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<div id="content"> <div id="contentmiddle"> <div class="contenttitle"> <h1><a href="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/?p=1229" rel="bookmark">Flowbee Me</a></h1> <p>October 7, 2008 7:00 am </p> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/cut.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1286 aligncenter" title="cut" src="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/cut-275x300.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="300" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p>If you saw the above picture and wondered what tortuous thing we did to my poor kid, calm down. All we did was give him his first haircut. I held off as long as possible and even argued with imposing family members who told me to “give the kid a haircut already.” His curls were just too damn cute and I didn’t want to risk cutting them and not having them grow back. When they finally got too shaggy, we took him to the local Great Clips and had the woman there traumatize him for life. It probably didn’t help that Jamie and I were snapping pictures the entire time like we were the paparazzi and Britney Spears was shaving her head.</p> <p>Luckily, Graham’s curls grew back and did so quickly. Cutting his hair was the equivalent of breaking the pee seal when you’ve been drinking. You know, then you have to pee a thousand fold, and Graham’s hair started growing like weeds. That first haircut was back in May and I’ve had to cut it at least once a month since then. Since he was so traumatized by his first haircut, there’s no way we’d be able to get him back into that barber’s chair. This leaves the hair cutting task to us. Well, me since Jamie has long since decided that all children mani/pedi and hair maintenance falls on Mommy’s watch.</p> <p>Cutting Graham’s hair at home is no easy task. He knows what’s coming when I come at him with a pair of scissors and immediate goes into full-blown meltdown mode. We’ve had to get clever about how we go about it. Jamie will bring up pictures of Graham’s favorite things (balloons, animals, Elmo!) in Google Images and with each oooh and ahhh, I jump in and snip another strand. I can tell you that no two hairs on the kid’s head are the same length but luckily, curls are forgiving. No matter what kind of hack job I give the kid, his awesome curls always spring back into place and look perfectly even.</p> <p>When Graham’s first day of school rolled around, I did what any good mom would do and snapped a few pictures. You know, the posed ones by the front door with the backpack on, the same one every other kid in the world has ever posed for. What I noticed as I went to send them out to friends and family is that my kid was sporting a major mop-top. Don King has nothing on that hair. It was too late to do anything about and still make it to school on time so I ended up sending him looking like this:</p> <p><a href="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dsc_5333.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1287 aligncenter" title="dsc_5333" src="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dsc_5333-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p> <p>That night we had to give another dreaded haircut. I got to thinking about those infomercials that used to be on when I was a kid and a few clicks later, I was on the official <a href="http://www.flowbee.com/" target="blank">Flowbee </a>website. Apparently the most awesome contraption ever STILL EXISTS and since Graham loves vacuum cleaners, I thought it would be the perfect compromise. The dude on the website actually guaranteed that I was going to love it and I believed him. I went to order it up and Jamie put his foot down. My bend-over-backwards-for-his-wife husband who has never said no to anything absolutely REFUSED to let me buy the Flowbee for Graham. I was so disappointed, but I had to give him this one since I usually get whatever I want. It’s been two months since the attempted ordering and I still can’t get it out of my head. So tell me, fellow bloggers, have any of you ever had any Flowbee experience? Does it really possess the awesomeness that I dream about?</p> <p><a href="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/rickh.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1324" title="rickh" src="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/rickh.jpg" alt="" width="181" height="242" /></a></p> <p>—————————————————————</p> <p>More torture, look at that pitiful face! Wouldn’t a Flowbee solve all of our problems?<a href="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dsc_4355.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1284" title="dsc_4355" src="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dsc_4355-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dsc_4354.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1285" title="dsc_4354" src="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dsc_4354-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dsc_5333.jpg"><br /> </a></p>  <p>Tags: <a href="http://halfasgoodasyou.com/?tag=graham" rel="tag">Graham</a> </p> <h4><p id="comments">21 Comments</p></h4>  <div id="commentblock"> <ol class="commentlist"> <li class="alt" id="comment-383"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a873a965dab0f24d3b7a9a87d188c834?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://www.deemarie917.blogspot.com' rel='external nofollow'>DeeMarie</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-383" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 7:48 am</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 1</span> <p>I’ve never seen it in use, but if you do end up getting it (I’m sure Jamie will give in at some point), make sure you learn to use it while snapping pictures!!</p> <p><abbr><em>DeeMaries last blog post..