Cornrows

Today I took Small Sun to have his hair braided. I finally found someone here who was happy to do it. She is a student at Hillsong College, and hails from Barbados. 

He did a great job sitting still, watching shows on the iPad. 

The farther into it she got, the more he pulled and cried. He can tend to have a tender head and certain spots really bothered him. We just made it to the end. Much longer and I think he would have taken off!

I loved watching the process. I was amazed that she did everything the same as when I've tried, but her fingers were just somehow much more dextrous. Where I get tangled and let the hair go and it ends up all lumpy and bumpy, she just flew through the stitches. The Captain asked if after watching I will be able to do it...heh, I think not. I'm trying to do just what she did, it just hasn't resulted in a wonderfully smooth braid like she turned out over and over.

He started off shy, but by the end he felt like a million bucks, and it showed. When we arrived home, Sprout was all adoring and exclaimed "You look JUST like 'kuwati' kid!" She thought he was AMAZING, and chased him around asking to touch his braids.

A couple hours on is another story. He is crying and scratching, saying the braids make him itchy. 

I haven't found a do-rag in Sydney, so I sent him to bed with the old pantyhose trick. I should not have been surprised when The Sprout insisted on having one too. Those two are thicker than thieves and she couldn't bear to be left out. Of course on her glossy hair the cap kept popping right off! She went to bed dedicated to having it on.

The girl who braided it said she hopes he gets two weeks of wear out of them. I'll be surprised if we make it to Christmas, at the rate he is wiggling, and scratching and whining. If he likes them and learns to leave them be, and his hair holds them, then we may go for a more extravagant style next time. I just loved watching "S" braid, and I loved when his hair was half braided, and still brushed out on top. I just imagined all the wild and crazy styles we could do if I could get my braiding down. I'm one of those moms that would say a fast yes to a mohawk, blue stripes, you name it. It's just all so much fun! 

Comments

[Kelly]

Small Sun has really pretty hair! The braids look great. I cannot even begin to think that I can cornrow. I can french braid, but whenever someone tries to explain the concept of the corn row it just gets so jumbled up in my head.

I did take Mea to have her hair braided over the summer, and I really liked it a lot. So easy. A little spritz, rub a little leave in, and go. So awesome. For her, the "itching" stopped after about the first day, hopefully it will for Small Sun, too!

[rhiannon]

awww love them!