The Necessary Buzz-cut

Today we wrestled Rychen Parker for a haircut. First, let me explain that he still has cradle cap on his scalp from when he was 6 months old! Apparently it doesn't come off itself--we have to scrape it! I did some of it back then, and those parts are normal now but there are still a lot of dead skin patches. So - Grrr - I have to do it again. Except it is harder now that he wiggles and gets irritated easily. I tried combing against the grain while in the bath tub, which sort-of worked. If he's conscoius, he'll only let me touch him a couple times before swatting my hand away. So, I tried to pick it off in his sleep, but his hair was in the way. Hence, the necessary buzz cut.

So I put him on the bathroom counter, telling him he gets to play in the sink, which he loves. He fought the whole time we tried to cut his hair. Yes, we. It takes two mature humans to do any sort of task with one small one (and the small one often wins). He wouldn't let me buzz it--insisted that Dad do it. Well Dad didn't know what he was doing. -Grrr- 15 minutes later, we have a somewhat-evenly-buzzed head, exposing acres and acres of dried up scalp, and hair ALL OVER the bathroom. (Do I sound like a drama queen? I am, sorry. At least I confess.)

Here's the "Before" Shot:

And during...

(and trust me, you don't want to see the "After.")

After buzzing his hair, I was able to easily comb against the dead skin and remove much of it without getting a bunch of flakes stuck in long hairs. At least now he looks OK although there is still a lot of patch-work to be scraped up. Yuck!!