Thanks to two very important people, I have narrowed the pool of EPIC BABY HAIR down to the final ten. Scratch that— twelve. Ten was too damn hard. There were over 500 entries! In the words of commenter @Violina23, "I used to think my baby's hair was epic, but your contest has blown my mind."
Important Person #1: Baby Sideburns, JUDGE
She looked, she laughed, she picked her favorites with a dicisiveness I do not posses. It's no wonder the woman has over 100K fans on facebook.
To arrive at the final twelve, I took a combination of her favorites, my favorites, and your favorites (with a guaranteed spot for Elizabeth Taylor who had the most facebook "likes"), kept the few that overlapped and then pitted the question marks against eachother over the past three days on the fanpage.
Important Person #2: Rachel, MY UNPAID INTERN
When I asked if anyone wanted to be my unpaid intern at the end of last week, I was totally joking. And then a few people said they were up for the job. I ignored them because I assumed they were joking too. But then Rachel reached out a second time to let me know that she wasn't joking and an unpaid internship was born. See? It's exactly like your mother always told you— in the job world, persistence pays off! (Or "not pays" as the situation may be…)
Rachel blogs at Chocolate Milk and Mustard Seeds and she was in charge of counting up all the votes in the fanpage face-offs. Bet that will look really great on her resume! Seriously though, having good help was AWESOME.
Okay. Are you ready?
Here are the TOP TWELVE EPIC HEADS OF BABY HAIR. You'll notice that "The Crusty the Clown" was switched to "The Lollipop Guild" by popular demand. Also- everyone's hair is real. "The Annette Funicello" is not wearing a wig. She gave us PROOF.
Please vote for your favorite!
Voting will end next Friday, June 14th.
One winner will receive a $50 gift card to Little Hips Squeaks, maker of awesome baby hats, headbands and blankets. (FYI- her products upload and sell out constantly, so always check back for new stuff.)
Not that I'm condoning covering up your kid's epic mop, but sometimes it's nice to have options.
If you'd like to know about the next Mommy Shorts photo contest, join the Mommy Shorts Fanpage. Once there, check out the top 100 epic baby hair contenders which were narrowed down from about 500. I told you this was tough.
Good luck and have a great weekend!
— Mommy Shorts
PS: Who are you rooting for?
Love the Elizabeth Taylor 🙂
It’s true! I thought for sure I had a contender for this contest, but these babies have truly humbled me. But, like I said on Twitter, I’m glad that I’m likely not the only one who had to bathe their newborn every day because they kept spitting up in their own hair 😉
Annette’s hair is so epic everyone thought it was a wig!
🙂 That’s my little girl!
Thank you!
Yay! Roozle’s Jack Nicholson made it into the finals! This rules!
Changing of the Guard gets me EVERY time. I think its because the name is so spot on!
Everyone is super adorable! 🙂 Good Luck!
I voted for The Annette Funicello but I also think that The Lollipop Guild deserves some victory. Both babies have one hell of an epic head of hair.
Annette F. because she had to prove her epicness!
All of them are epic! But I LOVE the Johnny Bravo!
The lollypop guild!!
can we vote more than once?
the goldfish cracker in Orphan Annie’s just sold it for me.
That is SOME head of hair!
ANNETTE! Hair so epic no one believed it!
unbelievable!
Me too!
Annette xxx
Love Orphan Annie xoxo
She is beautiful. Your a lucky mommy 🙂
They are all so adorable but my vote goes to Annette! I also loved all the other photos her mommy had to send in to prove her epic-ness, lol, she is beyond cute.
Lenny Kravitz!!!
The dr suess!!
I can’t decide between “The Bad Toupee” and “The Elizabeth Taylor”……both are so darling!
I loved orphan annie b/c I am a red head and a bit partial
Annette epic and cute x
It’s no brainer! ANNETTE! Lollipop guild’s hair is funny NOT epic!
Toupee!!!
The blush brush
This is HARD. It’s hard to define “epic” when you have so much cuteness… I honestly think the Lenny kravitz is the most EPIC but the hedgehog is the cutest, but I voted (& am rooting for) what I consider the best balance of the 2- blush brush. Too much cute in one page!
How could I have missed that Little Orphan Annie had a goldfish stuck in her epic head of hair until today!?!
no kidding! how are we supposed to choose just one???
She is gorgeous!! 🙂
love her…soooo adorable
I am loving the Dr. Seuss. She is just adorable.
Annette is the winner for me, although they are all cute xx
I’m loving annette ,She is gorgeous!!
Blush Brush has an epic head of hair. Obviously, they’re all cute, but that little cutie takes the cake for me!
Annette to win but damn they are all cuties
The Blush Brush gets my vote
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