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DS is having his first haircut tomorrow and DH asked me if we're keeping a lock of his hair. I hadn't even thought about it. My mother didn't keep mine (she'd be totally grossed out by the idea!)
Did you keep a lock of your LO's hair? If not, do you wish you had? What do I do with it if I do keep it?! Did your parents keep one of yours and do you still have it? Does it have sentimental value for you? If not, do you wish they had? TIA
I kept DD's from her first hair cut.... I just put it in her baby book (it had a special little pocket for first haircut).... I'm really glad I kept it as I think I would really regret it if I didn't keep it... I'm not to sure if my mum kept mine
i have some from DS's first haircut at 5 months lol he had a lot of hair just dont know where it is oooops
DD hasnt had a haircut yet but i havent kept anything for them im just not a sentimental person
DD has her baby box - it has things like her hospital bands, a couple of dried roses from the flowers people sent us, her baby cards and so on...and yes, a lock of her hair though that came from her first haircut at about 18 months cause she was a little baldie :lol:
My mum didn't keep much from us as babies, I don't even really have any baby photos left as I think they got left with my father who I'm not in contact with anymore. DD loves her baby photos and her box, so I'm glad we've got those for her.
My mum has mine :) She also has some of my baby vomit, but that's because I threw up on the book :rofl:
Yep my mum kept mine, and i thought that was a great idea! she put it in my baby book :)
So i have kept DD1's and it is in her box of "special" things!
I will keep DD2's also when the time comes :)
yup, it's stuck in DS's baby book - and mine is stuck in my mum's baby book for me.
:)
Yeah, I kept a lock from both my children.
My mum kept mine too. :)
Yes I did it's only a tiny bit and I am so glad I did as I am a real sentimental person and know in time I will be looking back at all these things I have kept and written down from my little boys baby days as they just go so fast and I want to catch and keep as much of it as I am looking forward to the day I'll get to share all of this with him when he's all grown up :) these are such precious times and I try to capture as many memories as I can (I have kept and saved many things).
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Yep I kept it all and there was alot to keep lol
Yep, and my mum still has mine.
She also has every single tooth I lost and has written on them in tiny writing the date I lost them lol.
I sure did! I'm very sentimental about things like that, it's from his first hair cut and the hairdressers asked me if I was going to keep some before I mentioned it! I keep it in a little baggie for now as I haven't gotten around to sticking it in his book. I also have his umbilical cord stump :D
My mum kept my hair and she's since given it to me.
Aw, the memories! :ROFL::
My mum kept mine in a baby book too, which I really treasure. I'm planning to do the same.
DD1 still hasn't had one! I can't bare to loose those beautiful curls...
But, yes I will keep some when she eventually has one.
I put some of DSS away too for him too. It wasn't his first haircut but he was young.
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Thanks ladies. It seems it's the thing to do. As DH said, if we don't keep some, we can never get it back. I'll put it in his baby book with all his other mementos - birth notice, hospital bracelet etc.
ohhh that's exciting! I haven't even thought about cutting ds's hair yet but yesterday a friend gave me 2 of those little pewter baby keepsake boxes and one said babies 1st curl on it :D seeing ds has a curl or 2 to put in it I thought it would be cool to put some hair in it when does have his 1st hair cut. My mum kept some hair of mine and it's in my baby album.
Sure did :D DD had her first hair cut just a few weeks ago - not long after her second birthday. Yep, she was a baldy for a while! :rofl: Thankfully the hair dresser just put some aside for me or I would have forgotten!
I was given a photo frame gift set when she was born which has a matching little box for her baby hair and another for her first baby tooth. I've put her hair in there for safe keeping.
I would have loved to have seen a bit of my baby hair cause it sure has changed in colour over the years :lol: Not to mention, nothing beats the softness of baby hair
Sorry to go against the grain. DD hasn't had one yet but I won't be keeping any. Strange because I am usually a very sentimental person (DH says I'll cry over the phone book!) but I just don't get the hair/tooth thing.
I kept DD's hair and have it in her little keepsake box. I think it is very special and something I'll always treasure. Mum didn't keep mine, though I wish she had! You can keep it and can always get rid of it in future if it's not your thing?
Glenny - Thanks for offering a different opinion. I'm not sure whether it's something that I'll treasure, but I have a little snap lock bag of hair and will put some in his baby book. It's probably more for me than for him - don't know of too many men who have a soft spot for their own baby book!
Don't get me wrong, I think it's lovely to keep those kind of things if it's special to you. I personally just don't get it. To me, it feels like keeping her nail clippings. Maybe I'm just missing that sentimental thing? But for sure if you're thinking it may be something you regret not doing then I would keep it, as Belle said- you can always change your mind later but if you never kept it and regret it, it's too late to go back. IYKWIM?
I definately did! If it was me, and I could go back and do it again - I wouldn't have chopped it off at all! Well, maybe just had it cut in a different way. But yes. Grabbed as much of it in a nice 'lock' as I could. It's in an envelope with the date on it in a metal keepsake tin in his room. He was 2 days shy of his 2nd birthday.