Our Children's First Haircuts
Levi's hair. Oh Levi's hair. It's beautiful. It's luscious.
I prayed for that curly hair. Not that I expect it to work for baby number three... Although I am trying.
Most parents pray for their kids to be born with a full head of hair. We definitely don't have a chance of anything but thick, dark hair. I had it when I was born and well have you have seen an Indian baby without hair? I think not.
Hence why I was so surprised when Joel's mom asked if we were going to shave his head. Do what!?
Apparently it's very common to shave your baby's head (boys and girls) for their first haircut. Some Hindu families even have a ceremony. This tradition changed depending on religion and the region you are from in India.
The biggest part of the first haircut that is so important to Joel's family is the fact that it's a big first! It's also said to make their hair grow back thicker and fuller. The common practice with my culture and Joel's culture is that we all like to keep a little lock of babies hair from the first haircut.
I try to be open minded on all of the new traditions. I want our kids to take part in so many of them. I was hesitant when she wanted us to do it with Liam, but willing. We ended up not all being together for his first haircut and Joel and I decided to just give Liam a trim.
When Levi was born, I was so excited to see his curly hair. We decided to let him keep his hair long and trim it when he starts getting the "Oh what a cute girl," comments. We've cut it dozens and dozens of times, but usually keep it the same length. Joel's mom mentioned cutting it a few times. Then it happened. She fell in love with his hair too!!! Then she even said we will never cut his hair. She even went as far as to say his personality is in his hair!
We're contemplating changing his name to Samson.
One day we will actually cut his hair. Not trim, but cut. That day is not today. It's far from now. Until then I'll just smile when grocers call him princess and flight attendants call him a little girl. I'm so used to it that I don't even correct them now!!! Is that bad? I know he looks nothing like a little girl and that's enough for me.