DIY Haircut for Juan Or

Last time when Juan Or was still with the babysitter lady, she would normally take Juan Or to a neighbour hairdresser lady (in Sri Petaling) who charged RM5 for kid's haircut. Now that Juan Or is no longer with the babysitter, and daycare centres don't go to the extent of sending your child for haircut, Mommy decided that Mommy will cut his hair instead. So Mommy referred to this practical blog, Almost Frugal, for the how-to.

The first time Mommy cut Juan Or's hair was on Chinese New Year Eve, January 2012, at the in-laws' house. Because Mommy was the one doing the cutting, Mommy couldn't take any photos of the process then. But here was the end result.

Here's another pose!

Fast forward to 2 months later, Juan Or needed another haircut, but Mommy just couldn't find the time to cut his hair because Mommy would normally reach home late from work and weekends mean that certain priority housework needs to be done first before our weekend outings. On top of it all, Papa always wants to start going out early for our outings to avoid road jams and confusions. All these don't leave much time for Mommy to cut Juan Or's hair. Cutting hair in the in-laws' house is also no-no for Mommy because MIL would uninvitingly add her comments here and there as Mommy does the snipping, and not to mention, Juan Or would act fretful (e.g. wants his neck to be dusted with powder again within very short intervals) whenever the grandparents are around. So what's the next best move? Ask Papa to cut Juan Or's hair instead! ^_^

Here's the process......snip, snip, snip left!

Snip, snip, snip right!

Snip, snip, snip from the front!

Snip, snip, snip near the ear! The only problem with cutting this boy's hair is that he kept on moving his head, such that there were occasions of nearly snipping his skin, otherwise is the snip went a little too much.

Ta-dah, this is the end result!

Looks like Mr. Coconut Head, right? Something like the kind of hairstyle whereby you use a halved coconut shell, put over the head and then snip away all the hair that comes out from the coconut shell! ^_^

New Hair Style for Juan Or

These past few days have been very hot and humid. Mommy has been sweating buckets even during the night. Juan Or is no exception too. Juan Or was seen pulling his hair - seems like his crowning glory is a layer of heat insulator! So Mommy decided that his hair should be trimmed to as short as possible, but of course not to the point of being bald!

Thus, yesterday, Papa cut Juan Or's hair, while Mommy held his hands and body so that he cannot move. Otherwise Mommy can't imagine if Juan Or's facial skin, ears or fingers got snipped by the scissors! Of course Juan Or hates to be held on tightly and so began to struggle. By then, Papa managed to snip some hair and the snipped hair fell into Juan Or's hands. Juan Or appeared intrigued by his hair and started playing with it, so he stopped struggling. Due to his short attention span, Juan Or became restless again but Papa was not done yet with trimming. So Mommy took another bunch of hair and put into Juan Or's hands for him to play with. And sure enough, this trick worked beautifully to keep Juan Or occupied again so that he remained still - at least until Papa was done with the trimming!

(An earlier picture when Juan Or's hair was quite long - makes him look like a big boy!)

(Another earlier picture of Juan Or with the hair slightly shorter than the picture before, nevertheless still gives him the big-boy-look.)

(A sideways view of Juan Or before the haircut. This photo was taken when Papa and Mommy took Juan Or for Kentucky Fried Chicken.)

(After the hair cut, now Juan Or looks like a very young baby!)

("Come! Come!" Wah.....Juan Or wants to challenge people like Bruce Lee!?)