What a great thread! I agree what others say about a newborn's hair follicles have not matured fully and that's the reason for the superfine hair. I was a premie and born with no hair and when my hair finally started to grow in ( maybe around 6 or 7 months), it grew in very curly, which quickly became 4a/b hair. Also, the hair that babies are born with soon falls out and the new "stronger" hair grows in; this starts to happen when the baby is around 3-6 months old. There are some cases where some newborns hair never falls out but their texture changes gradually and they fully reach their texture by the time they are about 2 years old. And while we are on this thread, I had a male cousin who never lost his baby hair and kept the texture up until he was 15 years old! I was amazed the few times that I've seen him ( he's from St.Vincent) and could not keep my hands out of his hair! Sadly, when I seen him as a grown man, that hair was gone! I knew something tragic must have happened to lose his hair so suddenly and he told me that when another cousin came to the country sporting waves,, he decided he wanted waves too ( the fool had waves already!!!) so he bought an "S" Curl. The result? He now has what is called " buckshots" and has to resort to shaving his hair bald because he is no longer able to grow, comb and brush his hair properly. He is still kicking himself, poor lad. LOL. Sorry for the book but now I have another question. When my mom ( RIP) went through chemotherapy and her hair fell out, when it grew back, she had 2/a hair (b4 cancer, a 3b/4a). This new baby hair, never went back to its original hair texture. Anyone ever wonder why that is? Is it the chemo meds that alters the hair state? Let me know what you think, I've found this happened to a lot of cancer patients.