I'll never forget the first time I saw Mocha Girl One (HmG) . She was an emergency c-section, and had to spend several days in NICU. She was born four days past her estimated due date and looked huge in her incubator. I imagined her to be especially delicate and feminine. I couldn't wait to frill her up, and more importantly to do her hair ! The only reason she wasn't sporting a barrette the day we took her home from the hospital, was because the one I brought to match her lacey outfit, slid right out. Mocha Girl One's baby hair was silky straight and fine. As the weeks rolled by, it became wavier until she had a lovely curly fro. I washed it all the time . I brushed it several times a day . I tried snap clips, and moved to velcro barrets when the clips slid out. I bought a different head band for every outfit. Meanwhile her curls continued to wind tighter and tighter. I kept everything in a pretty box, dubbed the hair bin . I was really frustrated at not b...
Growing in treasuring my girls, and sharing what I am learning along the way.
Thank you for doing this video. I am a white mom of a black beauty and I have had to learn to let go of caring what people thought if I allowed fuzz. For a black mom, fuzz may say to others "she is a bad mother." For a white mom, fuzz tells others "she doesn't know what she is doing" and incites unwelcome comments and unnecessary advice. I take great care of my baby's hair and know more than many of my black friends about natural hair care! I choose to allow fuzz for the same reasons you mention here but it was a journey for me to walk into Walmart and not care about other's reactions :)
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