Normally this post is made up of pictures of an adorable kid sitting at a hair salon or on a chair in the bathroom, draped in a hair cutting cape. Then the words are usually ones of how big their child is and how they can't believe they are getting their first haircut.
This post, however is will have none of that.
Rori did in fact have her first major haircut yesterday but it was n
ot in a salon, or even in the bathroom. It was in the dinning room, and she did it herself.
I cried and cried. I am devastated. I know it's only hair and it will grow back but her hair is (was) long and it will take years for it to look normal again. I really wish she had cut her bangs instead of the side of her head. At least her bangs are supposed to be short.
I have been putting off cutting her hair because her hair is (was) so beautiful and it had lovely curls at the bottom. I was afraid that if I cut her hair her curls wouldn't grow back. I guess we will find out.
Some of you may be wondering where I was during this ordeal or why the scissors were left where she could get them. The answer is almost embarrassing.
I was holding Islay when Rori asked for a drink. Ridge said he would get it for her, since he was being my big helper that day. So he got her a drink and she was in the dinning room. I thought she was just drinking when I heard an unusual noise. I wondered what the noise was but it had stopped. Then I heard it again and I realized it was the sounds of scissors. I stood up and looked in the dinning room when I heard it again and realized Rori was not only using the scissors to cut, but it was her hair. It was all over the floor! I ran to her and I started grabbing her hair. Handfuls were coming out. I just started crying and I got sick to my stomach when I saw the damage.
So to answer the question "Where was mom?" I was in the living room side of our living/dinning room. (about 15feet away)
Now on to why the scissors were where she could get them.
I usually keep the scissors inside my cedar chest with my other crafting stuff or on top of a bookshelf. However, the other day I had printed out coupons and I needed to cut them out. I was in a hurry to go somewhere so I quickly cut the coupons out and ran out the door, leaving the scissors on the cedar chest instead of inside. BIG MISTAKE.
So there you have it.
I am "that" mom who left out the scissors, and neglected her child which resulted in her daughter having a new "DO"
I am having a really hard time with it. Rori, of course, doesn't care. She is too young to really understand what happened, but I am not. She took my beautiful girl's hair and made it impossible to style.
6 comments:
I'm so sorry! Sadly, I think this is a rite of passage as moms. I swear everyone has a story of their child cutting their own hair - at least one time! My oldest cut her hair a couple years ago with nail cutting scissors. She chopped the entire front portion on on side. (Picture all the hair you'd gather if you tried to do two piggies in Rori's hair and left the bottom down).
I was so MAD that I didn't even tell people about it. I only told my husband, and I cried and cried about it. I thought if I told people, all the feelings would become raw again and I didn't want to keep being mad at Sarah. I hid it the best I could without chopping the rest... her hair does NOT grow fast. If fact, she is almost 6 and still her hair is just to her shoulders!
I know what you're going through, and I really feel for you!
Rori looks so adorable! I love her new haircut.
So sorry! Only my boys have cut their hair, so no big deal. They've cut up plenty of other things too. Yet I never learn, and the scissors get accidently left out again. UGH!
If anyone can do something with toddler-cut hair it's you! I'm sure she looks great, even if she's not what she was.
I'm sorry she cut her hair. That is seriously my worst nightmare! The little girl at the babysitter did her own hair one day but luckily it was a day Rylee wasn't there. I'm sure you made it super cute though. You're great that way.
I wish they lived closer too! It would be fun to have you guys closer for play dates. They probably don't even remember the ones they had in Grenada :) Hope you guys have a Happy Valentines Day! It was good to hear from you.
wow, seeing that pile of golden locks, I would be devastated too. I wouldn't beat yourself up for it. It seems to be a right of passage for kids. In fact in the last month I think I have read at least 3 other mommy blogs where the same thing happened. Hopefully it will grow back quickly, and it will still look cute in the meantime! She is a cute little thing, so that shouldn't be hard to do! :)
Amanda, kids will be kids. It's not your fault! I think you are a great mom! The fact that you can share your honest feelings, and you even posted pictures just shows you are real and down to earth.
My little sister did cut her bangs when we were little...she wanted a buzz cut like my brother had. She pretty much shaved off her bangs, clear up to her crown. No lie! She got herself a kind of "comb over" where her "new" bangs were just really long pieces from the top of her crown.
I was old enough to remember my mom crying and her feelings of devastation. But we all love to laugh about it now! ;)
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