<a href="http://deemarie917.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-waste-saturday.html" rel="nofollow">How To Waste a Saturday</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="" id="comment-384"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c961e2428010de09e57b18db7c380cd0?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://viewfromtheshortbus.blogspot.com' rel='external nofollow'>HeatherPride</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-384" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 9:51 am</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 2</span> <p>I dunno, just the word Flowbee is enough to make me laugh out loud. Tell your husband you’ll hide it from company. No one has to know. </p> <p>My kid STILL throws fits when I get his hair cut - and we even go to one of those kiddie places with the little TV screens and everything. Dude, if I had any Flowbee confidence at all (meaning that I’d be able to use it without making my kid look like a major tool) I’d get one.</p> <p><abbr><em>HeatherPrides last blog post..<a href="http://viewfromtheshortbus.blogspot.com/2008/10/6-coffins.html" rel="nofollow">6 Coffins</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="alt" id="comment-385"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/91c6e97a87f77b22e621f84d35dab457?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://mommysescape.blogspot.com/' rel='external nofollow'>Krystal</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-385" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 10:06 am</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 3</span> <p>Actually, a friend of mine uses it on her son who is Little Man’s age who also has autism because of his sensory issues and the kid loves it!!! We have not used it on our kids because grandma does their hair or the barber (yeah, Little Man is a Diva, after he gets his hair done he does this “Mommy, look at me, am I handsome?” and of course the reply is always yes!)</p> <p><abbr><em>Krystals last blog post..<a href="http://mommysescape.blogspot.com/2008/10/exploiting-our-children-for-their-gain.html" rel="nofollow">Exploiting our children for their gain</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="" id="comment-386"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ef26a3c80ea598ab71aaad62dda01a?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://www.spriteskeeper.com' rel='external nofollow'>Sprite's Keeper</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-386" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 10:59 am</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 4</span> <p>My neighbor keeps threatening her kids with a flowbee, but they’re Cuban, and from the kids’ reactions, I don’t think it’s the same thing. Sprite is forever in the barber chair getting her bangs trimmed, but John refuses to let anyone touch the back of her hair.</p> <p><abbr><em>Sprite’s Keepers last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SpritesKeeper/~3/412755030/keep-your-friends-close-keep-your-kids-closer.html" rel="nofollow">Keep Your Enemies Close, Keep Your Kids Closer.</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="alt" id="comment-387"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4523d239570bb0adfd9f683a45e8c5fc?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://www.heavyonthecaffeine.com' rel='external nofollow'>Christy</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-387" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 11:15 am</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 5</span> <p>I can’t say I’ve ever used a Flowbee before, but I did try to the pet hairbrush/vacuum equivalent (can’t remember what it’s called) and it did not go well.</p> <p>His face in the haircut pictures is so sad! You just want to like, I don’t know…give him candy or something!</p> </div> </li> <li class="" id="comment-388"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a2595b38eda0272dc8aeade240b78bfb?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://geezlouize.com' rel='external nofollow'>Heather</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-388" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 11:40 am</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 6</span> <p>HEE HEE…I remember those days. I also took on the task of cutting my boys hair. The first time was brutal! So, I had this brilliant idea…might work for you. I let them cut some of my hair. (with dad’s help holding the sissors) I think that maybe they thought since I was cutting something off of them, that it was going to hurt. So, after they cut off some of my hair I would make such a big deal about how wonderfully they cut my hair and doesn’t it look pretty…and convinced them to let mommy try to make their hair pretty, and they would be sooo handsome like daddy. Well, it worked for me. Good luck.</p> <p><abbr><em>Heathers last blog post..<a href="http://www.geezlouize.com/2008/10/the-inevitable/" rel="nofollow">The inevitable</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="alt" id="comment-389"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3223ebeefe2ee0ff873b91926cf74775?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://www.AprilsLittleFamily.blogspot.com' rel='external nofollow'>April</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-389" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 11:52 am</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 7</span> <p>awwwww…. casey’s first cut was traumatic too… until i handed him my cell phone. hah! i keep putting off another cut, though. i just can’t bring myself to spend $15 (and more with tip!) on a baby’s haircut!!!</p> <p><abbr><em>Aprils last blog post..<a href="http://aprilslittlefamily.blogspot.com/2008/10/moody-monday.html" rel="nofollow">Moody Monday.