Reblog: Is your baby bald?

For a long time, I had another blog. It was a family blog where I used real names and talked more about baby stuff. After I got pregnant with Smush, I got sick of updating two blogs so I mercifully let it die. It still exists, but no one reads it. One of these days I plan to print it for posterity's sake.

Anyway, I do have some good entries over there, so I've decided to repost some of them periodically. This one was from March 2009. Enjoy!

Is your baby bald?

Well, we have a solution for you!

Before

After

(Probably) From the people who brought you Bump-its ... it's Baby Bangs!

(Yes, this is FOR REAL. I can't make this crap up.)

Here's what people are saying about this state-of-the-art invention:

'I absolutely LOVE the Baby Bangs! concept!'--"Very cute and apropos in our image-conscious modern world. I will be getting these as shower gifts for any of my friends having a baby girl.' Julia Baker, Designer, Boulder, CO

Julia Baker, you are NOT invited to any of my showers. But I totally get the 'apropos' thing -- using Latin terms to sound super-smart is my modus operandi, too.

''GOOD LUCK SELLING THEM! -- THEY REALLY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON THE BABIES. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE CHANGE IT MADE IN EMILY. THANK GOODNESS SHE HAS HAIR NOW. BEAUTIFUL BLONDE RINGLETS. I WILL SEND YOU SOME PICS. WE SHOULD BE GETTING HER THREE YEAR OLD PICS DONE SOON." MAR Happy Customer & Grandmother St Louis, MO

Yes, All-Caps Grandmother. Thank GOODNESS Emily has a fantastically-real head of hair now! The pictures will be beautiful (if you can get past the fake Barbie hair look. But I'm sure no one will even bat an eye).

Take that, genetics!

To the makers of Baby Bangs: what are you smoking and where can I get some?