Baby born with hair so long it needs to be blow-dried after baths
A mum has given birth to a baby with a head full of so much hair it needs to be blow-dried after every wash.
Dance teacher Amy Frayne, 34, has three children, all of whom were born with a full head of hair.
Now her youngest, Darla, eight months, has so much hair that it needs the treatment of a child much older.
Frayne, who lives in Northampton, East Midlands, said, "Everyone always says that, they say 'oh you've got the hairiest children you must have had really bad heartburn.
"And I have to say no, I had absolutely nothing, so you can't believe everything you hear!
"I never had bad heartburn with any of my pregnancies, and all three of them were born with hair."
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Frayne revealed that baby Darla's full head of very dark hair even gave the midwives at the birth quite a shock.
"It's just the usual reaction when you give birth to a baby with a full head of hair," she said, now seemingly a pro at doing just this.
"Obviously, most people think of babies as bald, so it was a bit of a shock for the doctors and midwives.
"It's just quite a novelty I think, so they're always happy to say 'she's got a head full of hair!' or something like that."
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Frayne is now prepared every time Darla has a bath, getting the hair dryer out after every bath, knowing it can't just be towel dried.
She explained, "Darla has to have a blow-dry after every bath, it's been that way since she was born, but she absolutely loves it.
"For the first five months, it grew directly upwards, and I couldn't get it to lay flat.
"We do also put in styles sometimes, but not every day."
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Like parent like child, Frayne was also born with a full head of hair, whereas her husband Sean, also 34, was not.
She said, "My son Ryder, who's now eight, had a full head of hair when he was born.
"My other daughter, Dolcy, who's now five, had almost like ombre hair.
"She was born with dark hair, like Darla, but then she grew more blonde hair at the top.
"When she was about one she had light roots and much darker ends.
"We'll have to see if Darla's hair does the same thing, because her's looks how Dolcy's did at her age at the moment."
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If washing your baby's hair, the NHS advises doing so with plain water, which is best for the baby's skin in the first month. Frayne presumably blow-dries Darla's hair, very unique for babies, very gently and on a low heat.
Additional reporting by Caters.