</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="" id="comment-390"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a1b158fbac88cc99f8c34a1f385a732b?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://www.parentalsupervision.blogspot.com' rel='external nofollow'>Katie</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-390" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 1:01 pm</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 8</span> <p>Awwww, poor kid. We have some cute picts of Cutie Pie’s first hair cut, but that’s only because I snapped a few before they started and while I was holding her down hubby didn’t take any more picture. I swear he never takes any pictures, if you see me and DD in a picture together I took it. And I most probably looked like a damn fool dooin it :).Oh well…ahh the memories… You have such a cutie!!! </p> <p>Thanks for your comment on my post earlier, it means alot!!</p> <p><abbr><em>Katies last blog post..<a href="http://parentalsupervision.blogspot.com/2008/10/anger-management-spin-cycle.html" rel="nofollow">Anger Management - Spin Cycle</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="alt" id="comment-392"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2f23868599c92428be2f73b01c5ad1a1?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://www.buzzinby.com' rel='external nofollow'>Debbie</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-392" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 2:54 pm</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 9</span> <p>Flowbee is really still around?? Amazing!</p> <p>Go and and getcha one.</p> <p><abbr><em>Debbies last blog post..<a href="http://buzzinby.com/2008/10/07/flush/" rel="nofollow">Flush!</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="" id="comment-393"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/77eb45058ca17e0fecd199c48879ed58?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://steenkybee.blogspot.com' rel='external nofollow'>jenboglass (steenkybee)</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-393" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 3:13 pm</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 10</span> <p>So, I haven’t even read this yet and I am scream laughing and crying. Loved the porn stache on the guy below! Your child’s face is priceless and heartbreaking all at the same time! I will go and read now.</p> <p><abbr><em>jenboglass (steenkybee)s last blog post..<a href="http://steenkybee.blogspot.com/2008/10/foreign-office-politics.html" rel="nofollow">Foreign Office Politics</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="alt" id="comment-394"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/77eb45058ca17e0fecd199c48879ed58?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://steenkybee.blogspot.com' rel='external nofollow'>jenboglass (steenkybee)</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-394" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 3:16 pm</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 11</span> <p>A guy I used to work with used one and he loved it. I had him bring it in just to be sure he was truthful. I saw it with my very own eyes. My son hates getting his hair cut, but he doesn’t have those curls!! They require maintenance. Don’t I know this. I hope you buy a flowbee! What’s the cost?</p> <p><abbr><em>jenboglass (steenkybee)s last blog post..<a href="http://steenkybee.blogspot.com/2008/10/foreign-office-politics.html" rel="nofollow">Foreign Office Politics</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="" id="comment-395"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e7c214cea18bf920f16abb1387d5c99e?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://strayraisins.com' rel='external nofollow'>Katie</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-395" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 5:16 pm</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 12</span> <p>I have a penchant for curls on little boys too. I cringe whenever we have to get Connor’s cut. However, I think if a Flowbee comes with a mustache like that, than it’s a must buy.</p> <p><abbr><em>Katies last blog post..<a href="http://www.strayraisins.com/2008/10/mountain-cabin.html" rel="nofollow">Mountain Cabin</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="alt" id="comment-396"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/155185e166b295a27f53d736a9b48459?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://harryjacksmom.blogspot.com/' rel='external nofollow'>cyndi</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-396" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 9:03 pm</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 13</span> <p>Is there a word for the laughing screaming crying combo these pictures gave me? This is the story of our lives - the boys hair grew so fast that I had their first cut before 8 months! I’ve sat in chairs, been clocked by baby boy heads, covered in hair clippings, and all many of torture. I’ve cut it since I invested in clipper/set; one incident had me crying on the bathroom floor, but it’s gotten much better <img src='http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> I remember the Flowbee and some people swear by it. Rock on, Jamie - did he have a trauma of his own? GL!</p> <p><abbr><em>cyndis last blog post..<a href="http://harryjacksmom.blogspot.com/2008/10/black-and-white.html" rel="nofollow">Black and White</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="" id="comment-398"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/64dc80fc16a539ab33b7a0144b1b74a6?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://www.ontheverge6.blogspot.com' rel='external nofollow'>Lydia @ On The Verge</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-398" title="">October 7th, 2008 at 10:56 pm</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 14</span> <p>Do you think it would work on my husband’s hair? LOL</p> <p><abbr><em>Lydia @ On The Verges last blog post..