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The things they will do...

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This morning I was woke up to my daughter's voice saying mommy can you help me, I got the comb stuck in my hair. At that moment I was not sure what her definition of stuck was, however I was soon to find out that it wasn't just stuck it was like she tied it into her hair. When I examined the damage I was afraid that I was going to have to cut it out. She has long beautiful hair and all I could iagine is how she would look with a fat chunk missing out of the front. An hour and a half later I finally untangled the last of it. All she has to say for it is I probably shouldnt have done that huh mom... It never seems to seize to amaze me at the things they will do with little or no thought invovled. This is crazy... But I guess I have to remember that it can always get worse right?
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Her big brother could have cut it out without asking for help! That's what happened to a friend of mine last weekend!
DLR77
DLR77
I can completely sympathize :)
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I did the same thing with a brush when I was a kid. It took me a very long time to get that brush out. Then Ri did it BUT know where near as bad as I had many years ago. I was very calm with Ri when she did it, while I had flash backs of when I had done it and my fear if I had mom help me she might beat me with the brush once she had it out of my hair.
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Oh dear, my 5 year old daughter decided to tie her own hair up in a ponytail about a month ago. Was very frustrated that the fringe wouldn't stay back so she cut it off - the whole fringe!

Sorry to say, it does get worse. I have 11 and 13 year old boys, so I say enjoy the drama while its innocent - puberty is a whole other game!
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I was just remembering when my son and daughter were little both had colds and I had been rubbing vicks on them. They were very quite for some time, so I went to check on them. They had used that huge container of vicks and it was rubbed all in there hair and Raggidy Ann and her brother Andy was also coated with it.
Don't know if any of you have ever exprenced this, but it does not wash out PERIOD! This was a several months job...daily intil it was almost out. And of course pour ole Raggdy Ann and Andy.............
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