Her hair is OK to touch
Without a meltdown
Rubber bands and bows –
Ringlets cascading downward
She looks so girly
Cordy’s sensory issue with her hair has been a problem for over a year. Those gorgeous curls are always begging for attention, yet any attempt to touch them is met with screams and wails. This is especially a problem for distant family and strangers, who seem to be drawn to those Shirley Temple ringlets with a burning desire to pull one of those little golden springs.
Every time we wash her hair is a battle. While she likes to splash and play in the bath, she despises water on her head. And combing out her curls takes an entire episode of Bunnytown, since we have to distract her with TV to even have a chance at getting a comb near her. Sure, she has pretty hair, however, you wouldn’t want to be the one to care for it.
But this week we were greeted with a surprise when she came home from school on Monday. The hair on either side of her face was pulled up and secured with a ponytail holder. She now asks for bows in her hair, too. Who is this child? Where did she come from, and why is she asking me for bows?
Her teacher told me she’s been slowly working with Cordy to reduce the sensitivity, and as a result she will let us pull her hair up. Amazing.
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Yea Cordy!
I hear you with the curse of the curls. Pretty to look at, nightmarish to manage. We do a lot of leave in conditioner and Tigger and Pooh. I hope that we can have bows and things in our hair too!
my daughter has ringlet hair. she puts tons of conditioner in it…otherwise, forget about it!! it’s a mess!
she’s gorgeous, your daughter!
Congrats! Her hair is beautiful. My daughter hates to have her hair brushed and will only let me put it up in pony tails once in a blue moon. It is maddening but then I have to remember that I too suffer from Tender Head.
Happy ‘Ku Friday!
Those curls are adorable! I’m sure they can be tough to manage sometimes, but us with pin-straight hair are forever envious 😉
yay! fun with hair!
after 3 boys, i hardly knew what to do with girl hair. fortunately, it was reasonable straight so loooooong worked well.
good luck. it’s beautiful!
With two boys (who sometimes don’t even get their hair brushed) *drops head in shame*, I don’t know if I could handle a girl!
A happy Haiku! So glad Cordy’s sensitivities are improving. I still can’t stand to have my head touched. 😛 So I sympathize with Cordy (and with you, too, of course). 🙂
Oh, so cute! I do hope Cordy makes it easier and easier to care for her cute curls!
I love those curls! I so wanted that hair as a child!
Oh wow! Those curls are adorable! What a cutie!
That’s quite a step! Sounds like Cordy’s in a good preschool…and she had fab hair!
That is excellent! I’ll bet you’re both thrilled (new fun!) and relieved. 🙂
I remember the days all too well. touching my daughter hair was taboo; she always looked like she just came out of a wind storm.
That’s so great that she’s getting a little better sensory wise – I understand how hard it can be to deal with sometimes. Would love to hear what her teachers are doing! 🙂
How pretty she looks with those lovely girly curls. I would have loved that hair as a kid … actually, I’d love it now 🙂
Hugs and blessings,
I adore that hair!! My daughter has stick straight hair. Hubs and I both have curly thick hair. Weird genetics!! I wanted her to have curly hair!!!!!
AAAAGH! She’s darling!
Curls are so cute, to bad they have to be such high maintenance. I did a hair haiku today too. :-0
Oh, BLESS that teacher!!! She looks adorable with it up. Hope the sensitivity continues to lessen.
Oh, how pretty!
I hear ya on the caring of curly hair. It is a rare day that I don’t hear crying over the hair. We do the tons of conditioner thing, use a pick, detangling spray and even silk pillow cases to help prevent knots overnight.
But the only thing helping is as Princess gets older she wants her hair to look pretty and will sometimes ask for bows.
If Princess had the same teacher I think I’d have to reward her with either a box of chocolates or a Starbucks gift card. 😉
Yea, it’s all stick straight hair for this family. I don’t know what I’d do if I had to take care of curly hair!
All those curls are adorable! So fun now that you get to dress them up even more! 🙂
That is wonderful!
I know how difficult managing curls can be. Without conditioner, Strawberry would have a tangled mess.
Beautiful Haiku!
Beautiful Curls!
Beautiful curls. Love the bows too!
She is just so cute, Christina.
Go Cordy Go! That is such a huge step.
Yeah Cordy! her hair is beautiful and so is she! That is a great step!
My son (14-long hair is cool) has hair like that and I can’t resist it. I suppose I am one of the most annoying mothers a teenager can have, but lucky for me he is the most patient.
Is she too sensitive to have her hair cut? It seems that you’re spending a lot of effort to style her hair when she doesn’t care about it yet. She looks lovely with short hair, too. Why not cut it?
Hi there! I miss my daughters curls! She had beautiful curls as a toddler and once she was about 4 her hair started going straight and now that she is almost 7 you would never know her hair was once curly. 🙁 Good luck with your curls.
Dawn
Yay! Cordy has such beautiful hair.
Stella’s hair is not curly AT all.. but holy cow is it a pain. It tangles and knots like you won’t believe. We cry about 2-3 times a week over hair.
So glad that you are making progress on this one.
Oh good! Hair troubles are such a pain (no pun intended). I threaten to cut off my nine year old’s hair about twice a week.
Such a dilemma. Normally, I would tell you to just cut it off, but it is so pretty!
So apparently I got distracted when I was going to comment… on Friday. Heh. This is so great – I love hearing the new things Cordy is up to, and especially when they’re big strides she has made in coping with her sensory/transition issues. And she looks SO CUTE with her hair up, too! Either way she’s completely adorable, but it’s exciting when they’ll let you pull their hair out of their faces and you can try some different styles. Hee!
Congratulations!
Just remember:
Start at hair’s end and work upwards, so no extra tugging on hair will happen.
Wow, Christina, that’s GREAT! It’s so good to know that Cordy’s teachers are able to provide what she needs, and to know that she’s benefiting in such exciting ways.
YAY FOR BOWS!