For the past few months I’ve been asking Brinley if she wanted to go and get her haircut. She has always answered with NO. Luckily she’s a girl and haircuts are not absolutely necessary to keep her looking cute. However, she has never had one and I felt it was probably time. Her hair was looking a little straggly at the ends and was growing in a bit uneven. Every time I asked her about getting a hair cut she would just say that she didn’t want to. I even showed her the kids place called Snip-Its and told her that she could play games and watch TV while she got her hair cut but that was a no go as well.

I was determined for her to get a haircut before she starts school next month. This morning I asked her if she wanted to watch videos of some kids getting their hair cut (she loves videos). Luckily I was able to find a bunch on YouTube. She watched about 10 different ones and kept asking to see them again throughout the morning. Then I told her that today we were going to go and get her hair cut, but she still didn’t seem to want to. I was going to take her to Snip-Its but then I thought it might be a bit overwhelming for her so I decided to just take her to the salon I go to. I made an appointment for 2:30 and kept telling her that we would just go and check it out.

Well we went, and she did ok. She sat on my lap and let the hairdresser, named Kristen, comb her hair. She would not wear the cape or let her even spray her hair. So she got a dry cut. I’m fine with it because I just wanted it to be trimmed and somewhat straight across the back. Brinley sat still and was pretty good but I’m not even sure she knew what was going on because I was distracting her by talking to her and asking her questions. It took about 10 minutes! When it was over she looked on the floor and saw hair. I asked her if she knew whose hair it was and she said she didn’t know. I told her it was hers and we took some off of the floor to bring home.

She still seems a little bit sad about it and says she wants her hair to be long again. I keep reassuring her that it will grow everyday and it will be long. Not that it was cut short anyway, we took about 2-3 inches off. Some things are just too hard for a kid her age to comprehend. Hopefully she won’t hate me forever for making her get her haircut!

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