So, last week I wrote about my sadly significant hair loss since child birth. It seems that I am not the only one with this problem…Andy is fine but Kiko is loosing her hair along with me! She did not have much hair in the first place (I guess lot of white babies don’t, as oppose to Asian babies, who are born with a full head of hair!). She has lost hair such that her hair now makes a big M shape. The bald space on her head is getting more and more pronounced. I’m not sure if it’s because her head is growing, or she if is shedding like me. Anyone know?
You might be wondering why Kiko is dressed like a snowman in the pictures even though it’s a hot and humid August here in Japan. We had a surprisingly chilly few days last week. So I dressed her up in a cute jumper with tights, matching cardigan and hat. I bought these at a thrift store while I was in Philly last year. Back then I bought these thinking I was having a boy. I love being a mom of a baby girl, it is so much fun to dress her up like a doll :p
We started feeding Kiko rice porridge this week. We serve it to her once a day before her milk. I am feeding her about two table spoons of this mush. She takes it, but gives me this face as if to say “why are you feeding me such a terrible thing?!” Her facial expression is priceless!
I’m continually amazed by her growth. Something beyond her ability to do one day, becomes something she can easily do the next day. For example, she has an elephant mobile above her crib. She used to yell at the elephants getting frustrated because she couldn’t touch them and make them move like Andy and I are able to do for her. But overnight she became able to grab the elephants, rip them off the mobile ( the elephant heads are connected to a plastic pole with velcro tape), sing to them, then squeeze and lick them.
As of this week, she has really started enjoying her toys. Of all the toys, her favorite toy is a plastic bag though! I guess she likes the sound it makes when she crumples it.
As I write this I can remember just a few short months ago when I first brought Kiko home. A week or so after birth, I was driving and burst into tears. That day, Andy sent me out to the post office to ship some packages. While driving, I was listening to Usher’s “U Got it Bad” and all of a sudden I started to ball, the feeling was just so overwhelming…I can’t really describe it. I thought to myself, “I am caring for such a small, precious thing” I was (and continue to be) super worried because my mind filled with “what if” questions. What if I’m doing this wrong? What if something happens while Kiko is sleeping? What if she has SIDS and dies all of a sudden?
But as of the 17th of this month, four months have passed and I feel great everyday and have not balled uncontrollably since then. When I see “The Fatness” in the morning feel that all is well. Of course I am always thinking whether I’m doing certain things right, but I guess that is is just part of motherhood. I’m really enjoying being a mom and can’t wait to bring even more “fatnesses” into the house!
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Emily says
When I was a baby all my hair fell out too (I’m 3/4 white and 1/4 Korean), even my eyebrows! It was red when I was born, but then it fell out and grew back in pale blonde! My mom always tells me that she would wake up everyday and look at me and hope my hair grew back! Don’t worry, I’m sure your baby will have hair again soon! 🙂
Chie says
even eyebrows?! thats good to know, so i won’t freak out when kiko’s eye brows are gone!
Jodie says
Just wanted to say that I’ve really enjoyed reading your mommy diaries. I love to see how she’s growing, and also what you’ve been experiencing in these first months. Now I’ll be prepared for so much more when our little one comes into the world!
Chie says
hi jodie, im glad to hear that! thank you for reading! <3
Jasmine says
That’s funny; I am half Japanese-half white and the same thing happened to me! I was born with a head full of thick, jet black hair, which I ended up losing, and then I grew back finer, medium brown hair after 6+ months. Maybe it’s a mixed Caucasian-Asian thing? I’m not sure. I haven’t really talked about that to any of my other Caucasian-Asian friends, but at any rate, I wouldn’t be too worried about it. I’m sure weird stuff happens during a baby’s growth stage all the time. My brother was born bald, started growing fine, light brown hair, and then later thick, coarse dark brown hair by the time we were in elementary.
Chie says
wow interesting.. kiko has very fine blond hair, which i dont know where it came from. obviously i have very black hair, and my husband hair is dark as well. his father has dark black hair too, and his mother is dirty blond, but she dyes. so i dont think she will keep this hair color. we’ll see how it turns out 🙂
Hana K. says
Babies lose their extra fine baby hair around this time so don’t worry about it, it’ll grow back in. 🙂 Is there a reason you started her on rice cereal so early?
Chie says
im glad to hear that! it looks kind of bad with a big bold spot on her head though! lol
i dont think starting on rice cereal at 4 months is early. the doctor recommends starting between 4-6 months, and kiko is little over 4 months now:)
Masko says
Congratulations! Your son has your eyes… very sweeeeet.
And you don’t look like you have just had a baby at all. How did it happen over night….???
いつの間にかご出産されてたのですね。おめでとう！！
きれいなママと健康そうなあかちゃん、とっても素敵な写真をシェアしてくれてありがとう。
これからの成長ぶりが楽しみだわ。
Saw says
my little one, 5months old, seems that she loses her hair even tho she is a 100% japanese.. i think just because her head gets bigger?? dontknow. oh and she’s just got her eyebrows last month. she had almost no hair when she was born. now im worried about MY hair….been losing so much…..
anw your baby is so adorable!!! so dont worry, she should be fine and will be beautiful.
next week, i’ll feed my daughter rice porridge for the first time, im kinda excited.
hope she will like it….not gonna happen!? :s
Chie says
hi saw, aw sorry about your hair! my hair is falling a lot too! its crazy. i hope i will get my hair back sometime!
that is exciting about “rinyushoku” for your daughter! we did rice this week, and im trying carrots next week. im so excited! im sure your daughter will learn to love the real food<3
Aya says
すごく可愛いなあかちゃんですね～！！！ I also had hair loss after my son… it lasted about 6 months or so… it’s sad, but so common! Now I am about to have my daughter… this Thursday!!! I hope it won’t be as bad with her…
I still love the Strawberry Koi dress BTW, I cannot wait to wear it again after I get back in shape ! 🙂
Love,
Aya of Strawberry Koi
Chie says
hi aya! thanks for your comment 🙂 hope you are doing well in your final days of pregnancy. it’s so exciting and i hope you have a safe delivery and healthy baby aya!!
im relieved to know that other women experience the hair loss also. its just surprising because im loosing a LOT! i have to clean the floor everyday because my hair is all over the place..;(
glad to hear that you like the dress! im sure you’ll get back to your original shape in no time!
xx