caleb's been needing a haircut in the worst way. he does not have just easy-going baby hair like most kids i know. his has some wiggidy-whack wave going on & the longer it gets, the harder it is to control. anyway a while ago i decided that was IT. after trying everything else i gave him a choice. either get a haircut, or sit on time out. and what do you know that little man sat willingly for 45 minutes on time out. before anyone calls & reports me to the authorities, i was next to him the whole time cleaning the upstairs. it's not like i just abandoned him. and every couple of minutes i would ask him if he was ready to come off of time out, get a hair cut, have some starburst & watch a show with me. and he kept saying, "NO. i want to stay on time OUT." with this deep growl in his voice. after a while i took some pictures. he was being so funny & i was trying not to laugh to egg him on. but anyway...
and some more...
so who won you ask? well let's just say i have concocted my own hair-safe version of glue that is shellacking down the waves & cowlicks. i just didn't have it in me to make him skip dinner over this. you can see from these pictures that this kid is one skipped-meal away from a distended belly a la 3rd world country.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
battle of the wills
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5 comments:
So great! I think our children must be related! This scene has played in our home many times! (Although not necessarily about haircuts - just a battle of wills!)
This cracked me up! I think your little boy is so cute, and I was impressed at his will power. good luck with the haircut, Zoey loves getting hers cut because it makes her "pretty" and Isaac didn't mind because I kept feeding him marshmallows - but apparently the starbursts didn't work, so good luck.
serves you right, mommy, to try to tell a toddler what to do! love it! Our trick with Easton--Parker takes him when he gets his hair cut and holds him on his lap and then Easton will sit still. Or, you could go the teeny bopper way and let Caleb grow it long!
I would be shouting joy from the rooftops if Boston would sit still for 5 minutes on his own. Even if he was totally pissed at me, that would be fine. It it possible to diagnose ADD at 3? The only things that keeps his attention longer than 10 seconds are chicken nuggets, Scooby Doo and Little Einsteins.
sounds as if this young man has a little too much of his father's personality in him, as his mother would have given in after 5 minutes. Keep up the good work.
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