Lucas and his barber

I know I say this often but really, time flies soooo fast! This morning, we got another reminder that our son is growing up much too fast for us.

He usually cries buckets when it's time for his tresses to be trimmed. Earlier today JJ and I were surprised when he ASKED for a haircut. Alright, not really out of the blue. It's time for his haircut and expecting it to be an ordeal yet again, JJ was prepping Lucas by telling him that he will have his haircut while taking a bath. The initial plan was to cut his hair after lunch, during his bath, so he's kinda distracted. But surprise of all surprises, Lucas said, "Haircut! Haircut! Haircut!". We clarified. "You want your haircut now?". He replied, "Haircut. Like". With eyes as big as saucers, we got all the tools as fast as we can and snipped, snipped...

Wow. He really didn't cry. He just sat there and played with the brush we used to brush hair off his skin. Another milestone :)

 

 Ohh. How I love this crinkly smile :)

 With our trusted barber... Daddy!

 Is my hair okay mom?

Hay. Imagine. Smiling for the cameras na. You would think he's this behaved every time right?

No longer a baby :-(

.. and it saddens me.

Lucas had his first haircut last night. It was some sort of an instant decision on our part since my dad discovered that Lucas have "bungang-araw" in his head. I immediately texted our pedia cousin (hi Ate Mai :-) ) and she told me not to put powder (baby powder or cornstarch) on it and just keep the areas infected dry all the time. Since my baby has a lot of hair, we immediately decided to have his hair cut the same day.

After hearing mass, JJ and Lolo Dadi went to Dadi's trusted barber and asked him to give Lucas a cut at home.

Lucas: pre-haircut.

Lucas: moments before his haircut

I took a video and it was 7 minutes of near-torture for me. Lucas was cranky before the haircut and he started crying 1 minute into it. There were times when he'd look at me and wail "Mama, Mama, Mama..." which simply broke my heart and made me want to cry with him. Good thing he stopped crying immediately after the haircut.

And now, presenting my little boy, looking all grown-up (which is what made me sad). He's growing soooo fast.

He has swollen eyes pa from all his crying last night but I am glad he's the happy baby we all adore when he woke up this morning.

Just an update :-)