My 4-year-old daughter refused to have her hair cut, screaming, ‘When my dad comes back, he won’t recognize me’—but my husband passed away several years ago.
I recently took my 4-year-old daughter, Olivia, to get a trim.
She had beautiful brown curls that reached almost to her waist, but every morning it was a battle. Combing her hair was difficult because Olivia cried every time and said it hurt. Her curls really did get tangled.
At first, everything was fine.
She was sitting in the chair, wearing a cape and holding her stuffed rabbit. Then the hairdresser, Clara, picked up the scissors.
Olivia screamed, jumped out of the chair, covered her hair with both hands, and burst into tears.
My cheeks burned. I had always taken Olivia to Clara, and before, everything had been fine.
I hugged her and told her it was just a haircut.
But then she looked at me through her tears and She screamed,
“No! Mommy, please, no! I don’t want a haircut!”
The whole room fell silent. I picked her up and carried her to the car to go home.
When we arrived, she ran straight to her room to play with her dolls.
I went in, sat beside her, and asked gently,
“Sweetie, why don’t you want a haircut?”
She looked down and whispered,
“Because when Daddy comes to see me next time, he might not recognize me.”
I could barely breathe. My husband, DIED, died when Olivia was only 1 year old. It was an accident, and Olivia knows that.
I noticed these red sores around my baby’s mouth, and she has a fever. The doctor can’t see us until Monday. I’m worried it’s spreading. Any ideas?
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