Mazy’s First Haircut
As you may remember from previous posts that Mazy has struggled with hair-pulling. It seemed to be a result from a very short hospital stay back in July, an event that threw her into some anxiety issues. We did not think much of it after the first few clumps that we found, but as it continued, her hair started to get thinner and thinner. I looked back at pictures that I took of her with a little bow on the top of her head at a year old. A little bow clip that no longer stays in her hair on top because she does not have enough hair.
Thankfully we feel we are on the other side of the hair pulling issue and the anxiety. She still tugs at it and gets a few strands, but it has gotten better. Unfortunately, that meant her hair was extremely disproportionate in length! She had QUITE the mullet! She pulled her hair up top and then also towards the bottom of her hair, leaving the middle of her hair quite long in comparison to the rest of it. Needless to say, it started to look a bit ridiculous too. I tried to stall in having it cut as long as I could, but it was just getting worse, so I caved.
I was going to take her in, but because there was so little hair to cut (just the middle portion), I knew I could do it on my own, but I knew I would be cutting off those curls. I finally got the gumption to do it and though she looks like a boy now, her hair is a bit more “normal” looking. The hair by her neck where she pulled it out is just starting to come back in and the top is as well, which makes this mama so happy! I miss the little bows, but realized there was a much bigger issue we were dealing with than just hair, and truthfully, this is a minor issue, really.
It’s just HAIR.
Though it was hard to see her deal with the stress of the past by pulling her hair, but like I said, I think we are on the upward climb. So here is a little play by play of Mazer’s first haircut! Call me cheesy, but thought it’d be fun to capture the moment. And no, we did not keep her hair – I am not tied to her hair – I love HER, not her hair!
We coerced her to sit still by giving her a 1/4 of an oatmeal cream pie.
I am no pro, but it honestly went better than what I thought – there wasn’t much to cut, just her curls in the middle (since the bottom she is bald anyways).
She started to get a little antsy by the end!
The end result.
Still has a few curls back there, but it’s a LOT shorter and the mullet is officially gone! Those curls will grow back eventually we hope, along with the rest of her hair!
