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Isaac has been due for another haircut for a little while, but I’ve been reluctant to take him because I didn’t want to pay for another haircut (my mom cut all of our hair until we went to college, and to be honest during college too, so it seems a waste to pay). 

Anyway, I had the idea that I could see what he’d look like if I shaved his head and this would probably be my last chance to try it before he started kindergarten.  It may not have been the best choice.  I gave him some candy and had him stand on the stool in front of our bathroom mirror.  When I shaved the hair off of the top of his head he started to panic and cry.  Charlotte must have heard him because before I knew it she was at the doorway with a look of horror on her face.  She ran down the hall where I could hear her crying too.  At that moment I felt horrible.  What could I do?  It was too late to do anything except shave the whole thing and both of my kids were traumatized.  Isaac started yelling “Glue it back on, I don’t want all my hair off.”  All I could do was finish the haircut and then convince the sobbing boy to get in the bath and wash all the little hairs off of himself.  He cried and cried and said he wouldn’t come out of the bath until his hair grew back.   

After at least a half an hour of sobbing, I was able to convince him to come out of the bath and get dressed.  He only stopped crying when we discussed what we could do to help his hair start to grow back.  He suggested that I buy something at the store that helps hair grow.  We finally decided to make some cookies that would help hair grow.  His initial suggestion for the cookies was to make them with chicken, sausage, and beef.  Luckily he was fine with more traditional sugar cookies.  It wasn’t until he started making the cookies that he finally calmed down and started to accept his new bald head.  Now I think he actually likes it, at dinner he commented on how he couldn’t mess it up.