She is helping to fulfill my childhood dream. I had always wanted to don long hair when I was young but it was too much of a hassle in my mum’s eye. Thus, I was always wearing that typical mushroom head hairstyle until I was in my Secondary school years.
Lil Shauna inherited my straight hair, which I don’t know if it is a blessing. She had so wanted her fringe off her forehead, just like her friend, Faith, who dons natural curl. But Lil Shauna hair is stubbornly straight and we hadn’t been successful trying to create that look. The only time that her fringe stays away from her face is when we secure them with pins, which aren’t comfortable after a while.
I have been faithfully snipping off her fringe when they get a little too long and in the way. I have become quite an expert and things are much easier now that Lil Shauna knows how to stay still.
On Monday night, during shower time, Lil Shauna complained that her fringe is getting a tad too long and asked for a snip. We keep the scissor in the bathroom and I told her to wait in the showers while I changed out of my working clothes. I joined her in the bathroom within minutes and was mortified to see her with the scissors and chunks of hair on the floor. Lil Shauna still exclaimed excitedly that she had cut her own hair!
She only realized that her act wasn’t appreciated when she saw the horrified look on my face. I couldn’t help it and when “oh no” umpteen times. Her hair was wet by then and I couldn’t assess the damage done. I asked her which part of her hair did she snap off and she pointed to her fringe. She then innocently said that she doesn’t like her fringe and wanted to cut all her fringe off. Well, I suppose that is a logical reasoning to a 4 YO – don’t want fringe, so cut them all off.
To deter her from doing similar acts in the future, this evil mummy then went on to tell her that she probably look uglier now bcos her hair has been snapped off and that I had to bring her to the hairdresser to cut her long hair to salvage the situation. And it was her turn to be mortified. Hehehehe (evil grin).
The damage isn’t that bad. She ended up with hollows in her fringe at parts that she snapped off chunks but little girls seem to look nice in whatever hairstyle. Well, hair do grow. I am just glad that I got to her before she cut off more hair or hurt herself with the scissors. At least I didn’t bring her for any $60 haircut prior to the episode and there is definitely no need to bring her for a $60 haircut thereafter to save the situation. I hope she learns her lesson.
Sorry for the little gross picture. These are the chunks that she snipped off. Looking at the amount of snapped off hair, I bet you will be just as horrified if you were me.
Mummy Lim
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