Do They Make Rogaine for Babies?

When Ford was born, he had an impressive head of dark hair.

As the days passed, it only grew more impressive.

At first, I thought it would fall out in a few weeks.  I even scrubbed it with a (soft) brush when I washed it every night, to "help" it fall out.  I thought I was prepared for my baby to be bald.

But as the weeks and months passed with nary a hair shed, I grew more and more attached to Ford's lovely locks.  They became his trademark -- a source of admiration wherever he went.  He didn't wear a hat all winter, just to keep the hair on display.  I washed it and played with the curls every night.  At his baptism, the congregation gave a collective gasp as they saw his shiny mane poised above the baptismal font. (Okay, not really, but lots and lots of people commented that they'd never seen a baby with so much hair.) 

In short, I grew very proud of my son's hair.  And pride goeth before a fall.  Or in this case...massive falling-out. Yes, at almost five months, we are finally losing it.  I can no longer deny it.  Little dark hairs cover his swing, crib, playmat, Mommy's sweater, etc.  He appears to have a combover, as some still-long spots are covering the now-balding patches.  He has a bonified receding hairline.  And while new hair is clearly coming in, we're going to have a bald, or at least closely cropped phase.  I'm so sad about it.

For those of you that are interested, it does appear that the new growth is still brown.  And I do find it mildly amusing that Ford's balding is coinciding with my post-partum hair loss, which is now at its peak.  Yes, it's molting season at the Price house.  Let's hope it doesn't spread to Oscar -- his might not grow back!