a bad case of stranger danger, so I was quite confident that he wouldn't let a barber close to him, especially not one with scissors in his hands.  I was also scared that they might cut off too much of Little Man's sweet curls, which would've broken my heart.  So, since I've cut my own hair before (and Hugh's as well), I decided to give Enoch's hair a try.  Another reason I decided that I could probably handle cutting his hair is that only certain parts of it were actually long enough to need a trim - almost all around the edge of his hairline in front, back, and sides was still really short.  Only on the top and near his crown had the hair actually grown much (but it had grown a ton!  maybe 5").

 I knew, however, that I'd need to wait for just the right timing.  I was thinking that in order to cut his hair I'd have to turn on a video of a machine working in the dirt and give him a super special snack when he was in a rather pleasant mood all the while sneaking the scissors and making quiet, small snips here and there... but it turns out I didn't end up having to go to such great lengths.  One morning while getting dressed with Hugh, Little Man was in quite a chipper mood and quite distracted by playing with Daddy, so out the scissors came.  :)  I decided it would be easiest to wet his hair down with a spray bottle (also a fun distraction for Enoch) and then have him lay down on the changing table (this kept him from wiggling around as much).  I carefully snipped the sides and top while he laid down with his head turned to the side and only did a few cuts in the back with him sitting up near the end.  My main objectives were to trim up the bottom edge in the back, trim his bangs a tad, and give a bit more structure all around.  Below are our "in process" photos:

trimming the sides 

(see how short his hair is directly above his ear?  that's natural, somehow)

wet hair

(this is a pretty good shot of the finished back of his head)

happy faces

  And this is after.  I need to get one of the back soon, but just imagine that all of the long curls are trimmed up into a nice, neat hairline.  :)

Don't you just love the fall sweater and corduroy?

I'd say this first time was a success, but if ALL of his hair grows next time, he may end up having to deal with an actual barber because of his hair type - thin, fine, and wavy (like my dad's), which doesn't lend itself to covering up my cutting errors, of which there are always a few.  ;)