kinda devastated

so my son is just over 2 1/2 and he’d never had a haircut. he had the most beautiful curls and i loved them, i also hated them. his hair was a mess more often than not, it was torture for him to sit and have the knots brushed out and the poor kid was always pushing his hair out of his eyes. everyone kept telling me he needed it cut, he’d be so much happier without all that hair in his face all the time and that people would finally quit mistaking him for a girl. so i finally bit the bullet yesterday and cut it and let me tell you i’m pretty devastated. i cried and cried. i saved every little ringlet the stylist chopped off and i’m just so sad. i’m also 23 weeks pregnant so i chalk some of the emotions up to hormones but i sort of regret cutting it. i will be so sad if his curls don’t grow back and he ends up with straight hair. yes, i know at some point he would have needed a cut and i know it’s just hair and it will grow back but i can’t help but be a little heartbroken over this and be mad at myself that i let people influence my decision because if i hadn’t maybe i would have just worked harder at keeping up with his curls.

here’s his before and after.