Bad, bad mama.

[ailbhe]

Today I have put clean laundry away, shouted at the children, taken soft toys posted through the catflap out of the mud, shouted at the children, taken damp laundry in out of the rain, shouted at the children, hung laundry over balustrades and chairs to dry, shouted at the children, fixed the toilet seat to the toilet bowl, shouted at the children, washed my hands so often the skin is flaking off, shouted at the children...

Finally I came to my senses and parked them in front of the TV and stopped this "going out to get things done" nonsense. We are not going to get anything "important" done today. So what?

And I realised that Linnea's hair is easier to comb if I brush it with a soft, soft baby brush first, and do it while she's eating or otherwise occupied. She doesn't like it, but I can't stand matted hair full of ick, either. I do wish they'd got Rob's hair instead of mine. His doesn't mat ever, as far as I can tell. Mine - and the girls' - mats if it's not brushed for two days. Longer than that and you get a sort of dread effect at the nape of the neck. Only not proper dreads, nasty little manky things.

I've wondered whether I should oil it, instead, but that seems odd on fair hair.

Comments

[the0lady.livejournal.com]

Cut it all off.

Well it worked for _my_ mother...

[ailbhe]

It's not really mature enough yet to do a buzz-cut and I think scissors would be harder to wield than combs in this instance.

If only it was long enough, on either child, to tie back somehow...

[the0lady.livejournal.com]

I suppose lots and lots of conditioner is the way forward then... Or even better, you could try some sort of after wash leave-in detangling conditioning product. I think feminism can be made to yield to pain prevention in this instance.