[blparent] Long Hair

[trishs]

My 9-year-old daughter has long hair.  She washes and brushes it 
on her own, now, better than before, and it was hard for us for a 
while.  She practically ran screaming from me when she saw me 
with a brush, or when I told her I was washing her hair tonight.  
I just kept promising I wouldn't hurt her, but she was loud at 
every accidental snap of a hair.  Glad those days are done!

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Allie <alliemartins at gmail.com
>To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:50:31 -0800
>Subject: [blparent] Long Hair

>Having long hair is a pain in the derriere sometimes.  One day I
>went into the shower with a plastic bag over my head, so my hair
>wouldn't get wet.  It was in the morning when I was pressed for
>time and needed to take a quick shower.  My hair is the thing
>that takes me the longest to wash.  Grrr.  Don't even get me
>started on brushing it ...  Sigh.
>Yet, I want Gabbie to have nice long hair, too.  How is that
>different? LOL.

>--Allie


>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:57:25 -0700
>>Subject: Re: [blparent] not so nice places

>>Sometimes my daughter doesn't like her hair washed.  Gab has
>really long
>>hair, almost down to her waist and i think she doesn't really
>want me to
>>brush the tangles out.  V
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com
>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 9:43 PM
>>Subject: Re: [blparent] not so nice places


>>> We have a bit of video from the first bath.  They both screamed
>at the top
>>> of their lungs.  When we got home we practically had to bathe
>them in cold
>>> water--or at least room temperature--in order for them to
>tolerate it.  It
>>> took months for them and then Jesse had a setback because Paull
>tried to
>>> dunk him.  Now, when they're feeling good and happy, they love
>baths.
>>> Although they still don't care to get their hair washed.
>>> Barbara

>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:55 PM
>>> To: "blind parents" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [blparent] not so nice places

>>>> It is hard to believe what kids go through in orphanages.  My
>cousin
>>>> adopted a toddler from Romania and she said the babies were kept
>3 to a
>>>> crib.  She said that when it was bath time, the workers would
>take the
>>>> clothes off these kids and spray them with a garden hose.
>>>> When Claire came to live here, she was absolutely terrified of
>water.  my
>>>> cousin said she would scream anytime the water was even turned
>on in the
>>>> house.  so they started therapy.  First a little cup was
>introduced to
>>>> Claire, 18 months at the time.  then when that was not a threat,
>a cup,
>>>> then a bowl, then a bigger one, then a bucket.  Now claire is 13
>and on
>>>> the swimming team at her school.
>>>> I thank God everyday that my daughter is the way she is and not
>afraid of
>>>> anything except the dark and a biting puppy.  v
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