1st haircut, what do you do with the hair?

[GreenDinosaur]

Please be gentle, I'm sure loads of people will read the title and think "Just chuck it in the bin!" but I'm actually after some advice.

DS is very much a PFB, we can't have more children so want to make the most of him. So far I've been a bit shit with baby record books, photo albums, footprints etc. and really want to keep a lock of hair but not sure of the best way to do it.

I don't want to end up with random hair clippings in a bag, I have a locket I'd like to put some in and also a little box, not sure if I should tie up a section before the hair is cut, twist it or something?

Any advice please?

I have mine in a money bag in my purse.

DS is 12

My DDs hair is also in a money bag (the ones you put loose change in to take to the bank). She is 29

Maybe I should clarify that I do mean the hair from her first haircut....not her current hair.....that would be weird.

I didn’t keep DD’s but I filmed it as a more secure keepsake. I figured hair would get lost if I lose my purse, when moving house etc

My dad was born in 1946 and died in 1986 and my grandparents had a beautiful baby photograph taken of him (on a blue blanket looking all cherubic) and put a lock of his hair inside it.
I still have that picture with his golden hair hanging in a frame in our house and it never fails to move me.
I also still have his booties and his first bear (is this weird?!)

Both DC hair is in little envelopes. For DS I had the time to make a scrapbook of his firsts. His hair is stuck in there.
For DD, she didn't live with us until a year old so we missed some firsts. Instead she has a memory box and I have been trying to keep up to date with photos and failing miserably and am wanting to do them a birthday book each. So each year on their birthday, I write a little note and put it in with a pic of them on the day.

I didn’t ask because it didn’t occur to me but the hairdresserput it in a little bag for me which I’ve since lost because I’m a rubbish mum

I have a lock of the hair in a money bag in a kitchen drawer. For 6 years

Great answers!
I thought you lot would have loads of tips on how to weave your baby's hair into elegant wreaths or something, not just stuff it in a bank bag! 😂

You've made me feel better about all the other stuff I haven't done, I always imagine every one else to be faithfully documenting every precious stage but perhaps not!

When my parents were clearly feeling very PFB about me they took a lock of hair, encased it in resin and presented it to the grandparents with a little display stand. I think it's still around somewhere.

I write in their little baby books every few months or so and stick clippings in. I have a little box for each of them that stuff goes in and then periodically I tip it out and stick bits in. But I draw the line at body parts- all teeth and hair go straight in the bin.