Hair pulling 101

Last week Jennifer took Ivey on a stroll around the neighborhood, which she obviously enjoyed - If you notice, Ivey is wearing her cute Hannah Andersen cap.  Originally we bought these to try to help keep Ivey's hearing aids in - they failed.  However she is now wearing them again, or at least she was until 2:00 pm today. 

We'll get to that in a minute. 

Two weeks ago Miss Ivey decided that she enjoyed pulling her curly blond locks clear out of her head.  And within minutes it seemed, the right side of Ivey's sweet head was missing quite a few curls.  Literally - a moment without the hats, even in sleep, ended with a curl missing from her noggin and wrapped around her little finger.  It's a sensory thing.  We know it.  Do our best to address her sensory integration issues, but really there aren't enough hours in the day or extra-hands available to do the sensory diet she probably needs.  It would be unrealistic in this real world we live in -

And so Mrs. Mandy came to the rescue and this afternoon did the unimaginable and....with a snip here... and a snip there...Ivey's curly locks were gone.  Gone....

She can no longer pull her hair and that is the goal. 

Somehow I made it through her haircut without crying -  It took alot of pep talks through out the day - reminding myself why it had to be done. 

I think we will call her new style a pixie cut - one that will hold a bow.   

Tomorrow I'll get you a picture of her new do.  But maybe this will make things a little easier for the surgery too...who knows.