Doing hair

Sports Dude and Miss Bossy are both African American so we aren't too worried about doing Belly Boy's hair. We've had a lot of experience. Especially Mom as she's the one who washes, combs, and braids Miss Bossy's hair despite her screaming and pulling.

Mom washes the kids' hair once every week with some special shampoo. She puts special conditioner in Miss Bossy's hair and combs it out while the conditioner is still in, (it makes it easier to slip the dreaded comb through), and then divides the hair into ponies and finally sprays Miss Bossy's hair out with a hand-held sprayer thingy. This has usually caused enough tears and pain for a day, so Mom lets Miss Bossy out of the tub with all the ponies unbraided.

The next day Mom rounds Miss Bossy up to tackle the braiding. She's still trying to find something that will keep Miss Bossy silent and still while she braids. We've tried the T.V., and that only works some days, but not very well. We've also tried allowing Miss Bossy to do her doll's hair while she's getting her own done, but that doesn't work very well either.

Then everyday Mom puts either some special pink lotion in Miss Bossy's hair or sprays it with olive oil stuff. When we're going somewhere public, Mom or I put ribbons or beads on the bottom of the braids. It looks really pretty. But that's how Miss Bossy's hair is done.

Sport's Dudes hair is simpler. Dad buzzes his hair occasionally, but Sport's Dude prefers it longer. Then we put lotion or olive oil spray in it everyday. When Sport's Dude's hair is longer, I like to put lotion in it and then brush his hair in an upwards motion so that it makes his curly hair higher and look more afro-ish. It's adorable, but don't tell him that. He tries pushing his hair down after.

From what we've seen in Belly's Boy's pictures, his hair is not in as tight of curls as Sport's Dudes. It's more soft and bushy. I love it! I think and hope we'll keep it long like it is. The Care Center in Ethiopia offers classes for how to do your new child's hair. So I'm sure we'll go to that. Mom wants me to go to it too. Maybe we'll learn a new style for Miss Bossy's hair. That would be really cool. Mom wants to learn how to make twisties. Those are adorable on little girls! I love them!