Primrose Holloway, a four months old baby, was born with a full head of hair. It was so thick and dark that before she was even born, her pre-natal scans detected it, SWNS reports.
Primrose’s parents, Kate, who’s 32 years old, and Tony, who’s 34 years old. Based on the fact that Kate has long and thick brown hair, little Primrose most likely got it from her.
Tony, on the other hand, were a little envious of his daughter. He has no hair. On the bright side, we’re thankful Primrose didn’t inherit her father’s thinning hair. Not that there’s anything wrong with being bald.
Kate, who’s from Crowle, North Lincolnshire said, “We first found out about our baby’s hair when he or she was in my tummy. I had to have several scans because there were fears she was a small baby – she wasn’t in the end.”
She continued, “But, as I had scans closer to my due date the midwife was in shock when she noticed her already big head of hair. She said she could see our baby had a lot of hair because she could see the curls.
“Unfortunately, we didn’t get a scan picture from the later scans but when I look back at the scan at just 20-weeks-old you can see it even then.”
Kate was aware of the old superstition regarding hairy babies causing heartburn. However, Kate confirmed that she felt nothing serious while she was carrying her daughter.
She said, “In fact it was the opposite. I am quite prone to a bit of heartburn but I didn’t get any at all when I was pregnant with Primrose.”
The Holloways were initially warned about their baby’s hair. When Primrose finally came out, she weighed 8 lbs. She was successfully delivered on September 26 at 2:37 AM last year. They were surprised that their daughter already had a head full of thick dark hair.
Kate said, “All the midwives were shocked too. When she was born, they couldn’t quite believe it, one said ‘Wow, that’s a lot of hair.’ When I went onto the ward all the other midwives came along saying ‘We’ve come to see the baby with all the hair.’”
The couple thought that maybe she’d lose it eventually. But the hair just kept on growing. Kate said, “I don’t think it will rub off. It seems too thick for that.”
She added, “We’ve not wanted to dry Primrose’s hair with a hairdryer as I imagine it will be too strong for her. It would seem unnatural to blow dry a baby. Instead we just bob her a little hat on until it’s dry.
“And then it’s funny because we never know how it’s going to dry. Some days it’s quite crazy and others it can be tamer. We have not really started to style her hair yet, she seems too young for that.”
Kate didn’t have to put a bow on their baby’s head so that people would know that it’s a girl. The amount of hair on her head is thick and long enough to do that.
She said, “She does make us laugh though, because she loves the attention. Anywhere we go people come up to us, amazed at how much hair she’s got, we’ve even been asked if she’s wearing a wig.”
She continued, “If I’m in a hurry, nipping to the shop, I’ll have to put her a hat on, usually a little beanie hat, because otherwise I would never get anything done.”
Since the parents were not planning to cut little Primrose’s hair yet, they’re just going to let it grow. Although one of the obstacles they’re currently facing is drying her hair.
People passing by and noticing the baby thought that she was wearing a wig or already had hair implants. Of course, all the cynics were wrong and were outraged.
How can a four-month old baby have that much hair already? Hopefully, strangers weren’t hoping deep inside that the baby lose her hair as soon as she reaches middle school. That would be quite tragic. Judging by the color of little Primrose’s hair, we can already tell that it will be healthy. Plus, darker hair colors usually say that the hair will be thick and strong.
