“I wanted it to be stylish. Like a cow,” she says, blinking piercing blue eyes at me.
“Like a cow?” I repeat stupidly.
Ren had cut the front and sides short. Not bald, but short. She had bangs. I cried. I think it was the hormones.
So I waited until I was calmer before talking to her again.
“A cow?” I begin. She nods. I let a few long moments pass. Then I remember that earlier we had looked at a publicity shot for Parenting of me kissing her when she was not yet a year old.
And Ren had said, “That me! I miss that! I miss being a baby.”
“Did you cut your hair so you could look more like a baby?” I ask. She lights up.
“YES! I want it all gone. Like a baby’s.”
“Like Eden?” She nods and hugs me happily.
I feel sad and tired. Sometimes this is just so hard.
“Okay, let’s go to the hairdresser and see what we can do,” I say.
In the meantime, some pictures.
No, Ren, can you put your hand down?
Yes, Baby, I see Diego. Could you please put your hands down and show the world your mullet?
Thank you.
Aww, that’s not so bad. I gave my own daughter a mullet worse than that when I tried to cut her hair once!
It’s impressive that she was able to express what she was trying to do, the baby part that is, not the cow part.
Now all she need is some Lynard Skynard concert tickets!
I’ve seen much worse. Like what the hairdresser did to my daughter recently. S’all good. It’ll grow out. I just can’t imagine what issues she will have once the baby actually arrives…
She’s lucky she is so freaking cute. And thank you for taking her to the hairdresser; I have a girlfriend who’s three year-old cuts her own hair regularly, then Grandma “fixes” it. Awful. Just awful.
Seriously though, if you hadn’t deliberately drawn my attention to her hair I wouldn’t have noticed anything wrong. Bangs look good on her. Have another cupcake
It’s not too bad. I wish I had a pic on here of my hair after my brother chopped it off when I was Ren’s age. It was cut almost to the skin in some spots up front. lol
Of course, being the Mom of the child – and pregnant at that – will make these things more stressful than it is to the person reading the blog.
Oh, it doesn’t look too bad in the pictures, but I bet it looks much different to someone who sees her and brushes her hair every day, right Liz?
I picked my daughter up from daycare once when she was about 2 and there was a 2 inch wide chunk of hair missing from the back of her head. I saw it immediately and asked the daycare teacher about it. She sort of blushed and said “Oh, we found a chunk of hair on the floor but couldn’t figure out which kid it came from”…..umm really?
And can we discuss what a bunch of 2 year olds were doing with scissors unsupervised? And cutting other kid’s hair, since it is obviously in a spot she couldn’t have reached on her own? Yeah, it was 12 years ago and I still get a little ticked when I think about it.
She’s such a cutie – just love that grin!
I can’t begin to imagine all the emotions that both you and Ren are experiencing right now. The hug when she knew that you “got it” ? Made me teary. Just want to give you both a big hug.
Her hair looks fine, it’s those eyes. She’s a feisty one. You have some interesting years ahead of you!
Jenny
“Pop quiz, hot shot” — too much NPR?
She doesn’t look that bad! I could see her rocking an adorable little Dutch girl haircut if you evened up the back. I hope she doesn’t get the middle-child blues too bad. But if she does, I have a feeling Mary’s going to make an extra-special effort to be there for her. Good luck at the hairdresser!
She looks adorable
All I see are deep blue eyes and a dimple. With that in your arsenal, who sees the mullet??
Fixable. Completely fixable. Feathery bangs. It’s only hair, it will grow back.
Ditto to what Nancy said.
I kinda like it! It’s very her! I say leave it and see if the trend catches on. You know like the Jennifer Anniston. Only for toddlers and current. But, wait until I make sure all of the scissors are out of Taylor’s reach.
My heart is breaking for Ren, she won’t know for a very long time just how much you are able to love your children, even when they are not the baby anymore.
Seriously Liz,
Those bright blue eyes are all anyone is going to pay attention to.
I love that Roddle!:)
Oh my, the second picture is just ‘melt your heart’ adorable.
Swooning at the up close dimple shot.
Dev used to cut his nearly to the scalp. Show us the beautician’s rescue remedy!
Following for a bit, I couldn’t figure out the last post with the scissors and the hair. But NOW I GET IT. She is adorable and precious. And nothing she could do to her hair would change that.
So cute.
She’s such a cutie!!! Her “cut” is definitely fixable.
Too cute. Too precious. Have had my adventures with toddlers and sneaky haircuts.
She’s precious, no matter how punked out her hair may get (you don’t really think this is the last time do you?).
My heart hurt a little for her as she seems to want so desperately to cling to the title of baby girl. Not knowing what lies ahead can be so difficult, especially for the little ones! Eden is going to surprise her and delight her…Renny will see! And DaMomma will have enough love to go around and back again.
She really is a diabolical genius!
Love the name you’ve picked out for the baby! We think Eden is beautiful too.
i “heart” ren… she just cracks me up..
It’s obviously a pre-schooler retro trend. My four year old recently gave herself a serious mullet (as well as a small bald spot on the back of her head). Having only been to the hairdresser 4 days prevously, she knew to sweep all the hair into a (large) pile on the floor. That pile of hair gave me the serious creeps – it was like a body part or something!
And Ren is adorable, mullet or no!