Why $30 for a child's haircut might not be such a bad idea

Today, in the interest of being economical, I decided to buy a haircutting kit of children at Target. For only $25 I can cut Logan's hair as much as necessary (and it is necessary often). It seemed like a brilliant idea and Logan was super excited about it.

We got it home and Logan was so excited he disassembled the box and all its components. Given that he was READY to have his hair cut but the thing takes 8 hours to charge, I decided to cut his hair with the clippers plugged in rather than cord free. Mistake #1.

The cord originally did not seem like a hindrance. I set Logan up on the ottoman in the play room and turned out Wonder Pets (kill me slowly - animals talking in fake baby voices make me want to gag) but I wanted him happy and slightly occupied. Perhaps Mistake #2.

Back to the cord - as I was cutting Logan's hair and attempting to make it even, the cord would rub his head, causing him to move quickly and resulting in patchy uneven hair that I could not fix. So, Logan has two very bad very SHORT patches on the back of his head that make him look like he is molting.

Allowing him to watch wonderpets also contributed to the bad patch problem because Logan wanted to watch the Wonder pets. I needed him to look down to cut the back of his hair. So, he would start looking down and three seconds later would sit bolt upright resulting in additional problems with the molting patches.

The front of his head looks pretty decent. And, Logan keeps going to the mirror and announcing that he is beautiful. In fact, he thinks it is so great he didn't want me to take a photo to send to his nana and grandpa. He wants to surprise them when they come back into town next week.

If I ever get the hang of this hair clipping thing, I might have saved us a fortune in haircuts. If I don't, Logan is going to permanently look like a molting bird because he never wants to go back to the hairdresser again.