... baby's first haircut!
Actually, Isaac's hair has grown disturbingly little. I'm tempted to ask his doctor about it at his 18-month check-up. Yes, it's a lovely pale blond color, and it's so soft and silky, but shouldn't there be more of it by now?
He was born with a small amount of hair before he became mostly bald at about three months of age, but that was over a year ago and it hasn't gotten much longer or thicker compared to that of his peers. His front hairline hasn't grown at all. The only reason he looks like he has a tiny fringe of bangs is that hair from further back on his head has finally grown enough to touch his forehead.
The part I cut tonight was a tuft of longer hair that grew out of the center of the back of his head -- not even as stylish as a mullet. The patch was less than the size of a quarter, and the hair was easily twice as long as the hair that surrounded it. It was longer because it was the only hair that pre-dated his bald spell.
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Isaac can say hair, although he says it with what sounds like a strong Scots accent -- something like hee-ehr. He still runs his fingers through my hair as he nurses, which of course dislodges a few loose strands. If a hair ends up in his mouth, he immediately stops nursing. He doesn't have the dexterity to remove it himself, so he says "Hair" to alert me to the problem and I extract it for him. It's still exciting when he puts his language skills to use.
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