A Girl Full of Curls

Micron, God bless her! When I try and escape for 10 minutes of peace, I curl up in my bed and put the covers up to my chin every afternoon. In 5 minutes, I see this little head of curls bobbing into my room and instantly, I know my "me" time is over. This bobbing head of curls is my rambunctious, feisty as sriracha chili, two-and-a-half year old little girl. 

She is the other precious jewel in our lives. The spunkier, too much attitude she packs a punch, "baby girl", as we so lovingly refer to her. She is unmistakeable with her tight ringlets that frame her face, and everywhere else. We don't really know where those awesome curls came from. My hair is naturally wavy and thick(which, I often straighten). Mr. Fliz's has a slight wave, but generally, pretty straight. Micro has stick straight hair (but with a cow lick we can't get a handle on). Then comes my spitfire, Micron, with boingy-boingy's all over. 

I get plenty of compliments about her hair and questions up the wazoo of where they come from, etc. As beautiful as it is to have a full head of curls, they are a nightmare to handle! Mamas with similar kids, I know you feel me. Keeping it looking from a birds' nest (which was from 10 months til about six months ago), is really hard. Like, really. I rarely combed Micron's hair. Poor, poor girl. 

It's gotten to the point, where I wonder if I should use product on my two-year old. Sheesh, I didn't use hair products willingly til I was in high school, or rather, ahem, more like, college. But whatever! Her hair is getting longer and more difficult to manage. Just last night, I sent Mr. Fliz to buy a wide-tooth comb after researching online what other Mamas do to handle fellow curly-surly kids. Combing her hair is a process, and putting it up--forget it! I'm lucky if I can get a headband to stay. I know it's common for little girls to not be into getting their hair brushed or putting it up in cute pigtails, ponytails, braids, etc..As parents, especially Moms, we can't stand the "hair in the face/eyes/mouth" issue. So we tie it back with whatever we can. 

Micron, however, has really cute curls, that can look like two birds went at it in her hair after a nap. And when I see it after she gets up, I either get too lazy to comb it properly and leave it in a state of disarray (bad Mama, I know) or put up with an ensuing 5 minutes of complaining about sitting down and combing. We LOOOVE her curls, and she hasn't gotten a haircut yet because my fear is that the curls will disappear, poof! Gone! As much as we dread the combing process with our baby, the loss of curls feels even more despairing. It's become such an iconic part of Micron. It helps to define her--bouncy, full of life, and craaaazy! I freak out a bit when I give her baths and see how truly long her hair is when it's weighed down with water (it's way past her mid back). So that's what she would look like with straight hair, I think to myself.

I don't know if the ringlets will last, but if they do, it won't matter, because, either way, she'll love and hate them at some point, like all women feel about their own hair.

Micron's Hair Diary

Bird's nest