July 11, 2014

Short Hair, Don't Care

I've always been a long-haired kinda gal. Long, blonde hair, it was kind of my trademark. If you were to look back at pictures of me since childhood, it would be rare to see a photo of me with short hair. Of course, there were times throughout my life, where impulse took over and I would chop my hair off to my shoulders, instantly regretting the bold move. Luckily for me, my hair grows super fast.

ombre hair

In my mid-twenties, as the possibility of becoming a mom drew nearer, I never understood when women would chop off their hair as soon as they had children of their own, and I vowed I would never become "one of them". But I sit here now, 31 years old, with a 4 month old son, sporting a short hair cut (like above my shoulders short), and I laugh at my naive, younger self.

First of all*, until you have a baby of your own, you can never fully appreciate the extent to which your hair starts to fall out after said baby is born. And if you're anything like me, you secretly thought to yourself that this wouldn't happen to you, that your beautiful long hair would stay put where it belongs. But after months of my long hair falling out in clumps, and my bathroom floor covered in a constant rug of hair, it was time to do something about it. It was so bad that I started to dread showering as that is when the most hair seems to fall out.**

So I hired my mom to babysit and instructed my beloved hairstylist to chop it all off. I used to cry whenever I would impulsively chop off my hair, but I'm happy to report not anymore! I LOVE my short hair. Love it. I love that it's way quicker to wash, and way quicker to blow dry and style. No, I can't throw it up in a ponytail, but I was tired of ponytails. And my husband was tired of ponytails. I'm also not one of those women who can rock a nice topknot, I'm just not (this pains me to admit as I love topknots…on other women).

short bob

One of the things I've learnt in the past few months since becoming a mom is that I feel most put together if my hair is done for the day. Even if I'm rocking my yoga pants, as long as my hair is done and I've got some mascara on, I feel pretty good about myself. So while I may not get away with not washing my hair for 4 days now, at least it's quick to do when I do wash it. Becoming a mom has also made me value my time in a totally new way. I've decided that if I am gifted 30 minutes of hands free time from my baby because he can now play happily while on his play mat, I do not want to use it to wash and blow-dry my long hair.

What do you think is more work? Long hair or short hair?
Did you chop off your hair after having a baby?

*My husband says I constantly start conversations with "firstly...", but rarely have a "secondly…". He would be correct.
**Cutting your hair does not eliminate your hair falling out, but short strands is not nearly as gross as long ones.


12 comments:

  1. Even without a baby, I know exactly what you mean about being in gym pants but still being put together elsewhere throughout the day to feel good. I work from home so it's been a struggle, as lame as it sounds, getting out of pjs and into real clothes. I started doing barre during the day so that at least forces me to take a shower! Ha.
    I don't ever blow dry my hair but let it air dry so I'm not sure what I'll do when the time comes. I think it looks SO beautiful on you, but I just hate my face with short hair. Especially when I gain weight which is inevitable with a baby. BUT. I give you all the props in the world for just doing it, being happy with it, and then sharing the experience. I know other moms (and ladies like me) appreciate the real talk! <3

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    1. I hear ya on the struggle part - I still spend a lot of time in my pyjamas lol! It definitely helps if Sully and I have somewhere to go everyday. I used to hate my face with short hair too and was so certain that I would gain a lot of weight in my face with the pregnancy, but I lucked out I think (helps that I didn't have much water weight gain). Maybe you won't hate your longer hair as much as I do when the time comes :)

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  2. AND that background is so amazingly awesome.

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  3. Your post made me laugh because I'm the complete opposite! The Thursday before the weekend I found out I was pregnant, I chopped off ALL my hair and absolutely hated it, like, 5 minutes later. Then I found out I was pregnant and realized that was probably WHY I chopped it off. Since then I've been growing it and it's slowly getting back to where I want it. I remember loving my long hair and could really rock the messy look. :) I try to have my hair done when we're out and about, though sometimes I'll throw it up if we're at home -- or if it's around the time it needs to be cut! My hair is super, super thick, so it never sits right when it's short, but works really well as long layers. It's been just over a year and I hope that by Christmas it's close to where it was. I can't wait!

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    1. I think if I had really thick hair I would feel differently, for sure! I have A LOT of hair, but it is very fine so it starts to look and feel thin, especially if I don't curl it.

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  4. Cute!

    Now that Sawyer is 2.5 months and is starting to grab things I've thought about chopping off my long hair. But, then I flashback to high school when I did it and looked hideous. It was so much more work with my hair type than long hair is.

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    1. The hair grabbing is definitely one down fall of short hair!

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  5. Love love love it!!! You look so pretty all the time but the short hair is just so cute and summery!!

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  6. I love it so much! I don't think I have the emotional stability to cut my hair, LOL. Totally unrelated, that wall is so cool. How'd you do that?

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    1. Thanks, Leanne! The background is actually a really large stretched canvas style picture hanging on the wall upstairs in my house. Picked it up from Homesense last year :)

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  7. Hi Brie you look great in short hair

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