A baby who was born with a full head of hair is now sporting eight-inch-long luscious locks that will not stop growing at just six months old. Natalie Moore, 33, claims she is frequently stopped in the street by stunned passers-by who are awestruck by her daughter Katherine Mary Matthews.

The adorable toddler has already had her flowing dark mane trimmed to keep it in check as it grows at an incredible rate. She currently boasts an eight-inch head of hair, which Ms. Moore has to brush and blow dry regularly to maintain its shape and volume.

Babies’ hair usually falls out during the first six months before growing back, but Katherine’s has just grown longer and longer. “When she was born, we couldn’t believe how much hair she had, and it hasn’t stopped since,” Ms. Moore, a full-time mom of three, said.

“She’s already a handful; she can’t even stand up yet, so I have to brush her on her stomach.” We’ve trimmed the fringe and have to wash it every day, and it seems to be getting longer and longer now that we have to use a hairdryer.”

“We measured it from the crown, and it got up to eight inches in some places. I can’t go anywhere without being stopped by strangers who say, ‘Oh my god, I’ve never seen a child with that much hair.’ They call her ‘the baby with all the hair’ at the doctor’s surgery.”

“I’ve had to keep her hair nice and fresh in the warm weather. She can have the hairdryer on for a little bit. It does take some extra time to rinse her hair and dry it. I had to trim her fringe a few months ago, but it’s starting to come back again.”

“It’s just gone past her neck and past her shoulders now. I don’t feel like I want to cut it off at the moment. I would like to see how long we can get it before she’s had enough. She is a really well behaved baby, and I just know her as my beautiful girl, and she’s used to me brushing her now, so we’ll see how long we can grow it.”

Ms. Moore says she and her HGV driver boyfriend, Anthony Matthews, 31, couldn’t believe it when Katherine was born with a full head of jet black hair.

And it seems to run in the family, as Ms Moore’s relatives all have long hair. Ms. Moore, from Wordsley, West Mids., added: “When she was born with a full head of hair, a lot of people said that would drop out – but it’s just carried on growing.

“Though her dad has black hair, she is very similar to me. I could even sit on my hair when I was four. I was also born with a full head of hair, as were my mom and dad, so it seems to be in the genes. Her sister Scarlett is seven, and her brother Anthony is two – they also had a bit of hair when they were born, but it dropped out before it came back.”

“I also love her blue eyes, which she gets from me and my mom and dad. I’m not quite sure where the genes come from, we’ve never done a big family tree, but for all I know, we are just a normal British family.”