You guys. YOU GUYS.
I think Mila's hair might truly be curly.
Right now you either think I'm being Captain Obvious or you're thinking I'm delusional. That all depends on whether you think the six whole strands of hair she has managed to grow in nearly two years can be trusted or not. But, here's the thing -- the longer those six strands get, the curlier they are. And the itty bitty bits of hair that are trying to grow in are appearing to be curlier than their predecessors.
This whole thing confounds me because I don't know for a fact where the curls originate. Sure, Alexis has gorgeous loopy curls, but they're weird as well. I know my mom had curly hair, but I don't know how curly since she never had a decent hair cut. The last several years of her life she had the traditional super short granny haircut, which she permed because early 90's. Everybody permed. But if I consider Alexis' hair, it wouldn't have much curl if it were super short. The curls are too big and loopy.
And so are Mila's.
SQUEEEEE!
It all means I get one more chance to figure out how to make a kid love her own hair, curls and all. Alexis is finally starting to come around, but if you give her a chance, she still thinks it looks better straight. If you think I'm going to try to make Alexis fully embrace her curls by pointing out that Mila has the same ones, you're damn right.
But I also have to do whatever is possible to make sure Mila loves hers from the start.
Yay, curls!
