Brayden's First Hair Cut

Yes, I caved and decided to get Brayden’s haircut today. (Insert big sigh here!)

Brett returned from his business trip today and we decided to go and it get it cut together. He has been bugging me to get it trimmed, as have all my friends here! I never wanted to until today at Little Gym his hair was all messy and I caught a glimpse of him and he look like a crazy person! So…I caved and went.

Well, as you can see by the pictures, one word can sum up his first haircut experience…TRAUMATIC. Big surprise, Brayden freaked out about getting his haircut.

I went to a place called Snip-It’s in Raleigh that a couple of friends have taken their kids to for their first cuts. They all raved about how distracted they were by the place and how smooth it went. I thought for sure he would not notice once we gave him the lollipop all the other kiddos got.

NO.

We walked in and he thought it was cool, but once we went to put him in the chair he flipped out. Those of you who know Brayden, this is no surprise, but for some reason I thought it would have gone better. Especially if there was candy involved. He wanted absolutely nothing to do with the lollipop, the chair, or the lady cutting his hair. He kept shaking his head “no” whenever we asked him to do something and it was “ah doh, ah doh” the whole time. (Brayden for all done.)

It was pretty bad, but she was able to trim the back and the side of his hair. Afterwards he was fine, but Brett and I thought he looked weird and wished we hadn’t gone through with it. Looks like he won’t be getting a haircut again for while!

He was all smiles when we went out to dinner at the fancy…Red Robin. He loved the person dressed up as Red Robin and was going crazy over the burgers and balloons! Not a bad end to a traumatic experience. I just hope we didn’t scar him for life!!!

- Sue -

* Clinging to Brett's leg as we try to get him in the chair
* His hair before the haircut
* The poor girl was going as fast as she could
* This sad little face sums up the whole experience! Such big tears!!
* Nothing like meeting Red Robin to cheer you up!