J&B Jensen: the hair

These are two different babies...

Guess who is who??

I'm on the left and Obi is on the right. I was born at good pound more than Obi!

But now you know where he got his amazing hair. Random little known fact.... I was voted "best hair" of my high school class. And now everyday I rock the mom-messy-bun look. Oh well....

I prayed for a baby with lots of hair. And people wonder if God hears our prayers.... :)

I don't think I've gone out in public with Obi and not gotten a comment about his hair. Most people say, "What a lot of hair!" Some ask if she was born with all that hair. I say it's a boy and yes he was :) Can boys not be beautiful?? sheeesh. I think its funny when strangers ask me if I had lots of heartburn. Which I sorta did, more reflux at night. But probably not more than the average preggo.

Needless to saw, this head of hair attracts a lot of attention. Sometimes Obi goes out in public under blankets or his car seat cover-up because I feel like I'm parading around a zoo animal by the amount of stares, smiles, comments, and petting he gets. Just please step aside so I can reach the string cheese shelf, people. I feel like a celebrity shielding my child from the public eye. At least I didn't name him Blanket.

Anyways... I thought it'd be fun to do a post looking back on the almost 4 months of Obi hair. Here goes...

Here he is at just a few days old after his first at-home sponge bath.

Then at 7 weeks old I started to realize that things are getting a little out of control...

Yes, baby mullet and sideburns to the max.

More of a "little boy" look going on after that. The length was still a little long.

So at about 12 weeks, I decided to trim up the length on the sides. And with that, went the dark ends since it's growing in blonde.

The towel of his hair clippings.

He sits in the bumbo and watches TV when I trim his hair. And I've ended up doing it over the course of a few days when I notice pieces that need a trim.

We watched a lot of Olympics when his hair got trimmed. He has two little swirls in the back of his head. And not a hair has fallen out or rubbed off. Despite the how adamant my neighbor lady was when Obi was a week old that "Oh, it'll all just fall out. Happens to every baby." Nope, careful with those generalizations!

This last picture was about a week ago at 15 weeks. The top of his hair sticks up about 3 inches so it makes his head look huge. However, at his 2 month appointment his head measured in the 35th percentile while his length and weight were both 75th percentile.