This is not really on the topic but with all this discussion on hair I will ask something I've been wondering about... did your DD/DS have hair as a newborn or did they have more hair in general than other kids during their first year?
As a newborn my DS had a thick head of hair and never went bald during a transition to lighter colored hair, we received comments continually the first 18 months about his hair, how thick and beautiful it was, etc. I think I've met only a couple other babies who had as much hair as him. Probably due to the hair we had a lot of comments about how he should be in ads, we were approached by a store for a photoshoot, declined just as we didn't think he'd sit patiently for it. Now he has disheveled straight hair in a home done haircut because he's extremely sensitive about having his head touched, and so we no longer get many comments, which I don't mind at all as it was so awkward (especially when people thought he was a pretty girl despite clearly boy clothing).
During the gorgeous curls phase when we got a lot of comments I finally settled on, "Oh I know, I so wish I had his hair, mine just won't do anything". I found that prompted a "oh but your hair is nice comment" which stopped the person further commenting on DS's appearance. I never figured out a response for "he's so beautiful" except "Thankyou -- we think so too but of course we might be a little biased".
Anyhow getting back to my question, I am curious if your DS/DD had more hair as a baby than others?
Polly
