Did you notice that my little guy got his haircut? Handsome little guy, isn't he? Getting his haicut is not easy for my bug. He just hates to have his head messed with. He has only had his haircut (successfully) 3 times in his lifetime. We have visited the hair salon probably twice as many times and had to abort the mission due to extreme stress obvious to those around us from the screaming and tears. He is also known to throw his hands up to shield his beautiful locks from the sharp, sharp scissors. I have to say that I lose sleep the night before a haircut day...they just break my heart. So, I tend to approach the event with a sense of dread and if we are successful in getting even HALF his hair cut (and believe me, that has happened) I'm thrilled and we call that a success!
So, after two failed attempts, I'm ready to tackle the haircut once again. Mostly driven by the fact the it looks like Ava, our parrot, could build a nest in my son's hair. I prepare him as we driving to the salon, telling him where we are going, how fast it's going to be, that I brought his favorite video to watch. His response..."No, mommy, no haircut" "Go home, go see ava, go to the toy store, go home"...basically, go anywhere but to that dreaded hair place! Now we are in the parking lot, discussing our options, and I'm wondering if I'm even going to get him to get out of the car. And here is the great part that made me so proud of him. I asked him why he didn't want his haircut, not really expecting an answer, it's not a question that he would usually respond to but this time he does. He explains that he doesn't like it and that it hurts his head and his doesn't like scissors. WOW! That is the first time that he has ever explained how he feels about something, especially in such detail. Not only am I so excited that he is expressing his feelings and thoughts, but the amount of language, original language that he used to do so. That in itself is such huge progess verbally for him! Anyway, from there we talk about and I said that I would hold his hand through the whole thing, if he would just try. "Ok, mommy, I will" was his response. We wiped his tears and he did just that. My little guy is growing up. I'm so proud of him and isn't he just sooo handsome with his new haircut!
