At children the first hair appears very early - for 20 weeks of pregnancy of mother. In the same period begins to develop melanin - a pigment, which is responsible for their color.
After a while (usually, at the 3rd month of the child's life) these hairs, which usually look more like a fluff, begin to fall out. They are replaced by completely different hair. For example, a child born with straight dark hair, in the future can become a curly blonde.
Sometimes on the scalp of the baby's head crusts can form, which often disturb young mothers. In fact, their education is an absolutely natural process and there is nothing to worry about. To remove crusts, simply brush the head of the crumb with warm vegetable oil. After that, put on the hat and wash it off after 30 minutes, washing your head with shampoo. Then brush the crusts with a soft baby twig. But tearing crust can not in any case - so you can damage the scalp of your baby.
But let's all the same we will stop on a hairstyle of hair.
First. You can not cut hair during pregnancy. Stupidity! Hair cutting does not affect the health of a pregnant woman and her child in any way. But the painting of hair is really harmful, because the harmful chemicals of the paint are absorbed into the blood, and it comes to the baby. So it's better to refrain from painting.
The second. You can not cut hair to a child for a year, otherwise it will live in need. This belief has come to us from ancient times. Then it was believed that up to a year more and nails do not cut, and hair does not brush. Only when baptized was cut a hair strand. Modern pediatricians recommend cutting the baby's hair immediately after they start to interfere with the crumbs. It can be done in the hairdresser's or independently - then the choice is yours. However, the karapuz may get scared when he sees a sharp object in the hands of his parents. So distract your child with your favorite toys, talk to him kindly.
Third. It is necessary to cut the baby in a year - then the hair will be thick, healthy and will grow well. In fact, the haircut is not at all to do with it. Density and hair growth depend only on heredity. The first, soft and thin hairs will eventually change to others, those that are laid genetically. The very ritual "tonsure" came to us from pre-Christian times and was conducted absolutely not to improve the appearance of the hair. At that time not all children lived to be a year old. If the crumb lived to his first birthday, it was believed that he decided to stay with his family. The rite "tonsured" was a kind of dedication of the child to life. From that moment the whole family took the baby under their protection.
Passed "tonsured" as follows: the godparents and the midwife, who took birth from the mother of the baby, always came to visit. On the floor in the middle of the room the casing spread, necessarily sheepskin up. A child was planted on him and the godfather shaved off from his head several curls of hair in the form of a cross. These hair were then bandaged with a red thread and stored until the child reached the age of majority.
The story is also common that a one-year-old child needs to be sheared, to give beauty and accuracy. He also came down to us from ancient times, when lice and other parasites were very common. It's clear that he has nothing to do with modernity.