Okay, so I think this is probably not a good thing. The girls see me straighten my hair any time I'm trying to get dressed up or look nice. Well, Nikki wanted hers straightened the other day, too, and Hannah just loved it. After I did Nikki's hair, Hannah wanted to brush it and play with it and kept telling her how beautiful it was straight. Nikki even wanted me to take a picture because she felt so beautiful. It was cute, but I really like it better curly. I have always tried so hard to tell my girls how much I love their hair and think it is just gorgeous. I especially want Nikki to feel good about her hair since I struggled so much with curly hair growing up. But what am I teaching her now as I straighten my hair? I'm not ready to throw out my straight iron yet, but I am afraid of the mixed signals I'm sending her.
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Being a mom to girls is so hard. I try so hard not to make negative comments about myself around them. Of course, having lived with this body for 27 years, I kind of know what I like about it, what annoys me and so on. But all in all, I like it pretty well. I just don't want Elise to one day think that b/c I say (even jokingly) something negative about myself, that I'm not okay with what I look like. And from there for her to say, "Well, I must not be okay either."
I can identify with Nikki, though. Don't we all, beauty-wise anyway, envy what we don't have? =)
You are such a good mother. I think you're right that the things we say about ourselves is really important. They mirror so much of what they see. Right now Hannah adores her hair, but I know the day is coming when she won't be able to fix it just like she wants and her princess hair will be a thing of the past.
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