All matters hirsute on Planet Baby

Okay, an admission. This isn’t the post I planned to write today. But sweet Felicity at Gifts of Serendipity started her fabulous Wednesday ‘Word of the week’ series today and I couldn’t resist her invitation to play along. As I mentioned here, I’m a logophile, a word lover. And now I’ve found a soul mate in Felicity – squeal! She’s the only other person I know who shares my passion so intensely. It’s taken me 40 years to find her so I’m sticking with my girl from now on ☺. The idea is that she gives us the week’s word and we have to write a post mentioning the word. Simple. So here goes!


I love Felicity's idea!

Felicity has helpfully provided a definition for this week’s word:

Hirsute - hairy, shaggy, untrimmed 

All matters hirsute have preoccupied me since Mr PB and I arrived on Planet Baby. When the pixies were born, they all had thick, black hair. We were completely flummoxed. Where did it come from? Neither of us have black hair. Then we watched, amazed, as that gorgeous downy fluff was replaced by different, stronger and light brown hair.

Joshua’s hair

Joshie’s hair was dead straight. Right from the start. Here he is, aged 17 months.

His hair grows so quickly, he has to have it cut every three weeks.

India’s hair

India’s hair, to our amazement, soon turned curly. We had a ‘curly-whirly-girly’ (still a pet nickname). On both sides of our families, straight hair rules. So what to do with it? We just let it grow and watched. Here she is, aged 16 months, curls everywhere.

We’ve had a few trims since then but for the last year, she’s grown it long. That’s meant a lot more attention is now paid to getting ready every day. She has so many choices to make. Hairbands or ribbons? Which ribbons? Ponytail, pigtails, plaits (standard or French) or fringe back? We have a ‘ribbon tin’ containing her prized pretties. Here it is (I’m a sucker for tins).

Here are her ribbons.

Sam’s hair

And now Sammy has us flummoxed. He’s now our curly-whirly-boy! His hair is a thick profusion of curls. We’re not sure what to do. If we have them trimmed, will he lose them for good? Or will they just spring back into shape? I need to know! His hair’s getting quite long and fluffy now, almost mullet-like which I don’t enjoy. Here he is today, aged 15 months. See the little ringlets?

And here’s a back view, showing his locks off in all their glory.

Our weekend’s hirsute pursuits

Last week, we all desperately needed haircuts. Mr PB helped me last Saturday by taking himself and the two older pixies to our brilliant hairdressers, Jagama. Joshie and Mr PB returned home with smart, short hair and Miss India was chuffed to have had her first trim of her long locks in a year.

They also braided it into an ‘up do’. Not the kind of thing I would do as she’s only little but she said it made her feel like a ‘princess’ for a few hours so I didn’t object. Here she is.

Interestingly, the trim has caused her curls to bounce back so her hair is now quite wavy. She's delighted.

We’re still deciding what to do with Sammy’s hair. Mine’s well overdue for a cut and colour but I’m trying to stretch it out until Mr PB’s next monthly pay (the joys of living on a single income). I’ve also run out of my favourite Aveda Rosemary Mint Shampoo (mm, love that smell!) and Aveda Volumising Tonic (I swear by this product). I’ve settled for plain old Pantene at the moment which is doing the trick.

I’d love to hear your hirsute tales. What about styles (one day, I’ll show you a photo of my ‘fringe perm’ circa 1985)? Do you have any products you swear by? Maybe you’re an Aveda lover, too. And if you have a son with curly hair, what do you do with it? Do share!