We did the first haircut today. Couldn't take another grudge match trying to comb out that tangled mop after bath. It was long enough to donate (10 inches) but that would have put the length at a short bob--and short bobs are hard enough to cut well even on an adult who can sit still. So forget cutting a perfect bob on a moving target. We just did a shoulder length basic cut. Bye bye white blond baby ringlets... but her hair retained the curl after the cut, so they will probably grow back.
The hairdresser was relieved when I said, "Just do your best." She said most moms get petty, even though their kids won't hold still.
And mine can't hold still if her life depended on it! Good grief.
We went to a place that's just for kids. They get to sit in a little toy car and watch a movie during the cut. Luckily we were the only ones there. However, because we were the only ones there, the other two hairdressers decided to vacuum their stations...so vacuums were going in stereo, next to a kid who has sensory issues with most any noises! She was turning her head to glare at the vacuums going on either side, all while a lady sprayed her with a water bottle, touching her head and face, pulling on her hair and calling her honey/sweetie. Oh, and the entire event got off to a rocky start when the hairdresser placed a Toy Story smock on her. She is terrified of Toy Story characters. I saw her horrified reaction and asked for a different smock. Just in time, we got penguins instead.
By some miracle we averted complete meltdown. I think she was too surprised that such terrible things were happening all at once that she couldn't react fast enough.
Or maybe, the days of Rapunzel are over--without the hair, her power is broken!!!
Overall, the cut went okay. She took issue with being called her name, of course. Honey and sweetie did not fly either. She went by the name, "worm," unfortunately. And when we were offered a free blow dry I quickly and firmly answered, "Oh, NO thank you!"
That would have been a really bad end!
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