Victorious4
Senior Community Member
I just thought of a past thread (a different one than what's quoted below) in which Jenny & I & someone else (sorry I forget who!) were discussing how tender-headed our kids can be. Then I looked at Hayley's picture with the little clips & chuckled at a memory of Leila & her Daddy from this past weekend: she had 2 large french braids wrapping around the sides of her head to the nape of her neck + a high poney tail braided down into the others (hard to explain) ~ Moise grabbed it playfully yet gently in the hotel lobby & you'd have thought he was beating her up the way she screamed & cried on about it! He's sensitive about that being that he's had to call Child Protective Services himself on other families when he was the ER doc *SIGH* so it was a job to calm the 2 of them down, LOL ... I explained to her that Daddy was just being silly & didn't know it would hurt; I explained to him that those little whispy hairs at her neck line are extra sensitive *SIGH* Anyway, seeing Hayley's clips also had me chuckle at the memory of when I tried using clips on Leila ~ soooooo not a good idea with her! Getting them out was #e!! (tiny strands got stuck in the cracks where the clips bend) Lately I've been doing just cornrows because it's the easiest thing on her ~ although it takes the longest it's the least injurious, LOL ... in the tub I comb through the conditioner & part it in the water to do some loose regular braids then we sit down for a long movie + snack & I finish combing/braiding each section with the help of some leave in spray conditioner + hair lotion (this way I can leave it in for a week). Just curious how others handle sensitive scalps??? Oh yeah, and here's a copy of another thread somewhat explaining our hair adventures:
Ugh, reminds me of when I cut Leila's hair for the 1st time -- she was almost 4 & she had tight ringlet curls (not kinky or frizzy like her 1/2 sis) down to her WAIST ... now it's kinking & frizzing like crazy in the back (?!) I thought I was saving her frustration & pain by cutting it, but now it's so much more difficult to take care of *SIGH* I don't dare cut it again because she's not mature enough to take care of it herself yet (she convinced me to let her try a "loose + free" hairstyle for Thanksgiving & it was dredlocking by noon *SIGH* at least while it's long I can braid it safely & comfortably out of the way....
Here's her curls at about 7 months old
2 years old
After 1st & only haircut
Looks nice from the front, but the back can be horrifying, LOL!