The Great Hair Cut Post
So, I’ve been meaning to post this for several weeks now. Ever since Tom tried to cut his own hair. I’ll get to that in a little bit. First, I’m going to start with cute.
It doesn’t get much cuter than this.
Here’s a side view.
And here he is in all his cuteness after his hair cut. Still loads and loads of cute.
Next is Noah. You can say it. He was looking pretty shaggy. He’s had long hair like this for a couple of years now. He likes it. I like it. But today, he surprised me by telling me he wanted it short, like Joe. His wish is my command! But first, a couple of before shots.
And now….
Quite a change, right?? Joe and Emily got their hair cut a while back, and I thought, since I’m doing a post on hair cuts, I’d show them, too.
Taken today, even though his hair cut was a few weeks ago. It’s actually grown out quite a bit. He was not happy with how short I cut it, but I was using new clippers and didn’t realize how short I was going. His hair grows really, really fast, though, so I wasn’t worried about it. Plus, we all had fun rubbing his fuzzy head.
Emily got hers cut before her trip to Costa Rica. I didn’t cut it. She doesn’t entrust me with her most prized possession – her hair.
She got a lot cut off.
And now, if you’ve stuck around this long, you are about to be rewarded. See, Tom thought he could just take care of his own hair cut. He did a fair job on the front/top. But as you can see, he had a bit of trouble with the back.
And my fix. It’s much, much shorter in the back than I usually cut it. You can kind of see his tan line to see how long it usually is. Plus, now we get a nice view of his stork bite birth mark. Fortunately, Joe got his fast growing hair from his Dad. So, this will grow back pretty quickly.
And then there were two
Jonah was able to get rid of the first of his two very loose front teeth with a little help from Ian. The second one just wouldn’t come. So, off we trekked tot he dentists office. After waiting an hour and 15 min. in the waiting room, we were called back for Joe’s 5 min. procedure. They numbed him up and then yanked it out. Jonah was not happy about it at all. The numbing was accomplished with the use of a topical spray. Apparently, it did not do as good a job as Joe thought it should. He cried out and then wimpered for the next 20 min. or so. We stopped at a filling station and procured some ice cream anesthetic. It did the trick. Now, here he is 4 days later with both his permanent teeth making a big showing. Now, these teeth are supposed to be gone by about age 6 1/2. I discussed this with the dentist and told me Joe is about 2 years behind. He says it’s actually a good thing. The less time those adult teeth are exposed to life, the less time they have to go bad. The good news on my end is, he and Noah will not have braces at the same time. Joe will not be ready yet when Noah is. Yeah me.
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Jonah is way late in losing his front two teeth. Like 2 years late. It’s been very traumatic. The one finally missing has been hanging by just a small bit for quite a while. The problem is that created sharp edges where the top of the tooth had already let go. Every time that tooth moved, those edges bit into his very tender gums. Many, many tears were shed over this tooth. Finally, we convinced him to let us pull it out. Well, that actually didn’t work. That bit that was attached, was attached quite strongly. So, I called the dentist. Made an appointment to have them pulled. That was last week. Yesterday, I ran out for a bit, and when I got home, he greeted me at the door all excited to show me his new gap. Turns out Ian is all it took. Ian slammed Jonah in the face with a toy and it caused the tooth to come out. It also caused Jonah to swallow the tooth… he thinks. Because he never saw it. I’m not hunting for it. His gap will not be a gap for long as the adult tooth is already well on it’s way. You can see the entire bottom edge of it. Now, just need the other to come out. I told Jonah I was not cancelling his appointment like he wanted. It’s coming out, one way or another. He’s got 7 days…..
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