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And even more newborns have almost no hair at all.
Whatever your babys hairstyle du jour, dont worry too much or get too attached.
Newborn ‘dos are hair today, gone tomorrow.
“Now its all falling out!”
Why are some babies born with hair?
Believe it or not, babies begin to grow hair in the womb.
Some experts link it to plummeting pregnancy hormones the ones that may havegiven you great hairtoo!
Baby hair grows in cycles, she explains, and hair shedding is most common during this exogen phase.
“The hair will generally grow back within the first year.”
When will your babys hair grow back?
As for when shell start sporting a permanent load of locks?
Know that itll happen eventually.
Exactly when can be anyones guess its different for every child.
Some get a great new head of hair by 6 months, some not for two or three years.
In fact, the baby hair that grows in may be nothing like her newborn locks.
Red can give way to blond.
My three other kids kept their newborn hair color."
For some babies, this causes them to lose all or most of their newborn hair.
Your baby’s hair color and texture might change, too.
Got a baby with a full head of hair?
Caring for those fine locks calls for some finesse, but its nothing you cant handle.
Heres how to keep those newborn strands silky and smooth.
In the meantime, give that sweet little head plenty of kisses and take lots of pictures.
A few years from now, youll both have fun marveling at the hair she was or wasnt!
