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title: Emmett's First Buzz Cut
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## [Emmett's First Buzz Cut](https://www.littlebabylump.com/blog/bid/219490/Emmett-s-First-Buzz-Cut)

Posted by [Pamela Vaughan](https://www.littlebabylump.com/author/pamela-vaughan)

 May 26, 2010 1:06:49 PM

Emmett's hair is (correction -- *was*) out of control. He definitely inherited his full head of hair from both me and James (mainly James), and we recently realized keeping it at the length we like would involve very frequent[ trips to Snip-its](http://littlebabylump.com/2010/02/10/emmetts-first-professional-haircut/).

[caption id="attachment_1194" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="Emmett's Hair at Our Preferred Length"][![toddler, red sox sweatshirt](https://www.littlebabylump.com/hs-fs/images/dsc02462.jpg?width=539&height=403&name=dsc02462.jpg "Emmett's Hair at Our Preferred Length")](http://littlebabylump.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/dsc02462.jpg)[/caption]

Lately, since it's been getting hotter, I've started feeling sorry for him and the sweaty mop on top of his head. So this evening I took matters into my own hands, grabbed James' beard trimmer and started buzzing. It didn't bother him as much as I thought it might, and the result was about a pound of hair on the bathroom floor and a much lighter/more naked toddler head. He definitely looks like he's a lot cooler now, too. Introducing the new, buzz cut Emmett ...

[caption id="attachment_1195" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="A lot cooler"][![buzz cut toddler](https://www.littlebabylump.com/hs-fs/images/dsc02688.jpg?width=539&height=403&name=dsc02688.jpg "A lot cooler")](http://littlebabylump.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/dsc02688.jpg)[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1196" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="Buzzzz"][![Buzzzz](https://www.littlebabylump.com/hs-fs/images/dsc02694.jpg?width=539&height=406&name=dsc02694.jpg "Buzzzz")](http://littlebabylump.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/dsc02694.jpg)[/caption]

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