Asher's First Haircut Experience.

After we kept on postponing Asher's first haircut since his 1st birthday, it finally pushed through last May 1..a day before he turned 14 months. We set off early last Friday since we kinda expected that the malls will get crowded due to the storewide weekend sales. We arrived at Cuts 4 Tots in SM The Block at 11 AM. Asher was third on the queue so to kill time and while we waited, we went to nearby Toy Kingdom to buy someone's baby a birthday gift. Asher saw the balls and he kept on pointing to it so his Daddy bought him a pair of small plastic balls for Php 50 just to pacify him and to have something to keep him occupied while having his haircut. When we returned at the barber shop for kids, we just waited a few more minutes before Asher was asked to sit down on the car-designed chair. We let Asher had a feel of it first and as expected he liked it. He got kinda fussy when he was being prepped up as he looked at me and was requesting that I pick him up. Thanks to the Barney DVD they played, his attention was diverted to it. The first cut was done by the Daddy following the old belief that the first ever haircut should be done by someone who's brainy so the baby will likewise grow smart. Although I believe that even if it wasn't the Daddy who cut it first, Asher will grow smart still because it's in the genes (naks!). Generally, the barber didn't had a tough time cutting or should I say shaving his head with a razor. He was so behaved and still and he didn't cry at all until the session ended. We'll be contacted by Cuts 4 Tots if the Certificate of First Haircut is ready for pick up in 2 weeks. We availed the certificate package (Php 150 + Php 280 for the haircut) sans the before and after photos since we have our own cam naman. We're just after the cute certificate where the first cut lock of hair will also be included. Here are a few of his first haircut pictures.


The Before and After Look

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Now a lot is asking why an "uno" haircut. Actually my in laws, ever since, were suggesting Asher to go bald on his first haircut para daw kumapal ang buhok and we (husband and me) on the other hand were adamant about it because, personally, of fear that Asher wouldn't look good with it. But when the barber showed me pics of the "uno" style which he suggested by the way, Paul and I agreed. He looks good naman in a shaolin look di ba? All the more that he looks a little Chinese baby now.