Sunday, January 30, 2011

Hair Night

There is a Transracial Adoption group here in the Salt Lake Valley, and last night a bunch of us got together for a "Hair Night" where we exchanged tips and ideas for dealing with our daughters' hair.  There was one lady there who had 11 children.  4 were biological and the rest she had adopted from Ethiopia 18 months ago as a sibiling group.  Her oldest is Dibabe, pronounced "dee bobby", and is 17.   Dibabe offered to cornrow Tana's hair and I quickly agreed.  She asked me what I wanted done and, puzzled, I replied, "Cornrows?"
"Yes, but how?" she asked again.  And I knew I was out of my depth.
"Just do whatever you want to do." I told her.  I got a big smile for that one!

So this was the result.  Tana looks so cute!  I was told that the braids would last at least three weeks and probably more like five.  So I have no hair worries for the next month-ish!
Tana did a great job of sitting through it.  I had to hold her, but she only got upset when Dibabe did the braids at her temples and the nape of her neck. And Tana loves the clicking of her beads when she shakes her head.  I love that this cost me $30 instead of the $100+  it would cost at a salon!

3 comments:

clickandno said...

Wowee!! You look beautiful Tana!

Melanie said...

Tara that looks great!! I wish I could find a do that would last for 3-5 weeks with my girls. They HATE having their hair done.

Heather Shepherd said...

Love it!