Who Needs the Right Foot When You Have a Left?
The beginning of the school year is growing near and we’ve begun getting Jedi ready in an attempt to start off on the right foot. This involves a lot of primping. Yesterday was spent shopping for clothes. Then, we brought him in to Salón de Casa for a haircut. In other words, we chopped it ourselves.
We purchased a hair-cutting kit a few months back. It seemed easy enough and a lot cheaper in the long run than visiting a salon for every trim. This past weekend was our second attempt at shearing the boy’s strands. Which means we may have gotten a bit cocky with the equipment.
All was going well at first. A simple buzz through with the razor and accompanied length attachment makes the job almost idiot proof. Until I starting thinking we were the next step to professionals.
“There’s an ear-trimming attachment here. We didn’t use it last time and the hair around his ears bothered me. Why don’t we try it?”, I suggested to J. Famous last words.
Really, it didn’t come out that bad. If you don’t pay any attention to the giant bald spot on the left side of his head, anyway. I’m sure it can be covered up with a hat. Or big pretty bow. Maybe he’ll start a new trend for the elementary set. I’m just hoping it grows back a bit in the few weeks left before school starts.
On the plus side, there’s no hair around his ears to bother me now.
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19 Responses
on August 02 2010
Oh crap!! Who would have thought you could get so close?? Kids hair usually grows pretty fast … maybe you can slip him some extra vitamins.
on August 2nd, 2010
@jesser, There’s a left and a ride ear attachment and I think J used the wrong one for that side of his head. Thus, the really close edge buzzed all his hair off. He’s got 3 weeks to grow it back.
on August 02 2010
LOL. Ah…I know this one well. The first haircut I gave my Little Miss was a bang trim at 6 months and it was so horribly lopsided and choppy that I was forbidden by her dad to ever touch her hair again. EVER.
But you know what they say about hair – it grows back!
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on August 2nd, 2010
@Justine, I already know I’m not touching my daughter’s hair. Bad things, bad things…
on August 02 2010
Why am I suddenly thinking of Calvin and Hobbes and the “Lawrence of Arabia” look…?
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on August 2nd, 2010
@Ofthesea, You know, I just had to Google that, and I still don’t know.
on August 02 2010
This is why I politely refused when Matthew asked me to cut his hair yesterday – I’d like to stay married, thanks.
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on August 2nd, 2010
@Angella, I cut my husband’s hair once about 7 years ago. He’s been shaving his head ever since. LOL.
on August 02 2010
Oh my! That is very brave! I do cut my daughter’s hair because I just know a trip to a hair salon would be a complete nightmare, far worse than any doctor’s office visit
But her hair is curly and very fine and is very easy and quick to cut and so so far, so good. I’m not sure I would attempt to cut a boy’s hair really short with complex equipment to boot!
on August 2nd, 2010
@Aging Mommy, But that’s the thing, it’s not brave! The equipment is pretty much fool-proof! Unless my husband and I are the fools in question, apparently.
And I’m the opposite. My daughter doesn’t have enough hair yet, but in no way am I brave enough to try cutting it when she does. There’s a lot more style that goes into girls hair than boys.
on August 02 2010
I’ve often thought about this myself having three boys and the barber wants to charge $17/haircut!
Where’s the picture? I want to see that bald spot to know if I could live with damage like that.
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on August 2nd, 2010
@Cathy, As long as you FOLLOW DIRECTIONS, unlike what we did, you’ll be fine. And I thought of taking a picture, but I figured the story would be embarrassing enough.
on August 02 2010
My husband does the hair cutting around here. I’m willing to cut bangs but using the buzz-thingy is too much responsibility for me.
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on August 2nd, 2010
@Marilyn, My husband cut it, too. I was just supervising and offering suggestions. Horrible, horrible suggestions.
on August 02 2010
The same thing happened to my husband the day before his third grade pictures when his mom took him to the bargain-priced barber training school for a cut. Let me tell you, those pictures get a good ol’ belly laugh from the family ever year. And, 25 years later, my husband has (finally) gotten over the embarrassment and says it was a good way to build his character. =>
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on August 2nd, 2010
@Stacia, So… there’s always that. Ha! Seriously though, this is why I haven’t taken a picture of Jedi after the mishap. I don’t need to build his character at only 6 years of age.
on August 03 2010
Oh geez. I have to laugh because I did the exact same thing to my husband’s hair…in the back of his head. The thing is, I am pretty capable at cutting his hair. It only requires trimming with the electric trimmer, on setting #3. However, he asked me one morning when I was really tired and really sick (pregnant). So he had taken off the guard and I thought, “Oh, maybe he wants all the hair shaved off.” Um, yeah, he didn’t. Needless to say, I made a big mistake. My husband, being the awesome guy he is, laughed it off. Thank goodness.
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on August 4th, 2010
@Amber, I cut my husband’s hair once, though without the trimmers. It was so bad, he had to just shave his head after. And he’s been shaving his head ever since. If we had the trimmers, he might still have hair.
on August 05 2010
I’ve trimmed the edges around my husband’s hair a few times and made a few mistakes. It’s just hair – it will grow back. That’s what I told him – I think that reasoning works better with children than adults.
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