Her first haircut – gender regression

Ivy was born with very little hair and even by 18 months she didn’t have much at all. So naturally, people assumed she was a little boy. If I had a dollar for each time I’d heard “your boy is so cute!” Joey and I wouldn’t have to worry about a mortgage 🙂 It probably doesn’t help that we dress her mostly gender neutral or kinda boyish when out in public most of the time, but… well, she’s an active little kid and dresses and frilly stuff would get worn out FAST.

I trimmed her bangs out of her eyes about a month ago, but the time had come for her to get a full-on official actual haircut. So, while running errands today, I stopped in at the salon where I get my hair cut (and where I got my up-do for the company party this year 🙂 and put her under the shears.

I wanted Ivy’s hair cut so that the natural curls at the ends were not weighted down by the longer layer growing from her cowlick. The lady was told to cut it in layers so that it would curl all over her head. What we got is cute, but holy moly she’s back to looking like a little boy 100%. As it grows out I’m sure it’ll curl up, but in the meantime… here it is (including a few shows that she took herself 🙂