<a href="http://ontheverge6.blogspot.com/2008/10/thank-you-to-all-my-droppers.html" rel="nofollow">Thank You To All My Droppers</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="alt" id="comment-400"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3515b474794150a93c9ceb7dafcdc8ad?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://www.bizziemommy.com' rel='external nofollow'>Stephanie</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-400" title="">October 8th, 2008 at 12:45 am</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 15</span> <p>Poor baby he looks so scared getting his hair cut. I love his little curls!</p> </div> </li> <li class="" id="comment-402"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d2576a92c37da7b527729d1a7adfd12f?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://www.mizfitOnline.com' rel='external nofollow'>MizFit</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-402" title="">October 8th, 2008 at 8:19 am</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 16</span> <p>I have been soooo flobee tempted with my daughter.<br /> she’s almost3 and still haircut free.</p> <p><abbr><em>MizFits last blog post..<a href="http://mizfitonline.com/2008/10/08/viewer-mail-the-office-fridge/" rel="nofollow">Viewer mail. The Office (fridge), breakfast & freefood edition.</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="alt" id="comment-411"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/45011a552f75980f2090220c6dcf7e2b?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://outnumberedtwotoone.today.com' rel='external nofollow'>mrsbear</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-411" title="">October 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pm</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 17</span> <p>I can’t believe flowbee is still around. I cut my husband’s hair because it’s easy, clippers all the way around, but I don’t really like it on the boys and there’s no way I’m going at them with a pair of scissors. Luckily both my sons sit well at the hair cuttery. No drama even when they were babies. I was lucky. I used to take them to the cartoon cuts, you could try that, maybe distract him long enough for a trim. The one around here sucks though, and it’s like five bucks more than hair cuttery.</p> <p><abbr><em>mrsbears last blog post..<a href="http://outnumberedtwotoone.today.com/2008/10/08/wordless-wednesday-the-boys/" rel="nofollow">Wordless Wednesday - The Boys</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="" id="comment-413"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/aad5686a051f09fdd1bf4b4f46c260ca?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://www.spyroufamily.blogs.com' rel='external nofollow'>Miss Jack</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-413" title="">October 8th, 2008 at 2:25 pm</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 18</span> <p>OMG I want to scoop him up and hug him and squeeze him and tell him everything is going to be alright. I can’t say I’ve ever used a Flowbee before. I do however, cut my kids’ hair AND my husband’s. Their really good for me. Greg holds them on his lap and I cut away as the all watch Charlie and Lola. Good times!</p> <p><abbr><em>Miss Jacks last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/spyrou/spyrou_family/~3/409533423/things-kids-dont-mind-that-adults-try-to-avoid.html" rel="nofollow">Things Kids Don’t Mind (that Adults try to Avoid)</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="alt" id="comment-420"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a811168ec37354ac702454e11de46e8f?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://www.oscarelli.blogspot.com/' rel='external nofollow'>jenni</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-420" title="">October 8th, 2008 at 5:18 pm</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 19</span> <p>Growing up, we had a neighbor with a flowbee and it was awesome. But I was ten at the time so there’s that.</p> <p><abbr><em>jennis last blog post..<a href="http://oscarelli.blogspot.com/2008/10/nesting-oh-my-god-nesting.html" rel="nofollow">The Nesting. Oh my God the Nesting.</a></em></abbr></p> </div> </li> <li class="" id="comment-421"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8aaaa115f3424b5cbf38011d34e09cb6?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://motherfonker.blogspot.com' rel='external nofollow'>Kat@MotherFonker</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-421" title="">October 8th, 2008 at 7:49 pm</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 20</span> <p>Waaahhh! </p> <p>Me too, I like taking pictures of crying kids… hehehe (for a little more personality) that parents readily delete as soon as they see it.</p> <p>Will blackmail work on Jamie? Like “if we don’t get Flowbee, i’ll get 1 anyway behind your back, THEN use it on your armpits”. Or something. <img src='http://halfasgoodasyou.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /></p> </div> </li> <li class="alt" id="comment-425"> <img alt='' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0be3d0371f2c4c93046f88f4273995cb?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' /><h6><a href='http://toxander.blogspot.com' rel='external nofollow'>Keely</a></h6>on <small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-425" title="">October 9th, 2008 at 12:04 am</a> </small> <div class="commenttext"> <span class="count"> 21</span> <p>Oh, man. Our little guy is one and SO needs a haircut soon, and I am not looking forward to it. He doesn’t even like being still long enough to put on PANTS.<br /> I saw these little barretts for boys somewhere online, I might do that. 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