Did I become that mum?

Growing up I was a bit of a tom boy. I wasn’t really one of those girls who would play with dolls or hair. In fact, I remember asking for a car garage and goalkeeper gloves for birthday or christmas gifts at some point. And then…I had a baby girl. I didn’t think I would be one of those mums that gets excited by her daughter’s hair growth or the way her hair looks or even that I can play with it. But my oh my, did I become that mum.

I told myself I didn’t mind what kind of hair my beautiful mixed race baby girl would grow, but deep down inside I think we all know those African curls are too cute not to wish for. And get those African curls she did.

Now she is 2 and a half her hair has changed a little since the photo above. Her hair is no longer black, its more of a dark brown/ golden brown mixture and the curls are much tighter. There was a point where i thought i had ruined everything. I used a conditioner with straightening chemicals, really had no idea what I was doing at this point, and half her hair fell out and the other half became so straight I actually cried real tears.

Thankfully with some good advice from fellow mum’s and a lot of patience her hair is now growing and beautiful again. Cantu children’s hair products saved my life and my baby girl’s hair.

The day I realised her hair was long enough to actually play with and style I was more than a little over excited, maybe too much, but in her words she would ask ‘mummy I want the colours in my hair’ and I was more than happy to oblige.

I think this little mohawk my be my personal favourite style. The day she told me ‘Mummy I don’t want colours’ I was feeling a little lost. What now? After asking her ‘so now you want the afro?’ she has started telling me ‘mummy i don’t want colours I want an aflo’ (read afro, hehe) and she couldn’t look cuter.

ok…so the afro is still growing…but it will get there. My next mission is to learn how to braid/ plait this beautiful African hair and to pray that she grows up knowing just how beautiful she is and that she never believes anything less.