My 13 Year Old Daughter is Now Doing Her Own Hair + Small Twists

Hey Mocha Family,

I am more than a little excited about the fact that Mocha Girl 2 can twist her own hair! Had I known she could do such a good job, I would have let her try sooner. She's been asking for months, but I was concerned about the fragile state of her hair. Honestly, I like the twists she did for herself better than the ones I do. Win. Win.

Oddly, I had a similar experience with this daughter when she was learning to read. I was a stickler for decoding words by sounding out the parts. One day, Mocha Girl 2 just rattled off a sentence like she had been reading fluently for years. I wanted to know how she did it! In response, she wanted to know if I wanted her to decode it first. Apparently, she had moved beyond that step, but willingly did what I expected of her. Lol! I've finally learned my lesson!

I can't tell you what it does to my heart to see my girls mature to working with their natural hair. They are miles ahead of me at that age, and I am so excited to see where their journeys take them.

Be blessed!

Comments

Please leave that baby's hair alone!

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...

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