I've talked some about Yordanos' hair issues. Her hair is HUGE, and sometimes has a life of it's own. As it gets longer, we have to work harder and harder to keep the clumps out. Yes, clumps. If she wanted to do dread-locks, it would be absolutely NO problem... just let the clumps clump. Or maybe, if you're familiar with the properties of wool, you'd see that her hair will actually felt and make a water impervious shield-clump. Hmmm... we have had trouble finding hats to fit her a.) big head, and b.) her big head with big hair. Puffs do not fit under hats... not any hat that I've found.
After the big soccer weekend, I got her in the tub and performed a clump-ectomy. Not too bad since we'd done a massive 2 and a 1/2 hour detangling the weekend before.
Lee took the kids swimming at the Y yesterday with a couple of friends. Yordanoas wanted to wash her own hair after swimming. With deep misgivings, I said yes, and we went over the rules of hair care... only rinse and wash one direction - front to back.
Weeeeellllllllllll, she comes home with the whole back of her hair matted up. 2 big mega-clumps covering the back of her head. So, predictably, I get angry, she gets defensive, claiming it's not her fault.
ME: Well, whose fault is it then, because it's NOT MINE! And now we have to spend the whole evening detangling.
Y: I don't want to! I hate my hair! Why can't we do it tomorrow?
Me: It will just get worse if we leave it. We have to do it!
Y: Why are you mad at me? It's not my fault.
Me: It doesn't matter whose fault it is, we have to do it tonight.
Y: It was M! She helped me rinse my hair. (Turns out she rinsed it like you would rinse it if you had short straight hair, like hers.... by running your fingers up from the base of the neck.)
Me: Oh. Well. We still have to do it.
So, people, really, I was put OUT. This was going to be at least an hour's worth of work, which neither of us wanted to do, especially since we'd just detangled the day before. I wasn't even mad at the other child, I just didn't want to spend the evening making my daughter cry. Because, it really hurts when I have to rip the hair apart to get little clumps out of the big clump, then get 10 hairs at a time out of the little clump until it's gone. It makes a terrible sound, and she's crying and I'm crying, etc, etc...
Well, we got through it. I had M, the friend, come read to us while I pulled the clumps apart. It did take an hour or so, and we were all exhausted. As I was rinsing her head, Yordanos said, "Mommy? Thanks for getting the clumps out. You did a good job." Well, you can't pour burning coals on my head any more effectively than that. We hugged and kissed, and I told her that I didn't like that her hair hurts, and that she did a good job.
Anyway, she says she will not try to wash her own hair at the YMCA, and we had a talk with the friend about the right way to do it.
4 comments:
Okay, I know I shouldn't laugh at this post but seriously, I couldn't help it! Between the picture and the dialogue, I felt like I was sitting in my living room watching you on TV! Thank you for sharing!
Yes, thank you for sharing! That was fun for us bystanders!
Oh, let me know when you want me to take H so you can go get Y's hair done!
I just happened onto your blog - and you sound just like me! I have the same problem with my daughter - who loves her now longer hair - but cries everytime I fix it. grrrr. I've spent hours - and without knowing if there's something else I should be doing to help it from getting those clumps!
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