Comments on untanglingknots.com: The Controversy of the Curl

dont cut the babies hair till he is 1. 1 is a good...

2007-10-03T02:43:00.000-04:00

dont cut the babies hair till he is 1. 1 is a good age!

He is too cute with the curls. Cut the fingernails first!

Hi, I know this is a really late comment but I ju...

2007-09-17T14:59:00.000-04:00

Hi, I know this is a really late comment but I just found your post about bruising (I tend to drop by your site every month or so and catch up). My son's about 6 months older than Nate and when he was about 10 months I had a bad run of bruising on my legs too. I had a bunch of blood work done but nothing showed up and then by about 13 months they went away. I really wonder if it was something to do with breastfeeding, or it could just be that baby boys are tough on their mothers....

http://spiritofplace.com/2007/05/jumble-breastfeeding-a-toddler/

One more thing.. be thankful the blood's inside hi...

2007-09-14T22:06:00.000-04:00

One more thing.. be thankful the blood's inside his ears. Once he starts picking his nose and, ahem, leaves you presents all over your walls, you'll pine back to the days when he thought his ears were the big ticket. :p

I didn't cut my daughter Abby's hair (now 9 yr old...

2007-09-14T21:30:00.000-04:00

I didn't cut my daughter Abby's hair (now 9 yr old) until she was 6. She had a head full of perfect, flowing,down-to-her-waist, beautiful ringlets of chestnut silk. Everyone adored her hair. I LOVED her curls. The sad day I took her for her first hair cut (she couldn't stand sitting on her hair anymore) my fears were realized... the curls never returned. Enjoy Nate's as long as you can!

I would SO, SO, SO NOT be able to cut those adorab...

2007-09-11T12:44:00.000-04:00

I would SO, SO, SO NOT be able to cut those adorable curls.

Well, if you were orthodox jewish and lived in new...

2007-09-10T07:20:00.000-04:00

Well, if you were orthodox jewish and lived in new york I'd say the curls were just about right. :)

As for the blood in the ear - probably not the hair - he just found a hole to stick his fingers in. Keep the nails short short short.

Lucas still picks at his ears at 18 months old and...

2007-09-10T01:17:00.000-04:00

Lucas still picks at his ears at 18 months old and with 5 hair cuts under his belt. I find dried blood in his ears even if I just trimmed his nails. I think it is just a way for those babies to keep us on our toes.

BTW, I didn't start cutting Lucas' hair until he was 13 months. His hair grows super fast!! I didn't want it cut too short that first time, but every time since then I keep saying "shorter". He just gets sooo sweaty!

My son has curls too but they don't seem to bother...

2007-09-09T07:52:00.000-04:00

My son has curls too but they don't seem to bother him. I wonder if you cut Nate's curls and his ears still bleed, would you regret cutting them? Just a thought... =)

Bring that baby to me. I LOVE trimming baby nails...

2007-09-08T19:38:00.000-04:00

Bring that baby to me. I LOVE trimming baby nails. Wierd fetish I know but whatever. I can say my daughters have never had crusty blood in their ears! I'll make sure Nate's nails are nicely trimmed and that the curls stay in tact. I adore curls, too. My older daughter briefly had them when she was around 15 months to two years or so. If it was really humid, they were really curly.

Just add a wide brimmer black hat and Nate will be...

2007-09-08T19:32:00.000-04:00

Just add a wide brimmer black hat and Nate will be a little orthodox Jew in the making!! seriously I know how you feel. I got the Young Man's hair cut last weekend and chickened out and only had about 1cm cut off - enough so its not in his eyes anymore but not too much so that he looks like a 'big' boy. The girls are gonna go wild for those curls when Nate gets bigger.

I think it is normal for little guys to pick at th...

2007-09-08T19:05:00.000-04:00

I think it is normal for little guys to pick at their ears. I remember finding dried blood in my kids ears, it won't last long and it doesn't bother them much or they would stop doing it.

The curls are cute!

Oh my goodness Eva. Totally WTF! Curling a baby's ...

2007-09-08T18:57:00.000-04:00

Oh my goodness Eva. Totally WTF! Curling a baby's hair with a curling iron? If that isnt a recipe for disaster than I don't know what is.

Christi - we do tuck the curls behind his ears but they have this crazy ability to wrap right around and then the ends stick right into his ear holes. Cute. But ticklish for him I'm sure. I already kept some of his long dark baby hair that has since all but fallen out and been replaced with these more brownish locks. I will definetely keep the curls if and when we ever cut them. If I get my way, his first hair cut won't be for a very long time.

You can't just tuck them behind his ears? Cole ha...

2007-09-08T18:17:00.000-04:00

You can't just tuck them behind his ears? Cole has them, too, and they drive me nuts b/c he looks so girly when they're out. So I am constantly fixing his hair and tucking them behind his ears. His aren't quite as long as Nate's, so it seems like you would be able to get them to stay there. If you do end up cutting them off, make sure to keep them forever!

My baby has adorable curls, too. Old people keep a...

2007-09-08T15:02:00.000-04:00

My baby has adorable curls, too. Old people keep asking me if I curled them. WTF? Can you imagine a bigger waste of time or a more dangerous activity than taking a curling iron to an infant's wiggly head?

My gut reaction is DON'T CUT HIS HAIR!!!! but if it's really and truly bothering him...well can you put barrettes in? Brush the curls back? You see my reservations to cutting.

If you cut them off, they may not grow back!

But if you have to...

You know even if he is futzing with them he'll get over it soon enough. They're always going through phases.

Please don't cut the curls! :(tq1961 (long time re...

2007-09-08T12:06:00.000-04:00

Please don't cut the curls! :(

tq1961 (long time reader..rare commenter..)