I'm having a hair dilemma. And amazingly, it's not about me. Although it's been almost 3 months since my last haircut (kinda sounds like confession here) , and I'm not too thrilled with the way this particular cut is growing out, I've honestly got bigger hair fish to fry (eww... I'm not a seafood fan). It's the kids. All three of them.
Let's take them each one at a time. We'll start with the youngest, as this problem is unsolvable by me... only time can help us here. Here's the baby front on, isn't he freakin adorable?
Then, here's the back view. Nice, huh?
I'm obsessed with his glaring bald spot. It literally is scalp-bald. On the edges, there are little bits of fuzzy hair, but smack dab in the middle is smooth skin. Ugh. I picture this bald spot as a glowing neon sign that shouts at people, "MY MOMMY DOESN'T PICK ME UP ENOUGH!! HELP ME!! I'M ALWAYS LAYING ON MY BACK IN SOME SORT OF BABY-HOLDING CONTRAPTION!!" I could get all defensive and say that he rubs his head back and forth when he's tired, and that is the truth, but there's also the guilt that sits in my stomach that he really is often lying on or strapped into some sort of holder-- the bouncy seat, the activity mat, the crib, and now the new fun choice of the exersaucer. I do hold him, I swear I do. Honestly, sometimes it feels like that's all I do all day. But... when I need to cook dinner, fold laundry, diaper the toddler, actually tend to my own bathroom needs... well, he goes down. And sometimes, he goes into something... just because. Ugh. I know that these words are almost 100% read by mommy-eyes, so hopefully I'm not alone in this. Please tell me my baby isn't the only one sporting the back-of-the-head-bald-circle. C'mon, it's totally hot, right?
Okay, onto the toddler. Her hair issue has to do with the fact that I have no idea what the heck I'm doing with little girl hair. In the 22 months that she's been alive, she's never gotten a haircut, because I just assumed that you don't do that with little girls. Right? You're just supposed to let it grow and then put it in barrettes or rubber bands, isn't that the deal? Well, her hair is like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Some days it looks so cute, and she'll even be so gracious as to allow me to put things in it to hold the longish strands out of her eyes. See?
And then, there are the days where her hair is all matted in the back and she looks kinda maniacal, like this...
Or this...
Honestly, she's had some real BAD HAIR days, huh?Then, there's the big kid. Here's the deal with him- he doesn't want us to keep getting his hair cut really short like we used to do it. So, we started getting it cut like this from back in November.
I think it looks really nice, but he really keeps saying he wants longer hair, like it was before this haircut. Remember 'Blue Steel' from back in the fall?
As much as I want him to be able to have some teeny tiny bit of control over something in his life, I think the hair thing is getting out of control and I'm at a complete loss over how to get it cut so that it fulfills his desire to have 'longer' hair, but still allows him to have full use of his eyes and not look like a complete street urchin... like he does right now...
Some days, I think I have the most beautiful kids in the world. Other days, their hair absolutely frightens me. This is one of those times I wish I had gone to beauty school...
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