So, when we first started looking at stuff for baby (all the crazy accoutrements for grooming, bathing, etc) I made fun of baby hairbrushes, and shampoo, and the idea that babies need shampoo, lotion, etc. I figured: he's a baby. Keep the general diaper area clean yes, but really, shampoo?
And now, I realize: it's for the scalp, not the hair. If you don't wash and exfoliate the scalp, guess what? Duh. Flake city. So today, he's had two shampoos and most of the flakes are gone. Along with his hair! No, they're not related. He was losing that for the past week or so. Apparently lots of babies lose their hair soon after birth, then grow it back later. Right now the Young Master has a hairline very like his maternal grandfather--that is to say: none at the top or front, and thin along the sides and back
As for the baby hairbrush: I wish we had one so that Icould brush away the flakes from the little hair he's got. And also, to brush it in the right direction, you know, so he doesn't look like a little chicken. Poor baby. Has to settle for what I can do with a wash cloth. I spend way too much time looking at the top of his head while I feed him, and so this is what occupies my time today. I used to think about things other than baby scalp, honest.
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