I have a child who is so sensitive that even talking about having a haircut makes him cry. That child is allowed to only have his haircut once a year. Child 3 likes his hair long. We are happy with him having long hair as long as he keeps it clean. It is a struggle most of the time. When the days get longer and the temperature is rising, he becomes a little smelly pup. For the last 3 weeks child 3 has been asking for a shower and hair wash every night. That is unheard of.
Apparently a girl has been using his long hair to wipe her hands after eating crisps. He hates it and has needed to wash every day because of that.
The school has a very pro-active anti-bullying policy but wiping hands on hair is also a first for them. The problem is being dealt with but child 3 is still demanding to be washed a lot more than before.
I am not complaining I like him smelling nice.
When I phoned from work to make sure that he was fine, his sisters mentioned that his hair had been a problem again at school. So I mentioned going to the hairdresser. He went into hysterics.
As I entered the house tonight I told him he was coming with me to the hairdresser to see when we could have an appointment. He was ok with that. When we arrived one of the hairdressers was not busy and she agreed to cut his hair there and then. By the time child 3 was sitting on a higher chair he was in tears. He cried the whole time. She did a great job considering how distressed he was getting. I had to phone my husband to request child 3’s comforter. The haircut finished, child 3 looked very nice but was still crying. We stopped by his godfather for unbiased opinion. The first thing he said was that child 3 looked really nice with his new cut.
It is now past bedtime and child 3 despite child 1 and 2 reassurance is still upset and keeps saying that people will make fun of him tomorrow.
That child hates having his haircut so much that it is stressing the whole family. I am so stressed right now that I am willing to let him grow his hair until next summer.
I suppose I will have recovered in a year’s time.
