Bathing Beauty
Last night, for the first time, Lana took a bath. By which I mean she sat in the tub, with water up to her chest, played with toys, and splashed around. She had to be coaxed into the tub by her big brother (they were in the big jacuzzi tub in our bathroom.) Once she was in, she had a great time. She laughed, she loved the jacuzzi jets. When we told them it was time to get out, she raised up her right hand, all five fingers extended and said, "Five Minutes!! Five minutes more!!" Sometimes, she cracks me right up. The only tears came when Husband washed her hair. They were brief.
Lana also had her first hair cut in the United States yesterday. I took her to my good friend, J~, who also does my hair. She was very nervous when we went into the salon, and she clearly DID NOT want her hair cut, but, she sat on my lap and J~ patiently trimmed. She looks so much better without her hair hanging down into her eyes.
When we got home, Lana curiously told Husband, "Look Lana's hair! Lana's hair pretty. No cut. No cut hair. Pretty hair."
I'm not sure what to make of this - except that Lana may be trying to make a distinction between the "hair cuts" she got in Vietnam (in which her hair was basically shaved down to about 2 inches long) to the trim she got yesterday.
What was explained to us by our agency's social worker, when we arrived in Danang, was that Vietnamese children have very short hair until they are about 4 or 5. I am not sure if she meant "all Vietnamese children" or just ones in foster and orphanage care.
This morning, Lana let me put a clip in her hair. (We are growing part of her bangs out long - and that part of her hair needs to be pulled to the side with a barette.) The barette lasted about 10 minutes in her hair before it started to fall out. Her hair is so straight and so fine, it's like there is nothing for the barette to keep hold of. We may have to look for some clips or something...
Gretchen
posted by Gretchen W @ 10:19 AM
4 Comments:
Alligator clips are the ONLY thing that works in Mia's hair. You can do lots of stuff with them too. Mia's hair is baby hair fine and a huge pain to try to get it to stay back. Try the alligator clips and see if they work.
Oh, and I'm so jealous you have a tub with jets!
Melissa
Try a pretty elastic band if the portion of hair you need to hold back is thick enough to support the elastic. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting and getting to know Lan. What a wonderful girl.
Love,
Harriet
There are some creative hair solutions on ebay. There are these clips that are basically velcro that work even on wispy baby hair. I use mostly hairties with Addy since she has that whispy thin hair too but I can also use those clips that pop out and back in (how on earth to explain them in a comment?!?!) and they work ok. Basically the trick is to get something with NO space between the clip closure becuase if it has space or 'teeth', it will just slide right out.
So glad about the bath - we are still working on it here. And her English sounds amazing! I'm also glad the haircut wasn't nearly as upsetting as she might have feared.
I must say, I am simply amazed at Lana's English. These kids today are so bright and quick to learn!
And she seemed to like her hair cut. ( a good hair day can make you feel just Beautiful!)
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